NFC East

Dallas Cowboys

7-1 · 1st in the NFC East · GM: jonooo

2026 cap

$317.7M

incl. $16.5M rollover

Active spending

$255.9M

53 active players

Dead money

$60.2M

Cap space

$1.6M

2027 committed

$404.2M

of $327.0M projected cap

2028 committed

$444.0M

of $352.0M projected cap

Below the roster minimum: LB 5 of 6.

Roster & contracts

Cap number by year

Pos	Player	2026	2027	2028	2029	Guaranteed	Cut savings
Offense
QB	Dak Prescott	$28.0M	$51.0M	$56.0M	$61.0M	$10.0M	−$119.0M
QB	Marcus Mariota	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
QB	Jack Strand	$886K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$11K	$871K
RB	Breece Hall	$3.5M	$13.0M	$16.5M	$22.0M	$9.5M	−$17.0M
RB	Ray Davis	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	$995K
RB	Demond Claiborne	$980K	$1.1M	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	$600K
FB	Ben VanSumeren	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
WR	Tyreek Hill	$27.0M	$32.0M	$32.0M	—	$22.0M	−$10.0M
WR	Chris Olave	$14.0M	$29.5M	$34.0M	$38.0M	$11.0M	−$69.5M
WR	Quentin Johnston	$6.9M	$13.0M	$18.0M	$18.0M	$2.0M	−$35.0M
WR	Roman Wilson	$2.6M	$3.0M	—	—	$1.7M	−$1.2M
WR	Barion Brown	$918K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$786K
TE	Jake Tonges	$1.5M	—	—	—	$1.5M	$0
TE	Tommy Tremble	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
TE	Austin Hooper	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
OL	Trent Williams	$20.0M	$30.0M	$43.0M	—	$16.0M	−$31.0M
OL	Trey Smith	$10.0M	$19.0M	$19.0M	$30.0M	$1.8M	−$53.0M
OL	Joe Thuney	$5.3M	$20.3M	$21.8M	$31.3M	$1.5M	−$27.8M
OL	Matthew Bergeron	$4.2M	—	—	—	—	$3.9M
OL	Matt Goncalves	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	—	—	$884K
OL	Justin Dedich	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
OL	Dylan Cook	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
OL	Keagen Trost	$967K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.4M	—	$639K
OL	Jayden Williams	$886K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	$884K
Defense
IDL	Derrick Brown	$11.0M	$27.0M	$36.0M	$39.0M	$2.0M	−$67.0M
IDL	Mason Graham	$8.2M	$9.8M	$11.4M	—	$1.0M	−$21.2M
IDL	Darius Alexander	$1.5M	$1.8M	$2.1M	—	—	$381K
IDL	Tommy Togiai	$1.5M	—	—	—	$1.5M	$0
IDL	Nick Barrett	$894K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$18K
EDGE	Greg Rousseau	$26.2M	$32.2M	$33.2M	$39.2M	$16.0M	−$119.8M
EDGE	Aidan Hutchinson	$15.0M	$37.9M	$39.0M	$40.0M	$8.0M	−$123.9M
EDGE	Jonah Elliss	$1.5M	$1.8M	—	—	—	$1.1M
EDGE	George Gumbs Jr.	$958K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.4M	—	$667K
EDGE	Ethan Burke	$916K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$793K
EDGE	Zach Durfee	$885K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	$885K
LB	Daiyan Henley	$3.8M	$7.2M	$8.0M	$15.0M	$1.5M	−$13.2M
LB	Bobby Okereke	$3.0M	—	—	—	—	$3.0M
LB	Jacob Rodriguez	$2.4M	$3.0M	$3.6M	$4.2M	$885K	−$10.8M
LB	Troy Andersen	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
LB	Damone Clark	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
CB	Marshon Lattimore	$9.0M	—	—	—	$1.5M	$0
CB	Jaylon Johnson	$5.5M	$26.5M	$27.0M	$28.0M	—	−$38.5M
CB	Devin Moore	$1.2M	$1.6M	$1.9M	$2.2M	—	−$189K
CB	Darrell Baker Jr	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
CB	Brandin Echols	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
CB	Jadon Canady	$993K	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	$561K
S	Kyle Hamilton	$8.0M	$25.6M	$25.0M	$25.0M	$4.0M	−$58.6M
S	Javon Bullard	$1.8M	$2.0M	—	—	—	$1.0M
S	Christian Izien	$1.2M	—	—	—	$1.1M	$0
S	Lonnie Johnson Jr	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
Special teams
K	Nick Folk	$4.3M	—	—	—	$2.3M	$0
P	Jordan Stout	$2.5M	$3.5M	$4.5M	—	$1.5M	−$2.0M
LS	Josh Harris	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0

Cut savings: cap space freed this year by releasing the player (negative means releasing him costs space).

Dead money

IDLOsa Odighizuwa$16.0M
LBMatt Milano$15.0M
TECole Kmet$12.0M
CBKendall Fuller$11.0M
SAr'Darius Washington$4.0M
SJammie Robinson$244K
RBTahj Brooks$214K
IDLKarl Brooks$186K
OLWanya Morris$175K
IDLLeonard Taylor III$175K
CBAlijah Huzzie$147K
EDGEKaimon Rucker$119K
OLAjani Cornelius$115K
IDLBrandon Cleveland$109K
OLJosh Gesky$109K
OLNolan Rucci$109K
OLChase Lundt$104K
EDGESam Williams$100K
CBKamal Hadden$88K
TEBenjamin Yurosek$57K
EDGEJose Ramirez$44K
KHarrison Mevis$25K
WRAnthony Smith$12K
WRJalen Walthall$12K
CBJeadyn Lukus$12K
CBReddy Steward$10K
OLDonovan Jennings$3K
OLAlan Herron$666
QBAthan Kaliakmanis$666

Draft picks

Schedule