The Jacksonville Jaguars reportedly reached an agreement on a four-year deal with sixth-round wide receiver Parker Washington on Thursday, but that still leaves another 12 draft picks to sign.
While that may sound like a costly endeavor, the total cost of the signings shouldn’t be much. The collective sum of the 2023 cap hits for the Jaguars’ picks will exceed 10 million, but the NFL only requires teams to fit their top 51 contracts under the salary cap (as fitting 90 under the cap in the offseason would be unrealistic).
With a rookie wage scale in place and the Jaguars not picking in the top 10 for the first time in a while, the total cost of a baker’s dozen of rookie contracts isn’t much.
Here are what the 13 draftees are likely to get when they finalize their deals with the Jaguars:
Anton Harrison, Round 1 (No. 27 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $13,198,522
Signing bonus: $6,598,924
2023 cap hit: $2,399,731
Brenton Strange, Round 2 (No. 61 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $6,114,332
Signing bonus: $1,446,788
2023 cap hit: $1,111,697
Tank Bigsby, Round 3 (No. 88 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $5,392,918
Signing bonus: $922,120
2023 cap hit: $980,530
Ventrell Miller, Round 4 (No. 121 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $4,576,936
Signing bonus: $736,936
2023 cap hit: $934,234
Tyler Lacy, Round 4 (No. 130 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $4,527,120
Signing bonus: $687,120
2023 cap hit: $921,780
Yasir Abdullah, Round 5 (No. 136 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $4,205,216
Signing bonus: $365,216
2023 cap hit: $841,304
Antonio Johnson, Round 5 (No. 160 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $4,141,832
Signing bonus: $301,832
2023 cap hit: $825,458
Parker Washington, Round 6 (No. 185 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $4,032,260
Signing bonus: $192,260
2023 cap hit: $798,065
Christian Braswell, Round 6 (No. 202 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $4,007,592
Signing bonus: $167,592
2023 cap hit: $791,898
Erick Hallett II, Round 6 (No. 208 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $3,994,208
Signing bonus: $154,208
2023 cap hit: $788,552
Cooper Hodges, Round 7 (No. 226 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $3,945,488
Signing bonus: $105,488
2023 cap hit: $776,372
Raymond Vohasek, Round 7 (No. 227 overall)
Total value: Four-year, $3,944,768
Signing bonus: $104,768
2023 cap hit: $776,192
Derek Parish, Round 7 (No. 240)
Total value: Four-year, $3,925,324
Signing bonus: $85,324
2023 cap hit: $771,331
