Maliek Collins

Cleveland Browns, Defensive Tackle

Age: 30y-10m-27d (Apr 08, 1995)

Exp: 10 Years

Country: US

College: Nebraska

Drafted: Round 3 (#67 overall), 2016

Agent(s): Drew Rosenhaus (Rosenhaus Sports)

2026 Cap Hit

$5,327,824

2026 Cash

$10,000,000

Career Earnings

$59,689,954

2025-2026 Free Agent (CURRENT)

Maliek Collins signed a 2 year, $20,000,000 contract with the Cleveland Browns, including $7,145,000 signing bonus, $13,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $10,000,000. In 2026, Collins will earn a base salary of $1,300,000, a signing bonus of $7,100,000 and a workout bonus of $100,000, while carrying a cap hit of $5,327,824 and a dead cap value of $8,796,000.

Contract Terms:

2 yr(s) / $20,000,000

Average Salary:

$10,000,000

Signing Bonus:

$7,145,000

GTD at Sign:

$13,000,000

Total GTD:

$13,000,000

Free Agent:

2027 / UFA

MANAGE CONTRACT

Year	Age	Status	Cap HitAnnual	Cap % League Cap	Cash Annual	Cash Cumulative	Dead Cap Annual
2025	30		$4,204,315	1.51%	$9,559,139	$9,559,139	$13,000,315
POTENTIAL OUT: 2026, 1 YR, $9,559,139; $8,796,000 DEAD CAP
2026	31		$5,327,824	1.76%	$10,000,000	$19,559,139	$8,796,000
2027	32	Void UFA	$4,347,000	1.36%	-	$19,559,139	$4,347,000
2028		Void	$2,869,000	0.86%	-	$19,559,139	-
2029		Void	$2,869,000	0.79%	-	$19,559,139	-
2030		Void	$1,420,000	0.36%	-	$19,559,139	-

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Proration	Restructure Proration	Active/GM Roster Bonus	Option Proration	Workout Bonus	Cap Hit	Cap % League	Dead Cap
2025	30		$1,255,000	$1,429,000	$20,000	$1,500,000	-	$315	$4,204,315	1.51%	$13,000,315
POTENTIAL OUT: 2026, 1 YR, $9,559,139; $8,796,000 DEAD CAP
2026	31		$1,300,000	$1,429,000	$20,000	$1,058,824	$1,420,000	$100,000	$5,327,824	1.76%	$8,796,000	2026 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $8,796,000 2026 Savings: $-3,468,176 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $5,796,000 2026 Savings: $-468,176 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. JUNE 1ST DESIGNATION 2026 Dead Cap: $4,449,000 2027 Dead Cap: $4,347,000 2026 Savings: $878,824 What is a June 1st Designation? When a player is designated as a Post June 1st release, their full cap hit must remain on the books until 6/1, after which the dead cap is split across the current and following season. The player becomes a free agent immediately however. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $4,449,000 2027 Dead Cap: $4,347,000 2026 Savings: $878,824 POST-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $1,449,000 2027 Dead Cap: $4,347,000 2026 Savings: $3,878,824 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2027	32	Void UFA	-	$1,429,000	$20,000	-	$1,420,000	-	$4,347,000	1.36%	$4,347,000	2027 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $4,347,000 2027 Savings: $0 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $4,347,000 2027 Savings: $0 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. JUNE 1ST DESIGNATION 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $4,347,000 2027 Savings: $4,347,000 What is a June 1st Designation? When a player is designated as a Post June 1st release, their full cap hit must remain on the books until 6/1, after which the dead cap is split across the current and following season. The player becomes a free agent immediately however. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $4,347,000 2027 Savings: $4,347,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $4,347,000 2027 Savings: $4,347,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2028		Void	-	$1,429,000	$20,000	-	$1,420,000	-	$2,869,000	0.86%	-	2028 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,869,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,869,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. JUNE 1ST DESIGNATION 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,869,000 What is a June 1st Designation? When a player is designated as a Post June 1st release, their full cap hit must remain on the books until 6/1, after which the dead cap is split across the current and following season. The player becomes a free agent immediately however. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,869,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,869,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2029		Void	-	$1,429,000	$20,000	-	$1,420,000	-	$2,869,000	0.79%	-	2029 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Savings: $2,869,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Savings: $2,869,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. JUNE 1ST DESIGNATION 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Savings: $2,869,000 What is a June 1st Designation? When a player is designated as a Post June 1st release, their full cap hit must remain on the books until 6/1, after which the dead cap is split across the current and following season. The player becomes a free agent immediately however. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Savings: $2,869,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Savings: $2,869,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2030		Void	-	-	-	-	$1,420,000	-	$1,420,000	0.36%	-	2030 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $1,420,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $1,420,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. JUNE 1ST DESIGNATION 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $1,420,000 What is a June 1st Designation? When a player is designated as a Post June 1st release, their full cap hit must remain on the books until 6/1, after which the dead cap is split across the current and following season. The player becomes a free agent immediately however. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $1,420,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $1,420,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Bonus	Restructure Bonus	Active/Gm Roster Bonus	Option Bonus	Workout Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	Cash Remaining
2025	30		$1,255,000	$7,145,000	$100,000	$1,058,824	-	$315	$9,559,139	$9,559,139	$19,559,139
POTENTIAL OUT: 2026, 1 YR, $9,559,139; $8,796,000 DEAD CAP
2026	31		$1,300,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$7,100,000	$100,000	$10,000,000	$19,559,139	$10,000,000
2027	32	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$19,559,139	-
2028	33	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$19,559,139	-
2029	34	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$19,559,139	-
2030	35	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$19,559,139	-

