{"id":830286,"date":"2026-03-24T03:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/830286\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T03:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:09:18","slug":"what-is-nick-westbrook-ikhines-salary-cap-hit-with-colts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/830286\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Nick Westbrook-Ikhine&#8217;s salary cap hit with Colts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 23, 2026, 8:56 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Among the several signings made in free agency, the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>\u00a0have given the wide receiver depth a boost by signing Nick Westbrook-Ikhine. <a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/player\/nick-westbrook-ikhine\/9304\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Over the Cap<\/a> now has Westrbook-Ikhine&#8217;s contract details and 2026 salary cap hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This is a one-year deal for Westbrook-Ikhine worth $1.402 million. He will earn a base salary of $1.215 million with $250,000 of that guaranteed. Westbrook-Ikhine also received a $187,5000 signing bonus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">His salary cap hit for the season is $1.262 million. At least from a contract standpoint, Westbrook-Ikhine is not a lock to make the 53-man roster. If the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" data-autotag=\"d3fda36a-3eb5-4700-8763-caba831c06ae\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a> were to release him, they would incur a dead cap hit of only $437,500.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Westbrook-Ikhine&#8217;s fit with the Colts<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Although the Colts invested heavily in the wide receiver position when they re-signed Alec Pierce, trading away Michael Pittman really exposed the lack of depth at this position.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Prior to signing Westbrook-Ikhine, the top wide receiver options on the depth chart after Pierce and Josh Downs were Ashton Dulin, Anthony Gould &#8212; a slot receiver &#8212; and Laquon Treadwell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Westbrook-Ikhine will likely have the opportunity to compete with Dulin for that third wide receiver position. That is a role that will see its share of playing time this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This signing can hopefully boost competition within this room and elevate the floor of this unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The addition of Westbrook-Ikhine should not stop GM Chris Ballard from further adding to this unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For more on what specifically Westbrook-Ikhine can add to the Colts&#8217; offense and passing game, you can find that <a href=\"http:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/03\/22\/nfl-free-agency-evaluating-nick-westbrook-ikhines-impact-colts\/89274346007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 23, 2026, 8:56 p.m. ET Among the several signings made in free agency, the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts\u00a0have given the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,49915,95900,95882,96933,95903,96013,105392,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-830286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","16":"tag-sstsncolts","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagashton-dulin","19":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","20":"tag-tagmichael-pittman-jr","21":"tag-tagnick-westbrook-ikhine","22":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116281958217662994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}