Zay Jones
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Arizona Cardinals, Wide Receiver
Age: 29-126d (Mar 30, 1995)
Exp: 8 Years
Country: US
College: East Carolina
Drafted: Round 2 (#37 overall), 2017
Agent(s): Zeke Sandhu (Klutch Sports Group)
2024 Cap Hit
$2,090,000
2024 Cash
$2,250,000
Career Earnings
$25,918,352
2024-2024 Free Agent (CURRENT)
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Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $2,250,000
Average Salary:
$2,250,000
Signing Bonus:
$500,000
GTD at Sign:
$1,150,000
Total GTD:
$1,150,000
Free Agent:
2025 / UFA
Year | Age | Cap HitAnnual | Cap % League Cap | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | Dead Cap Annual | |
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2024 |
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29 | $2,090,000 | 0.82% | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | $1,150,000 |
2025 |
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30 |
UFA |
Year | Age | Base P5 Salary | Signing Bonus | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
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2024 |
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29 | $1,410,000 | $500,000 | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 |
Contract Notes
- $1.15M guaranteed (signing bonus +. $650,000 of salary)
- Per Game Active Bonus: $20,000 ($340,000)
Source:
NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2022-2024 Free Agent
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Contract Terms:
3 yr(s) / $24,000,000
Average Salary:
$8,000,000
Signing Bonus:
$5,500,000
GTD at Sign:
$14,000,000
Total GTD:
$14,000,000
Free Agent:
2025 / UFA
2021-2021 pending-free-agent-extension
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Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $2,500,000
Average Salary:
$2,500,000
Signing Bonus:
$1,500,000
GTD at Sign:
$2,500,000
Total GTD:
$2,500,000
Free Agent:
2022 / UFA
2017-2020 Rookie
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Contract Terms:
4 yr(s) / $6,779,831
Average Salary:
$1,694,958
Signing Bonus:
$3,070,786
GTD at Sign:
$3,843,960
Total GTD:
$3,843,960
Free Agent:
2021 / UFA
Career Earnings thru 2024
$25,918,352
Career Earnings w/ Different Teams
3 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
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2017 | 22 |
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Active
|
$3,535,786 |
$3,535,786 |
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2018 | 23 |
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Active
|
$773,174 |
$4,308,960 |
|
2019 | 24 |
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Retained
Active
|
$353,337 $745,655 |
$4,662,297 $5,407,952 |
|
2020 | 25 |
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Active
|
$1,525,125 |
$6,933,077 |
|
2021 | 26 |
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Active
|
$2,500,000 |
$9,433,077 |
|
2022 | 27 |
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Active
|
$8,720,576 |
$18,153,653 |
|
2023 | 28 |
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Active
|
$7,764,699 |
$25,918,352 |
|
Total |
$25,918,352 |
$25,918,352 |
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2024 | 29 |
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Active
|
$2,250,000 |
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Total |
$28,168,352 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Workout | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 |
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22 |
$465,000
|
$3,070,786 |
$3,535,786 |
$3,535,786 |
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2018 |
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23 |
$773,174
|
$773,174 |
$4,308,960 |
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2019 |
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24 |
$303,337 $728,009
|
$50,000 |
$17,646 |
$353,337 $745,655 |
$4,662,297 $5,407,952 |
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2020 |
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25 |
$1,339,522
|
$50,000 |
$135,603 |
$1,525,125 |
$6,933,077 |
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2021 |
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26 |
$1,000,000
|
$1,500,000 |
$2,500,000 |
$9,433,077 |
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2022 |
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27 |
$1,500,000
|
$5,500,000 |
$470,576 |
$500,000 |
$750,000 |
$8,720,576 |
$18,153,653 |
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2023 |
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28 |
$1,080,000
|
$5,920,000 |
$500,000 |
$7,764,699 |
$25,918,352 |
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Total |
$7,189,042 |
$10,070,786 |
$5,920,000 |
$470,576 |
$1,100,000 |
$903,249 |
$25,918,352 |
$25,918,352 |
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2024 |
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29 |
$1,410,000
|
$500,000 |
$2,250,000 |
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Total |
$8,599,042 |
$10,570,786 |
$5,920,000 |
$470,576 |
$1,100,000 |
$903,249 |
$28,168,352 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
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3 |
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$1,541,511 | $3,070,786 | - | - | $50,000 | - | $4,662,297 |
3 |
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$3,067,531 | $1,500,000 | - | - | $50,000 | $153,249 | $4,770,780 |
2 |
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$2,580,000 | $5,500,000 | $470,576 | $5,920,000 | $1,000,000 | $750,000 | $16,485,275 |
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May 13, 2024 Signed a 1 year $2.25 million contract with Arizona (ARI)
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Apr 30, 2024 Released by Jacksonville (JAC), clearing $4.1M of cap
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Feb 28, 2023 Converted $5.92M of 2023 salary into signing bonus, adding 3 void years, clearing $4.73M of cap with Jacksonville (JAC)
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Mar 14, 2022 Signed a 3 year $24 million contract with Jacksonville (JAC)
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Mar 17, 2021 Signed a 1 year $2.5 million contract extension with Las Vegas (LV)
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Oct 05, 2020 Fined $15,000 Conduct Detrimental to the league
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Oct 07, 2019 Traded to Oakland (OAK) from Buffalo (BUF) for 2021 5th round pick (#161 Tommy Doyle)
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May 18, 2017 Signed a 4 year $6.77 million contract with Buffalo (BUF)
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Apr 28, 2017 Drafted by Buffalo (BUF): Round 2 (#37 overall)
Fines
Date | Reason | Fine Amount | ||
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Conduct Detrimental to the league | $15,000 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | Snaps | Snaps% | Receiving Receptions | Receiving Yards | Receiving Touchdowns | Fum |
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2023 | JAX | 9 | 6 | 409 | 37.40 | 34 | 321 | 2 | 0 |
2022 | JAX | 16 | 15 | 930 | 82.80 | 82 | 823 | 5 | 0 |
2021 | LV | 17 | 9 | 640 | 56.10 | 47 | 546 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | LV | 16 | 2 | 288 | 26.60 | 14 | 154 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | OAK | 15 | 9 | 643 | 59.20 | 27 | 216 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | BUF | 16 | 15 | 941 | 88.90 | 56 | 652 | 7 | 1 |
2017 | BUF | 15 | 10 | 793 | 75.20 | 27 | 316 | 2 | 0 |