Contract Notes

$13M guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2025 compensation + $3M of 2026 salary)
2026 Option Bonus: $7.1M
2027-2030 years automatically void

Source: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2023-2025 Extension

Contract Terms:

2 yr(s) / $23,000,000

Average Salary:

$11,500,000

Signing Bonus:

$10,500,000

GTD at Sign:

$20,500,000

Total GTD:

$20,500,000

Free Agent:

2026 / UFA

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2022-2023 Pending Free Agent Extension

Contract Terms:

2 yr(s) / $17,000,000

Average Salary:

$8,500,000

Signing Bonus:

$6,000,000

GTD at Sign:

$8,500,000

Total GTD:

$8,500,000

Free Agent:

2024 / UFA

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2021-2021 Free Agent

Contract Terms:

1 yr(s) / $5,000,000

Average Salary:

$5,000,000

Signing Bonus:

$2,000,000

GTD at Sign:

$2,000,000

Total GTD:

$2,000,000

Free Agent:

2022 / UFA

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2020-2020 Free Agent

Contract Terms:

1 yr(s) / $6,000,000

Average Salary:

$6,000,000

Signing Bonus:

N/A

GTD at Sign:

$5,750,000

Total GTD:

$5,750,000

Free Agent:

2021 / UFA

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2016-2019 Rookie

Contract Terms:

4 yr(s) / $3,550,180

Average Salary:

$887,545

Signing Bonus:

$881,152

GTD at Sign:

$881,152

Total GTD:

$881,152

Free Agent:

2020 / UFA

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Seasons

10 Years

Career Earnings thru 2026

$59,689,954

Earnings w/ Different Teams

5 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2016	21	Active	$1,331,152	$1,331,152
2017	22	Active	$612,500	$1,943,652
2018	23	Active	$755,000	$2,698,652
2019	24	Active	$2,120,076	$4,818,728
2020	25	Active	$6,312,093	$11,130,821
2021	26	Active	$4,705,882	$15,836,703
2022	27	Active	$8,323,536	$24,160,239
2023	28	Active	$17,470,576	$41,630,815
2024	29	Active	$8,500,000	$50,130,815
2025	30	Injured	$9,559,139	$59,689,954
Total			$59,689,954	$59,689,954
2026	31	Active	$10,000,000
Total			$69,689,954

