David Onyemata

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Falcons, DT Age: 31-143d Exp: 7 Years
Drafted: Round 4 (#120 overall), 2016 College: Manitoba Agent(s):

 
  • Current Contract

    David Onyemata signed a 3 year, $35,000,000 contract with the Atlanta Falcons, including a $12,000,000 signing bonus, $24,500,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $11,666,667. In 2024, Onyemata will earn a base salary of $8,500,000, while carrying a cap hit of $12,500,000 and a dead cap value of $16,500,000.
    Contract: 3 yr(s) / $35,000,000
    Signing Bonus $12,000,000
    Average Salary $11,666,667
    Total Guarantees $24,500,000
    Guaranteed at Signing $24,500,000
    Free Agent: 2026 / UFA
      Bonus Breakdown Cap Details Cash Details  
    Year   Age Base Salary Signing Roster Cap Hit Dead Cap Yearly Cash Cash AAV
    2023 Contract details by year 31 $1,165,000 $4,000,000 $2,835,000 $8,000,000 $24,500,000 $16,000,000($16,000,000) $16,000,000
    Pre-6/1 Release 2023 Dead Cap: $24,500,000 2023 Cap Savings: $-16,500,000 Pre-6/1 Trade 2023 Dead Cap: $12,000,000 2023 Cap Savings: $-4,000,000 Post-6/1 Release 2023 Dead Cap: $16,500,000 2024 Dead Cap: $8,000,000 2023 Cap Savings: $-8,500,000 Post-6/1 Trade 2023 Dead Cap: $4,000,000 2024 Dead Cap: $8,000,000 2023 Cap Savings: $4,000,000
    2024 Contract details by year 32 $8,500,000 $4,000,000 - $12,500,000 $16,500,000 $8,500,000($24,500,000) $12,250,000
    Pre-6/1 Release 2024 Dead Cap: $16,500,000 2024 Cap Savings: $-4,000,000 Pre-6/1 Trade 2024 Dead Cap: $8,000,000 2024 Cap Savings: $4,500,000 Post-6/1 Release 2024 Dead Cap: $12,500,000 2025 Dead Cap: $4,000,000 2024 Cap Savings: $0 Post-6/1 Trade 2024 Dead Cap: $4,000,000 2025 Dead Cap: $4,000,000 2024 Cap Savings: $8,500,000

    Potential Out: 2025, 2 yr, $24,500,000; $4,000,000 dead cap

    2025 Contract details by year 33 $10,000,000 $4,000,000 $500,000 $14,500,000 $4,000,000 $10,500,000($35,000,000) $11,666,667
    Pre-6/1 Release 2025 Dead Cap: $4,000,000 2025 Cap Savings: $10,500,000 Pre-6/1 Trade 2025 Dead Cap: $4,000,000 2025 Cap Savings: $10,500,000 Post-6/1 Release 2025 Dead Cap: $4,000,000 2026 Dead Cap: $0 2025 Cap Savings: $10,500,000 Post-6/1 Trade 2025 Dead Cap: $4,000,000 2026 Dead Cap: $0 2025 Cap Savings: $10,500,000
    2026 Free Agent Year 34 UFA  
    Contract Notes:
    • $24.5M guaranteed (signing bonus + 2023 salary + 2023 roster bonus + 2024 salary)
    • 2023 Roster Bonus: $2.385M (paid 3/19/2023)
    • 2025 Roster Bonus: $500,000 (5th league day of 2025)
    Sources: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

    Previous Contracts

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    2020-2022

    David Onyemata signed a 3 year, $26,000,000 contract with the New Orleans Saints, including a $10,000,000 signing bonus, $18,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $8,666,667. In 2024, Onyemata will earn a base salary of $8,500,000, while carrying a cap hit of $12,500,000 and a dead cap value of $16,500,000.
    Contract: 3 yr(s) / $26,000,000
    Signing Bonus $10,000,000
    Average Salary $8,666,667
    Total Guarantees $18,000,000
    Guaranteed at Signing $15,000,000
    Free Agent: 2023 / UFA

    2016-2019Entry Level

    David Onyemata signed a 4 year, $2,882,345 contract with the New Orleans Saints, including a $542,345 signing bonus, $542,345 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $720,586. In 2024, Onyemata will earn a base salary of $8,500,000, while carrying a cap hit of $12,500,000 and a dead cap value of $16,500,000.
    Contract: 4 yr(s) / $2,882,345
    Signing Bonus $542,345
    Average Salary $720,586
    Total Guarantees $542,345
    Guaranteed at Signing $542,345
    Free Agent: 2020 / UFA
  • Estimated Career Earnings

    Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Option Bonus Incentive Earnings
    2016 Player Cash Earnings $450,000 $542,345 - - - - $112,558 $1,104,903
    2017 Player Cash Earnings $540,000 - - - - - - $540,000
    2018 Player Cash Earnings $630,000 - - - - - - $630,000
    2019 Player Cash Earnings $1,905,882 - - - - - - $1,905,882
    2020 Player Cash Earnings $1,000,000 $8,333,333 - - - - - $10,166,666
    2021 Player Cash Earnings $660,000 - - - $6,510,000 - - $7,170,000
    2022 Player Cash Earnings $1,035,000 - - - $7,465,000 - - $8,500,000
    2023 Player Cash Earnings $1,165,000 $12,000,000 $2,835,000 - - - - $16,000,000
    8 seasons $7,385,882 $20,875,678 $2,835,000 - $13,975,000 - $112,558 $46,017,451
    2024 Player Cash Earnings $8,500,000 - - - - - - $8,500,000
    2025 Player Cash Earnings $10,000,000 - $500,000 - - - - $10,500,000
    $25,885,882 $20,875,678 $3,335,000 - $13,975,000 - $112,558 $65,017,451
    Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Option Bonus Incentive Total Cash
    7 seasons Player Cash Earnings $6,220,882 $8,875,678 - - $13,975,000 - $112,558 $30,017,451
    1 seasons Player Cash Earnings $1,165,000 $12,000,000 $2,835,000 - - - - $16,000,000
  • Fines

    • Player contract details by year 07/16/2021, 1182743 games, $1,163,333

      PEDs


    • Player contract details by year 06/28/2019, 1 game $119,118

      Substance Abuse


    • Player contract details by year 11/16/2018, $26,739

      Roughing the Passer against Andy Dalton (CIN)


    • Player contract details by year 11/09/2018, $6,683

      Uniform violation (socks) against Los Angeles (LAR)


    • Player contract details by year 09/14/2018, $6,250

      Multiple roughing the passer penalties against Ryan Fitzpatrick (TB)


    • Player contract details by year 10/27/2017, $12,154

      Unsportsmanlike Conduct against Randall Cobb (GB)


    • TOTAL: $1,334,277

  • Transactions

    Mar 13 2023Signed a 3 year $35 million contract with Atlanta (ATL)
    Mar 16 2022Converted $6.46M of salary, and a $1M roster bonus into signing bonus, adding 3 more void years, freeing up $5.972M of cap with New Orleans (NO)
    Jul 17 2021Suspended 6 games for violating the league's PED policy, forfeiting $1,182,743 in 2021 salary/bonus with New Orleans (NO)
    Mar 3 2021Converted $6.51M of 2021 salary & bonus into signing bonus, clearing $4.34M of cap space with New Orleans (NO)
    Mar 16 2020Signed a 3 year $26 million contract extension with New Orleans (NO)
    Jun 28 2019Suspended 1 game for violating the league's substance abuse policy, forfeiting $119,117 of 2019 salary with New Orleans (NO)
    Nov 16 2018Fined $26,739 Roughing the Passer against Andy Dalton (CIN)
    Nov 9 2018Fined $6,683 Uniform violation (socks) against Los Angeles (LAR)
    Sep 14 2018Fined $40,108 Multiple roughing the passer penalties against Ryan Fitzpatrick (TB)
    Oct 27 2017Fined $12,154 Unsportsmanlike Conduct against Randall Cobb (GB)
    May 18 2016Signed a 4 year $2.882 million contract with New Orleans (NO)
    Apr 30 2016Drafted by New Orleans (NO): Round 4 (#120 overall)
  • 2024 Player Rankings

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    Statistics

    Season Team GA GP GS Snaps Snaps% Sacks Tackles Solo Tackles Ast Tackles FF INT
    2023 ATL 14 14 13 552 51.5 4 50 25 25 2
    2022 NO 17 17 17 681 73.6 5 43 25 18
    2021 NO 11 11 11 430 38.5 2 33 12 21
    2020 NO 15 15 15 599 57.5 6.5 44 20 24 1
    2019 NO 15 15 15 577 53.3 3 32 22 10
    2018 NO 16 16 4 616 60.9 4.5 35 23 12 1
    2017 NO 16 16 6 598 56.4 2 38 18 20
    2016 NO 16 16 393 37.4 18 11 7
    Totals 120 120 81 4,446 - 27 293 156 137 3 1