Frankie Luvu

Washington Commanders, Linebacker

Age: 27-227d (Sep 19, 1996)

Exp: 5 Years

Country: US

College: Washington State

Agent(s): Blake Baratz (Team IFA)

2024 Cap Hit

$3,865,000

2024 Cash

$13,065,000

Career Earnings

$24,748,817

2024-2026 Free Agent (CURRENT)

Frankie Luvu signed a 3 year , $31,000,000 contract with the Washington Commanders, including $11,500,000 signing bonus, $19,125,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $10,333,333. In 2024, Luvu will earn a base salary of $1,125,000, a signing bonus of $11,500,000 and a workout bonus of $100,000, while carrying a cap hit of $3,865,000 and a dead cap value of $14,625,000.

Contract Terms:

3 yr(s) / $31,000,000

Average Salary:

$10,333,333

Signing Bonus:

$11,500,000

GTD at Sign:

$14,625,000

Total GTD:

$19,125,000

Free Agent:

2027 / UFA

Year	Age	Base P5 SalarySalary	Signing Proration	Roster Bonus	Roster/Gm Bonus	Workout Bonus	Cap Hit	Cap % League Cap	Dead Cap
2024	28	$1,125,000	$2,300,000	-	$340,000	$100,000	$3,865,000	1.51%	$14,625,000	2024 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2024 Dead Cap: $14,625,000 2024 Savings: $-10,760,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2024 Dead Cap: $11,500,000 2024 Savings: $-7,635,000 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. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2024 Dead Cap: $5,425,000 2025 Dead Cap: $9,200,000 2024 Savings: $-1,560,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2024 Dead Cap: $2,300,000 2025 Dead Cap: $9,200,000 2024 Savings: $1,565,000 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.
2025	29	$8,500,000	$2,300,000	-	$340,000	$100,000	$11,240,000	4.11%	$11,200,000	2025 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $11,200,000 2025 Savings: $40,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $9,200,000 2025 Savings: $2,040,000 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. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $4,300,000 2026 Dead Cap: $6,900,000 2025 Savings: $6,940,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $2,300,000 2026 Dead Cap: $6,900,000 2025 Savings: $8,940,000 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.
POTENTIAL OUT: 2026, 2 YR, $22,005,000; $6,900,000 DEAD CAP
2026	30	$7,555,000	$2,300,000	$1,000,000	$340,000	$100,000	$11,295,000	3.86%	$6,900,000	2026 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $6,900,000 2026 Savings: $4,395,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $6,900,000 2026 Savings: $4,395,000 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. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $2,300,000 2027 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 2026 Savings: $8,995,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $2,300,000 2027 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 2026 Savings: $8,995,000 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.
2027	31	-	$2,300,000	-	-	-	$4,600,000	1.47%	$4,600,000	2027 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 2027 Savings: $0 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 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. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 2027 Savings: $4,600,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 2027 Savings: $4,600,000 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	32	-	$2,300,000	-	-	-	$2,300,000	0.69%	-	2028 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,300,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,300,000 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. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,300,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,300,000 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.
2027	33	UFA

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Bonus	Roster Bonus	Workout Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	AYC Cumulative	AYC Remaining
2024	28		$1,125,000	$11,500,000	-	$100,000	$13,065,000	$13,065,000	$13,065,000	$10,333,333
2025	29		$8,500,000	-	-	$100,000	$8,940,000	$22,005,000	$11,002,500	$8,967,500
2026	30		$7,555,000	-	$1,000,000	$100,000	$8,995,000	$31,000,000	$10,333,333	$8,995,000
2027	31	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2028	32	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Contract Notes

$14.625M guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2024 salary + $2M of 2025 salary)
Additional $4.5M of 2025 salary fully guarantees 4/1/2025 (injury guaranteed at signing)
2026 Roster Bonus: $1M (4/1/2026)
Per Game Active Bonus: $20,000 ($340,000)
2027-2028 years automatically void the last league day of 2026

Source: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2022-2023 Extension

Frankie Luvu signed a 2 year , $9,000,000 contract with the Carolina Panthers, including $3,000,000 signing bonus, $4,500,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $4,500,000.

