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Breakdown of OL Chris Hubbard’s contract with the Browns

The Browns’ biggest free agent signing is the league’s fifth-highest paid right tackle on average.

The full, year-by-year contract details for Cleveland Browns OL Chris Hubbard, including his base salary, guaranteed money, and cap hits, are now available. Hubbard’s deal is considered to be 5 years for $36.5 million with $9 million fully guaranteed.

Breakdown of OL Chris Hubbard’s contract with the Browns

Year Base Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Total Cap Hit
Year Base Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Total Cap Hit
2018 $2,500,000 $800,000 $2,500,000 $0 $5,800,000
2019 $6,150,000 $800,000 $250,000 $100,000 $7,300,000
2020 $6,150,000 $800,000 $250,000 $100,000 $7,300,000
2021 $6,650,000 $800,000 $250,000 $100,000 $7,800,000
2022 $7,150,000 $800,000 $250,000 $100,000 $8,300,000
Total $28,600,000 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $400,000 $36,500,000
  • Hubbard has $9 million in full guarantees, which consists of his $2.5 million base salary in 2018, his $5 million signing bonus that is pro-rated to $800,000 million per year, and a $2.5 million roster bonus.
  • Per Aaron Wilson, in 2019, if Hubbard is still on the roster by the third day of the league year, then all $6.15 million of his base salary for that season will become fully guaranteed (note: before the third day of that league year, the $6.15 million is guaranteed for injury).
  • For every game that Hubbard is active with the Browns from 2019-2022, he will earn a $15,625 roster bonus, up to $250,000 per year.

In terms of average per year ($7.3 million), Hubbard is the 55th-highest paid offensive lineman in the NFL, but the 5th-highest paid right tackle. If Cleveland wants to cut him after this season, they would carry a dead cap hit of $3.2 million in 2019.

So far, all of these contracts seem to have a very similar structure to them, but Hubbard’s is the one that went past the three-year mark.