Khalen Saunders
2024 Cap Hit
$4,400,000
2024 Cash
$3,700,000
Career Earnings
$8,372,728
2023-2025 Free Agent (CURRENT)
Khalen Saunders signed a 3 year , $12,300,000 contract with the New Orleans Saints, including $3,500,000 signing bonus, $6,600,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $4,100,000. In 2024, Saunders will earn a base salary of $3,100,000 and a workout bonus of $300,000, while carrying a cap hit of $4,400,000 and a dead cap value of $4,800,000.
Year | Age | Cap HitAnnual | Cap % League Cap | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | Dead Cap Annual | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 27 | $1,800,000 | 0.80% | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | |||||
POTENTIAL OUT: 2024, 1 YR, $4,600,000; $4,800,000 DEAD CAP | |||||||||||
2024 | 28 | $4,400,000 | 1.72% | $3,700,000 | $8,300,000 | $4,800,000 | |||||
2025 | 29 | $4,700,000 | 1.72% | $4,000,000 | $12,300,000 | $2,100,000 | |||||
2026 | 30 | $1,400,000 | 0.48% | - | - | $1,400,000 | |||||
2027 | 31 | $700,000 | 0.22% | - | - | - | |||||
2028 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
2026 | 33 |
UFA |
Year | Age | Base P5 Salary | Signing Bonus | Workout Bonus | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 27 | $1,100,000 | $3,500,000 | - | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,100,000 | |
2024 | 28 | $3,100,000 | - | $300,000 | $3,700,000 | $8,300,000 | $4,150,000 | $3,850,000 | |
2025 | 29 | $3,400,000 | - | $300,000 | $4,000,000 | $12,300,000 | $4,100,000 | $4,000,000 | |
2026 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
2027 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
2028 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- $4.6M guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2023 salary)
- $2M of 2024 salary fully guarantees 3/16/2024 (injury guaranteed at signing)
- 2024-2025 Per Game Active Bonus: $17,647 ($300,000)
- 2026-2028 years automatically void
2019-2022 Rookie
Khalen Saunders signed a 4 year , $3,673,180 contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, including $915,180 signing bonus, $915,180 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $918,295.
Career Earnings thru 2024
$8,372,728
Career Earnings w/ Different Teams
2 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 23 |
Active
|
$1,410,180 |
$1,410,180 |
Champion | |
2020 | 24 |
Active
|
$497,548 |
$1,907,728 |
||
2021 | 25 |
Active
|
$875,000 |
$2,782,728 |
||
2022 | 26 |
Active
|
$990,000 |
$3,772,728 |
Champion | |
2023 | 27 |
Active
|
$4,600,000 |
$8,372,728 |
||
Total |
$12,072,728 |
$8,372,728 |
||||
2024 | 28 |
Active
|
$3,700,000 |
$12,072,728 |
||
2025 | 29 |
Active
|
$4,000,000 |
$16,072,728 |
||
Total |
$16,072,728 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Workout | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 |
|
23 |
$495,000
|
$915,180 |
$1,410,180 |
$1,410,180 |
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2020 |
|
24 |
$439,706
|
$25,000 |
$32,842 |
$497,548 |
$1,907,728 |
||||
2021 |
|
25 |
$850,000
|
$25,000 |
$875,000 |
$2,782,728 |
|||||
2022 |
|
26 |
$965,000
|
$25,000 |
$990,000 |
$3,772,728 |
|||||
2023 |
|
27 |
$1,100,000
|
$3,500,000 |
$4,600,000 |
$8,372,728 |
|||||
2024 |
|
28 |
$3,100,000
|
$300,000 |
$3,700,000 |
$12,072,728 |
|||||
Total |
$6,949,706 |
$4,415,180 |
$375,000 |
$32,842 |
$12,072,728 |
$12,072,728 |
|||||
2025 |
|
29 |
$3,400,000
|
$300,000 |
$4,000,000 |
$16,072,728 |
|||||
Total |
$10,349,706 |
$4,415,180 |
$675,000 |
$32,842 |
$16,072,728 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | $2,749,706 | $915,180 | - | - | $75,000 | $32,842 | $3,772,728 | |
1 | $1,100,000 | $3,500,000 | - | - | - | - | $4,600,000 |
Injuries
Year | Weeks | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | KC | 2 - 6 | Elbow |
2021 | KC | 13 - 18 | Knee |
Year | Team | GP | GS | Snaps | Snaps% | Sack | Tackles Total | Tackles Solo | Tackles Assisted | FFum | Int |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | NO | 17 | 16 | 502 | 48.00 | 57 | 24 | 33 | |||
2022 | KC | 16 | 421 | 36.70 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 26 | |||
2021 | KC | 7 | 144 | 20.50 | 8 | 2 | 6 | ||||
2020 | KC | 3 | 1 | 74 | 10.20 | 3 | 3 | ||||
2019 | KC | 12 | 4 | 305 | 27.20 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 |