Matt Judon

New England Patriots, Outside Linebacker

2021-2024 Free Agent (CURRENT)

Year	Age	Status	Cap HitAnnual	Cap % League Cap	Cash Annual	Cash Cumulative	Dead Cap Annual
2021	29		$6,323,529	3.46%	$20,000,000	$20,000,000	$30,000,000
2022	30		$14,285,555	6.86%	$12,000,000	$32,000,000	$24,500,002
2023	31		$16,440,555	7.31%	$14,235,292	$46,235,292	$25,214,446
2024	32		$14,675,848	5.75%	$7,500,000	$53,735,292	$10,273,890
2025	33	Void UFA	$2,333,334	0.85%	-	-	-

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Proration	Restructure Proration	Roster Bonus	Roster/Gm Bonus	Incentives Likely	Cap Hit	Cap % League Cap	Dead Cap
2021	29		$1,000,000	$4,500,000	-	$823,529	-	-	$6,323,529	3.46%	$30,000,000
2022	30		$7,678,333	$4,500,000	$1,107,222	$1,000,000	-	-	$14,285,555	6.86%	$24,500,002
2023	31		$7,000,000	$6,833,333	$1,107,222	-	$1,000,000	$500,000	$16,440,555	7.31%	$25,214,446
2024	32		$6,500,000	$6,833,333	$1,107,223	-	$235,292	-	$14,675,848	5.75%	$10,273,890	2024 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2024 Dead Cap: $10,273,890 2024 Savings: $4,401,958 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2024 Dead Cap: $10,273,890 2024 Savings: $4,401,958 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: $7,940,556 2025 Dead Cap: $2,333,334 2024 Savings: $6,735,292 POST-6/1 TRADE 2024 Dead Cap: $7,940,556 2025 Dead Cap: $2,333,334 2024 Savings: $6,735,292 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	33	Void UFA	-	$2,333,334	-	-	-	-	$2,333,334	0.85%	-	2025 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $0 2025 Savings: $2,333,334 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $0 2025 Savings: $2,333,334 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: $0 2026 Dead Cap: $0 2025 Savings: $2,333,334 POST-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $0 2026 Dead Cap: $0 2025 Savings: $2,333,334 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	Roster Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	AYC Cumulative	AYC Remaining
2021	29		$1,000,000	$18,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$20,000,000	$20,000,000	$20,000,000	$13,433,823
2022	30		$7,678,333	-	$3,321,667	$1,000,000	$12,000,000	$32,000,000	$16,000,000	$11,245,097
2023	31		$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	-	$14,235,292	$46,235,292	$15,411,764	$10,867,646
2024	32		$6,500,000	-	-	-	$7,500,000	$53,735,292	$13,433,823	$7,500,000
2025	33	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Contract Notes

$30M fully guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2021 salary + 2022 salary)
$2M of 2023 salary fully guarantees 3/17/2023 (injury guaranteed now)
Per Game Active Bonus: $58,823 ($1M, 14 LTBE in 2021)
All Pro (2022-2024): $500,000
2023 Incentives: $3M

Source: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2016	24	Active	$705,736	$705,736
2017	25	Active	$540,000	$1,245,736
2018	26	Active	$630,000	$1,875,736
2019	27	Active	$2,118,556	$3,994,292
2020	28	Active	$16,827,928	$20,822,220
2021	29	Active	$20,000,000	$40,822,220
2022	30	Active	$12,000,000	$52,822,220
2023	31	Injured	$14,235,292	$67,057,512
Total			$67,057,512	$67,057,512
2024	32	Active	$7,500,000
Total			$74,557,512

Year	Age	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Incentives	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2016	24	$450,000	$255,736				$705,736	$705,736
2017	25	$540,000					$540,000	$1,245,736
2018	26	$630,000					$630,000	$1,875,736
2019	27	$2,025,000				$93,556	$2,118,556	$3,994,292
2020	28	$16,808,000				$19,928	$16,827,928	$20,822,220
2021	29	$1,000,000	$18,000,000		$1,000,000		$20,000,000	$40,822,220
2022	30	$7,678,333		$3,321,667	$1,000,000		$12,000,000	$52,822,220
2023	31	$7,000,000	$7,000,000				$14,235,292	$67,057,512
Total		$36,131,333	$25,255,736	$3,321,667	$2,000,000	$113,484	$67,057,512	$67,057,512
2024	32	$6,500,000					$7,500,000
Total		$42,631,333	$25,255,736	$3,321,667	$2,000,000	$113,484	$74,557,512

Earnings Per Team

Years	Team	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
5		$20,453,000	$255,736	-	-	-	$113,484	$20,822,220
3		$15,678,333	$25,000,000	$2,000,000	$3,321,667	-	-	$46,235,292

Cap Hit

$14,675,848 / 98th

Cash Total

$7,500,000 / 306th

Contract Value

$54,500,000 / 128th

Contract Average

$13,625,000 / 171st

AAV% of Cap

7.47% / 133rd

Signing Bonus

$18,000,000 / 95th

2-Year Cash

$32,000,000 / 116th

3-Year Cash

$46,235,292 / 107th

Total Guaranteed

$32,000,000 / 146th

Guaranteed at Signing

$30,000,000 / 120th

Aug 04, 2023 Signed a $3M extension for 2023 that increased the guaranteed portion of salary from $2M to $14M with New England (NE)
Dec 01, 2022 Converted $3,321,667 of 2022 salary into signing bonus, clearing $2.2M of cap with New England (NE)
Mar 15, 2021 Signed a 4 year $54.5 million contract with New England (NE)
Nov 06, 2020 Fined $35,096 Physical contact with an official against Pittsburgh (PIT)
Mar 13, 2020 Signed a 1 year $16.808 million franchise tag from Baltimore (BAL)
Sep 29, 2019 Fined $21,056 Horse Collar tackle against Patrick Mahomes (KC)
Dec 14, 2018 Fined $10,026 Unsportsmanlike Conduct against Kansas City (KC)
Oct 19, 2018 Fined $26,739 Unsportsmanlike Conduct against Tennessee (TEN)
Sep 14, 2018 Fined $10,026 Roughing the Passer against Josh Allen (BUF)
Nov 03, 2017 Fined $18,231 Horse Collar tackle against Kenyan Drake (MIA)
May 05, 2016 Signed a 4 year $2.59 million contract with Baltimore (BAL)
Apr 30, 2016 Drafted by Baltimore (BAL): Round 5 (#146 overall)