Contract Terms:

2 yr(s) / $9,000,000

Average Salary:

$4,500,000

Signing Bonus:

$3,000,000

GTD at Sign:

$4,500,000

Total GTD:

$4,500,000

Free Agent:

2024 / UFA

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2021-2021 Free Agent

Frankie Luvu signed a 1 year , $1,100,000 contract with the Carolina Panthers, including $180,000 signing bonus, $180,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $1,100,000.

Contract Terms:

1 yr(s) / $1,100,000

Average Salary:

$1,100,000

Signing Bonus:

$180,000

GTD at Sign:

$180,000

Total GTD:

$180,000

Free Agent:

2022 / UFA

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2020-2020

Frankie Luvu signed a 1 year , $675,000 contract with the New York Jets, including an average annual salary of $675,000.

Contract Terms:

1 yr(s) / $675,000

Average Salary:

$675,000

Signing Bonus:

N/A

GTD at Sign:

Total GTD:

Free Agent:

2021 / UFA

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2019-2019

Frankie Luvu signed a 1 year , $570,000 contract with the New York Jets, including an average annual salary of $570,000.

Contract Terms:

1 yr(s) / $570,000

Average Salary:

$570,000

Signing Bonus:

N/A

GTD at Sign:

Total GTD:

Free Agent:

2020 / ERFA

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2018-2018 Rookie

Frankie Luvu signed a 1 year , $480,000 contract with the New York Jets, including an average annual salary of $480,000.

Contract Terms:

1 yr(s) / $480,000

Average Salary:

$480,000

Signing Bonus:

N/A

GTD at Sign:

Total GTD:

Free Agent:

2019 / ERFA

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Career Earnings thru 2024

$24,748,817

Career Earnings w/ Different Teams

2 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2018	22	Active	$480,000	$480,000
2019	23	Active Retained Retained	$301,761 $201,174 $55,000	$781,761 $982,935 $1,037,935
2020	24	Active	$560,588	$1,598,523
2021	25	Active	$1,100,000	$2,698,523
2022	26	Active	$4,985,294	$7,683,817
2023	27	Active	$4,000,000	$11,683,817
2024	28	Active	$13,065,000	$24,748,817
Total			$24,748,817	$24,748,817
2025	29	Active	$8,940,000	$33,688,817
2026	30	Active	$8,995,000	$42,683,817
Total			$42,683,817

Year	Age	Base	Signing	Restructure	Workout	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2018	22	$480,000				$480,000	$480,000
2019	23	$301,761 $201,174 $55,000				$301,761 $201,174 $55,000	$781,761 $982,935 $1,037,935
2020	24	$560,588				$560,588	$1,598,523
2021	25	$920,000	$180,000			$1,100,000	$2,698,523
2022	26	$1,500,000	$3,000,000		$250,000	$4,985,294	$7,683,817
2023	27	$2,600,000		$1,000,000	$150,000	$4,000,000	$11,683,817
2024	28	$1,125,000	$11,500,000		$100,000	$13,065,000	$24,748,817
Total		$7,743,523	$14,680,000	$1,000,000	$500,000	$24,748,817	$24,748,817
2025	29	$8,500,000			$100,000	$8,940,000	$33,688,817
2026	30	$7,555,000		$1,000,000	$100,000	$8,995,000	$42,683,817
Total		$23,798,523	$14,680,000	$2,000,000	$700,000	$42,683,817

Earnings Per Team

Years	Team	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
3		$1,598,523	-	-	-	-	-	$1,598,523
3		$5,020,000	$3,180,000	$1,000,000	-	$400,000	-	$10,085,294

