Blake Krass breaks down how much rookies who are selected in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft will make this season.
The 2026 NFL Draft continues on Saturday afternoon! Here is a breakdown of how much money all the fifth-round picks will make in their rookie season and how those rookie contracts work.
According to the 2020 NFL CBA, every rookie draft pick is guaranteed a four-year contract from the team that picks them. For first-round picks, there is a fifth-year team option as well. The value of those contracts is entirely based on where the player is selected in the 2026 NFL Draft. There is no bargaining room for players or teams to adjust those values once a player is selected. Based on the CBA, the rookie wage for players taken in the 2026 NFL Draft is $885,000. However, that only applies to a player’s actual base salary. The big money comes from the signing bonus, which is entirely based on where you are drafted.
There is a pay scale that ranges all the way from the No. 1 overall pick to the No. 248 pick, which gets you more money by being even just one pick higher on the draft board. Only for the final 10 picks in the NFL Draft, No. 248 through “Mr. Irrelevant” No. 257, are the rookie contracts worth the same value. There is no room to renegotiate contracts until after a player’s third season. So whether you win a Super Bowl in your rookie season or don’t see the field for two years, your contract stays put for at least three years.
The fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft takes place on Saturday afternoon. The first pick of the fifth round will be the 141st pick, currently held by the Texans. The final pick of the fifth round will be the 181st pick, which will be made by the Lions, barring a trade. There will be 41 picks made in this fifth round due to compensatory picks being given out.
The total contract value for the player taken 141st is $4,781,518. The 181st pick, or the final pick of the fifth round, has a contract value worth $4,604,883. So, there is barely any difference in contract value between the first pick of this round and the final pick of this round. As the draft gets deeper into the later rounds, the contracts become much less lucrative, and there is little difference in money based on where you get selected in a given round.
For a full list of the exact contract values assigned to each draft pick, check out the list on Spotrac.
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