Denver Broncos rookie contracts of all 2022 NFL Draft picks
Taking a look at every contract for the Denver Broncos 2022 NFL Draft class. What kind of guaranteed money does each young player receive?
The Denver Broncos have their entire nine-player 2022 NFL Draft class under contract and ready for their first training camp.
After the Russell Wilson trade, the Broncos didn’t have a first-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft but they still managed to come away with players that should have a tremendous impact in year one.
What kind of contracts did these players receive?
With the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, rookie contracts are pre-slotted for each pick, but there can sometimes be different contract language in terms of signing bonuses.
Let’s take a look at all nine of the Denver Broncos’ rookies and the deals they received.
Denver Broncos 2022 rookie contracts
Nik Bonitto, EDGE (2nd round, 64th overall)
4 years, $5.8 million, $1.399 million guaranteed
Greg Dulcich, TE (3rd round, 80th overall)
4 years, $5.259 million, $1.004 million guaranteed
Damarri Mathis, CB (4th round, 115th overall)
4 years, $4.438 million, $778,964 guaranteed
Eyioma Uwazurike, DL (4th round, 116th overall)
4 years, $4.425 million, $765,868 guaranteed
Delarrin Turner-Yell, S (5th round, 152nd overall)
4 years, $3.993 million, $333,056 guaranteed
Montrell Washington, WR (5th round, 162nd overall)
4 years, $3.974 million, $314,184 guaranteed
Luke Wattenberg, OL (5th round, 171st overall)
4 years, $3.947 million, $287,720 guaranteed
Matt Henningsen, DL (6th round, 206th overall)
4 years, $3.822 million, $162,080 guaranteed
Faion Hicks, CB (7th round, 232nd overall)
4 years, $3.376 million, $101,680 guaranteed
How much does the Denver Broncos rookie class count against the 2022 salary cap?
This is a bit of a deeper discussion here as currently, the top 51 contracts are the only ones counted against the official salary cap while teams carry 90 players on their rosters.
2022 salary cap hit (total): $7.628 million
2022 salary cap hit (top 51): $2.693 million
Effectively, what this means is that the Denver Broncos’ 2022 rookie class is counting less than $2.7 million against the salary cap as long as the roster is more than 53 players.
Once cuts have to be made, we’ll find out how many rookies make the team and which contracts actually count against the salary cap.
For the time being, this class could provide the Denver Broncos’ roster with some very solid depth at a reasonable price.