{"id":901642,"date":"2026-05-26T10:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/901642\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:21:21","slug":"contract-details-for-patriots-draft-pick-namdi-obiazor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/901642\/","title":{"rendered":"Contract details for Patriots draft pick Namdi Obiazor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The process of rebuilding their linebacker depth chart behind starters Robert Spillane and Christian Elliss saw the New England Patriots invest a sixth-round draft choice in a prospect out of TCU: Namdi Obiazor was broad aboard with the 212th overall pick in the draft. Shortly after getting picked, Obiazor put his signature under a four-year rookie contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at that deal to find out what it means for the Patriots\u2019 salary cap and the 24-year-old himself.<\/p>\n

LB Namdi Obiazor: Contract details<\/p>\n

Base value: $4,618,872
Maximum value: TBD<\/p>\n

Guarantees: $238,872
Signing bonus: $238,872<\/p>\n

2026 (age 24):
Base salary: $885,000
Signing bonus: $59,718
Salary cap hit: $944,718<\/p>\n

2027 (age 25):
Base salary: $1,050,000
Signing bonus: $59,718
Salary cap hit: $1,109,718<\/p>\n

2028 (age 26):
Base salary: $1,165,000
Signing bonus: $59,718
Salary cap hit: $1,224,718<\/p>\n

2029 (age 27):
Base salary: $1,280,000
Signing bonus: $59,718
Salary cap hit: $1,224,718<\/p>\n

There are no surprises in Obiazor\u2019s contract. It is a standard deal for a player selected on Day 3 of the draft, meaning that its only guarantees are the prorated signing bonus totaling $238,872.<\/p>\n

It is that sum that will remain on New England\u2019s books regardless of whether or not Obiazor is on the roster. If, for example, he is cut ahead of the 53-man roster deadline at the end of training camp, the Patriots would absorb a $59,718 dead money charge this season and $179,154 in 2027. While that is a lot of money, it is a drop in the bucket for an NFL team and would therefore not prevent such a move from happening.<\/p>\n

Of course, the best case scenario would be Obiazor proving himself a quality addition and making the team after all. If so, his salary cap hit would increase from what it is now: under the NFL\u2019s Top 51 rule, only the 51 biggest cap hits are actually counted versus a team\u2019s books in the offseason.<\/p>\n

Obiazor is not on that list at the moment; his cap hit is the 64th highest. This means that only his guarantees \u2014 namely the aforementioned $59,718 signing bonus proration \u2014 are currently impacting New England\u2019s cap space. Only once he makes the roster or practice squad would his cap number change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The process of rebuilding their linebacker depth chart behind starters Robert Spillane and Christian Elliss saw the New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,52640,727,13788,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":["post-901642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-football","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-england-patriots-analysis","tag-new-england-patriots-draft","tag-new-england-patriots-salary-cap","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-patriots"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116640381885813261","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901642","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=901642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}