Earnings Per Team

Years	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
4	$3,842,500	$881,152	-	-	-	$95,076	$4,818,728
1	$5,750,000	-	$250,000	-	-	$312,093	$6,312,093
3	$5,500,000	$23,000,000	$1,529,418	-	-	-	$30,499,994
1	$1,210,000	-	-	$6,790,000	-	-	$8,500,000
1	$1,255,000	$7,145,000	-	$100,000	$315	-	$9,559,139

Year	Age	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Workout	Incentives	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2016	21	$450,000	$881,152						$1,331,152	$1,331,152
2017	22	$612,500							$612,500	$1,943,652
2018	23	$755,000							$755,000	$2,698,652
2019	24	$2,025,000						$95,076	$2,120,076	$4,818,728
2020	25	$5,750,000			$250,000			$312,093	$6,312,093	$11,130,821
2021	26	$2,000,000	$2,000,000		$705,882				$4,705,882	$15,836,703
2022	27	$1,500,000	$6,000,000		$823,536				$8,323,536	$24,160,239
2023	28	$2,000,000	$15,000,000						$17,470,576	$41,630,815
2024	29	$1,210,000		$6,790,000					$8,500,000	$50,130,815
2025	30	$1,255,000	$7,145,000	$100,000			$315		$9,559,139	$59,689,954
Total		$17,557,500	$31,026,152	$6,890,000	$1,779,418		$315	$407,169	$59,689,954	$59,689,954
2026	31	$1,300,000				$7,100,000	$100,000		$10,000,000
Total		$18,857,500	$31,026,152	$6,890,000	$1,779,418	$7,100,000	$100,315	$407,169	$69,689,954

Earnings Per Team

Years	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
4	$3,842,500	$881,152	-	-	-	$95,076	$4,818,728
1	$5,750,000	-	$250,000	-	-	$312,093	$6,312,093
3	$5,500,000	$23,000,000	$1,529,418	-	-	-	$30,499,994
1	$1,210,000	-	-	$6,790,000	-	-	$8,500,000
1	$1,255,000	$7,145,000	-	$100,000	$315	-	$9,559,139

Injuries

Year		Weeks	Reason
2025	CLE	14 - 18	Quad
2021	HOU	16 - 16	COVID-19
2020	LV	11 - 11	COVID-19
2020	LV	13 - 15	Shoulder

Mar 12, 2025 Signed a 2 year $20 million contract with Cleveland (CLE)
Mar 12, 2025 Designated a Post June 1st release by San Francisco (SF)
Sep 03, 2024 Converted $6.79M of 2024 salary into signing bonus, adding 3 void years, clearing $5.432M of cap with San Francisco (SF)
Mar 13, 2024 Traded to San Francisco (SF) from Houston (HOU) for 2024 7th round pick (#232 - traded)
Jun 15, 2023 Signed a 2 year $23 million contract extension with Houston (HOU)
Mar 15, 2022 Signed a 2 year $17 million contract extension with Houston (HOU)
Mar 15, 2021 Signed a 1 year $5 million contract with Houston (HOU)
Mar 17, 2020 Signed a 1 year $6 million contract with Las Vegas (LVR)
Jul 14, 2016 Signed a 4 year $3.55 million contract with Dallas (DAL)
Apr 29, 2016 Drafted by Dallas (DAL): Round 3 (#67 overall)

Year	Team	GP	GS	Snaps	Snaps%	Sack	Tackles Total	Tackles Solo	Tackles Assisted	FFum	Int
2025	CLE	12	12	473	43.68	7	25	15	10	0	0
2024	SF	17	16	682	63.21	5	33	20	13	0	0
2023	HOU	16	16	699	61.59	5	41	19	22	0	0
2022	HOU	15	15	603	56.83	4	37	27	10	0	0
2021	HOU	15	15	629	59.01	3	28	18	10	0	1
2020	LV	12	11	503	46.49	0	15	8	7	0	0
2019	DAL	16	16	783	71.20	4	20	15	5	0	0
2018	DAL	13	10	495	47.20	3	19	12	7	0	0
2017	DAL	16	16	688	66.50	3	22	10	12	0	0
2016	DAL	16	14	657	65.50	5	23	17	6	1	0

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