5th Year Option Tracker for 2012 1st Round Draft Picks (1 Viewer)

[cstu]

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5th year option breakdown of all 2012 1st round picks.

Teams have an option for a fifth year with first-round picks. The window for exercising options starts after a player's third regular season in the NFL ends (Dec. 29, 2014 with the 2012 first round picks). The deadline to pick up the option year is May 3, which is the day after the conclusion of the 2015 NFL Draft. The fifth year is guaranteed for injury when the option is exercised. The injury guarantee would only kick in if a player was unable to play the following season after getting hurt. The option year becomes fully guaranteed on the first day of the league year in the fifth contract year (approximately March 8, 2016 for the 2012 draft class).

There's a difference in option year salary depending where in the first round a player is drafted. The fifth year salary for the top 10 picks is the transition tender (average of the 10 highest salaries) for a player's position in fourth year of his contract. With players selected outside of the top 10 (picks 11-32), the fifth-year salary is the average of the third through twenty-fifth highest salaries at a player's position. The chart below contains the fifth year or option year salaries for 2012 first round picks.

Fifth-year salaries, by positionPosition 1st 10 Picks Picks 11-32Cornerback $11,082,000 $7,507,000Defensive End $11,958,000 $7,799,000Def. Tackle $9,314,000 $6,146,000Linebacker $11,058,000 $7,751,000Offensive Line $11,096,000 $8,070,000Punter/Kicker $3,716,000 $2,736,000Quarterback $16,155,000 $10,611,000Running Back $9,037,000 $5,621,000Safety $8,263,000 $5,278,000Tight End $7,071,000 $4,424,000Wide Receiver $10,971,000 $7,320,000It's a tougher decision for the top 10 picks but if a player is a starter they generally get their option picked up (Lions' Fairley, Bucs' Clayborn, Seahawks' Carpenter, and Saints' Ingram were notable exceptions last year).

Not picking up the option is a signal that the player isn't in the team's long-term plans:

- Lions let Fairley walk (signed with Rams)

- Bucs let Clayborn walk (signed with Falcons)

- Seahawks let Carpenter walk (signed with the Jets)

- Saints re-signed Ingram to an inexpensive contract (essentially a 2 year/$7.6M deal)

 

[cstu]

#4 - Kalil (Vikings undecided)

#6 - Claiborne (Cowboys decline option)

#7 - Barron (Rams decline option)

#8 - Tannehill (Dolphins exercised option)

#13 - Floyd (Cardinals exercised option)

#14 - Brockers (Rams exercised option)

#15 - Irvin (Seahawks exercised option)

#17 - Kirkpatrick (Bengals exercised option)

#19 - McClellin (Bears decline option)

#20 - Wright (Titans exercised option)

#21 - Chandler Jones (Patriots exercised option)

 

[Bri]

The Titans plan to exercise the fifth-year option on receiver Kendall Wright's contract.

Wright, the team's first round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, signed a four-year, $8.2 million deal with the Titans when he entered the league.

NFL teams have until May 3 to decide whether to exercise the options for 2016 on players selected in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft.

Wright, selected 20th overall in the draft, would earn roughly $7.3 million in the final year of his deal. The fifth year is guaranteed for injury once the option is exercised.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/titansinsider/2015/04/23/titans-kendall-wright-nfl-tennessee/26252343/

 

[Insein]

Eagles exercise 5th year on Fletcher Cox

 

[Donnybrook]

#7 - Barron (Bucs undecided)

Bucs decided to trade him to St Louis.

 

[cstu]

#7 - Barron (Bucs undecided)

Bucs decided to trade him to St Louis.

And the Rams just declined his option.

 

[cstu]

Updated

 

[QuizGuy66]

Bengals exercised Zeitler's option too.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000488472/article/bengals-exercise-options-on-dre-kirkpatrick-zeitler

-QG

 

[cstu]

I believe Kalil is the only player left for teams to decide on.

 

[cstu]

Teams have until March 8 to decide to keep or cut players whose options were picked up last year.

 

[Bojang0301]

Worst CBA in all professional sports.

 

[Borden]

Excellent thread by OP and everyone else. Dot.