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Seahawks 2017 salary cap numbers
Updated 6:28 pm, Thursday, February 16, 2017
2016 seventh-round draft choice Kenny Lawler is one of 14 players with a cap hit of $465,000 in 2017.
2016 seventh-round draft choice Kenny Lawler is one of 14 players with a cap hit of $465,000 in 2017.
DT Garrison Smith: $540,000
DT Garrison Smith: $540,000
OL Will Pericak: $540,000
OL Will Pericak: $540,000
OG Robert Myers: $540,000
OG Robert Myers: $540,000
RB J.D. McKissic: $540,000
RB J.D. McKissic: $540,000
WR Tanner McEvoy: $540,000
WR Tanner McEvoy: $540,000
FB Malcolm Johnson: $540,000
FB Malcolm Johnson: $540,000
OT George Fant: $540,000
OT George Fant: $540,000
CB DeAndre Elliott: $540,000
CB DeAndre Elliott: $540,000
QB Trevone Boykin: $545,000
QB Trevone Boykin: $545,000
C Joey Hunt: $565,089
C Joey Hunt: $565,089
RB Alex Collins: $586,096
RB Alex Collins: $586,096
DL Quinton Jefferson: $5603,455
DL Quinton Jefferson: $5603,455
WR Rodney Smith: $615,000
WR Rodney Smith: $615,000
DB Pierre Desir: $615,000
DB Pierre Desir: $615,000
RB Thomas Rawls: $620,000
RB Thomas Rawls: $620,000
CB Demetrius McCray: $690,000
CB Demetrius McCray: $690,000
OG Mark Glowinski: $701,423
OG Mark Glowinski: $701,423
OL Rees Odhiambo: $714,355
OL Rees Odhiambo: $714,355
TE Nick Vannett: $726,220
TE Nick Vannett: $726,220
RB C.J. Prosise: $738,116
RB C.J. Prosise: $738,116
LB Kevin Pierre-Louis: $786,413
LB Kevin Pierre-Louis: $786,413
DE Cassius Marsh: $807,563
DE Cassius Marsh: $807,563
CB Perrish Cox: $855,000
CB Perrish Cox: $855,000
WR Tyler Lockett: $891,687
WR Tyler Lockett: $891,687
DE Frank Clark: $1,017,880
DE Frank Clark: $1,017,880
C Justin Britt: $1,099,933
C Justin Britt: $1,099,933
K Blair Walsh: $1,100,000
K Blair Walsh: $1,100,000
DT Jarran Reed: $1,111,280
DT Jarran Reed: $1,111,280
WR Paul Richardson: $1,499,538
WR Paul Richardson: $1,499,538
P Jon Ryan: $1,600,000
P Jon Ryan: $1,600,000
OL Germain Ifedi: $1,878,433
OL Germain Ifedi: $1,878,433
DT Ahtyba Rubin: $3,700,000
DT Ahtyba Rubin: $3,700,000
WR Jermaine Kearse: $4,033,333
WR Jermaine Kearse: $4,033,333
CB Jeremy Lane: $5,250,000
CB Jeremy Lane: $5,250,000
DE Cliff Avril: $5,500,000
DE Cliff Avril: $5,500,000
LB K.J. Wright: $6,800,000
LB K.J. Wright: $6,800,000
LB Bobby Wagner: $7,600,000
LB Bobby Wagner: $7,600,000
SS Kam Chancellor: $8,043,744
SS Kam Chancellor: $8,043,744
WR Doug Baldwin: $9,650,000
WR Doug Baldwin: $9,650,000
TE Jimmy Graham: $10,000,000
TE Jimmy Graham: $10,000,000
FS Earl Thomas: $10,400,000
FS Earl Thomas: $10,400,000
DL Michael Bennett: $11,268,750
DL Michael Bennett: $11,268,750
CB Richard Sherman: $13,631,000
CB Richard Sherman: $13,631,000
QB Russell Wilson: $18,800,000
QB Russell Wilson: $18,800,000
The Seahawks rank in the bottom third of the NFL in terms of 2017 salary cap space, but that shouldn't be alarming for Seattle fans.
Unlike last season, when nine starters were among the team's unrestricted free agents entering the offseason, the 2017 class features just one starter among them. That player, kicker Stephen Hauschka, already appears on his way out of town after Seattle brought in former Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh to compete for the kicking job.
That leaves No. 2 tight end Luke Willson as the biggest name among the team's free-agent crop, which means the estimated $26 million-plus Seattle has in salary cap space can be used to bring in a potential difference maker from the outside or to sign some in-house players -- like strong safety Kam Chancellor, tight end Jimmy Graham or center Justin Britt -- to contract extensions.
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We went through the Seahawks' salary cap data according to Spotrac to see which players had the biggest and smallest cap hits on the team for 2017, which you can find in the gallery above.
A few notes:
Players' yearly salary cap numbers are determined by their base salaries plus prorated portions of their signing bonuses and assorted other roster or workout bonuses. Base salaries, which are not guaranteed, often escalate over the life of a contract, giving teams an opportunity to save money by cutting ties with a player who may not have lived up to a big-money deal by backloading the yearly salary.
For example, the four-year, $87 million extension quarterback Russell Wilson signed ahead of last season included a base salary of $12,342,000 for the 2016 season, but goes all the way up to $17,000,000 by 2019, the final year of the deal.
Alternatively, contracts like the four-year, $56 million extension signed by cornerback Richard Sherman ahead of the 2014 season can provide a pretty stable cap number for the entirety of the deal. Sherman's cap number varied from $12.2 million in 2015 to just under $14.8 million last season, with the final two years of his deal including cap numbers of $13.6 million and $13.2 million, respectively.
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