Mar 11, 2024 Signed a 3 year $31 million contract with Washington (WAS)
Oct 07, 2022 Fined $10,609 Role in a fight against Arizona (ARI)
Feb 17, 2022 Signed a 2 year $9 million contract extension with Carolina (CAR)
Mar 23, 2021 Signed a 1 year $1.1 million contract with Carolina (CAR)
Apr 23, 2020 Signed a contract with New York (NYJ)
Nov 01, 2019 Signed to the active roster by New York (NYJ)
Oct 16, 2019 Signed to the practice squad by New York (NYJ)
Oct 14, 2019 Waived by New York (NYJ)
Mar 07, 2019 Signed a 1 year $570,000 contract with New York (NYJ)
Sep 09, 2018 Signed to the active roster by New York (NYJ)
Sep 03, 2018 Signed to the practice squad by New York (NYJ)
Sep 01, 2018 Waived by New York (NYJ)
Aug 24, 2018 Fined $20,054 Roughing the Passer against Washington (WAS)
May 06, 2018 Signed a contract with New York (NYJ)

Fines

Date		Reason		Fine Amount
Aug 24, 2018		Roughing the Passer against Washington (WAS)		$20,054
Oct 07, 2022		Role in a fight against Arizona (ARI)		$10,609

Year	Team	GP	GS	Snaps	Snaps%	Sack	Tackles Total	Tackles Solo	Tackles Assisted	FFum	Int
2023	CAR	17	16	925	93.40	6	125	66	59	2
2022	CAR	15	14	940	81.30	7	111	77	34	1	1
2021	CAR	16	4	249	22.90	2	43	26	17	1
2020	NYJ	13	3	257	28.00	2	25	17	8
2019	NYJ	13		72	7.50	1	12	10	2
2018	NYJ	14	1	443	42.40	3	22	17	5

Calculated Market Value

$10.4M Avg. Annual Salary

Market Value

4 years, $41,478,704
Avg. Salary: $10,369,676
NFL Rank: 231
LB Rank: 2

Current Contract

Free Agent: 2027
Avg. Salary: $10,333,333
NFL Rank: 232
LB Rank: 3

Comparable Players

We've selected the following players based on their age, contract status, and statistical production to compare Frankie Luvu to.

Player	Length	Value	Avg. Salary	Age When Signed
Demario Davis	3	$27,000,000	$9,000,000	30
Roquan Smith	5	$100,000,000	$20,000,000	25
Ja'whaun Bentley	2	$13,500,000	$6,750,000	27
Jordan Hicks	2	$10,000,000	$5,000,000	30
Averages	3	$37,625,000	$10,187,500	28.0

Base Calculated Value

After adjusting the above contracts as if signed at Luvu's current age (27), a linear regression is performed, providing us with the following initial value.

Length	Value	Avg. Salary
4	$35,459,460	$8,864,865

Statistical Comparisons

Now we'll compare our variables and Luvu statistically over the two seasons prior to their signing. In this case we're analyzing: GP%, Tackles/Gm, Sacks/Gm, Stops/Gm, Catch Rate/Yr, QB Hits/Gm, Rating

Player	GP%	Tackles/Gm	Sacks/Gm	Stops/Gm	Catch Rate/Yr	QB Hits/Gm	Rating
Demario Davis 2018-2019	100.00	5.03	0.28	3.22	80.00	0.34	82.35
Roquan Smith 2021-2022	100.00	5.82	0.22	3.79	79.70	0.03	58.15
Ja'whaun Bentley 2021-2022	97.06	3.88	0.12	2.33	70.15	0.24	72.55
Jordan Hicks 2020-2021	100.00	4.67	0.15	2.48	72.05	0.18	57.00
Average	99.27	4.85	0.19	2.96	75.48	0.20	67.51
Frankie Luvu 2022-2023	96.97	4.47	0.39	3.44	80.75	0.25	76.65
Pct Change	-2.32	-7.84	105.26	16.22	-6.98	25.00	13.54
Median Prime % Change							13.54%
Average Prime % Change							20.41%

Calculated Market Value: Frankie Luvu

After applying our Prime % figures into our base calculated value, we're given two values. The average of these values becomes our current calculated market value.

Terms	Avg. Salary
4 years, $41,478,704	$10,369,676

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FORMULA 1

Frankie Luvu

2024 Cap Hit

2024 Cash

Career Earnings

2024-2026 Free Agent (CURRENT)

2022-2023 Extension

2021-2021 Free Agent

2020-2020

2019-2019

2018-2018 Rookie

Career Earnings thru 2024

Career Earnings w/ Different Teams

Market Value