How much will 2025 NFL draft picks be paid? Rookie salary, contract details of Day 2 picks

The 2025 NFL draft continues Friday with the second and third rounds and 64 total picks by the teams gathered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Where a player is selected determines his salary and contract.

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It's onto the second night of the 2025 NFL draft and the stakes remain high for front offices around the league, players still waiting to be selected after the first round and fans hoping their favorite team can come out of this weekend with a better roster.

The second and third rounds of this year's draft are set to take place Friday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and this is when the best-run franchises often separate themselves. There are future starters and potential stars to be found among the 70 players (including compensatory picks) that will be picked and have their NFL dreams come true during the second day of drafting.

Each selection during the second and third rounds receives a four-year contract that's slotted based on where a player is chosen. The NFL long ago instituted a rookie wage scale as part of the league's collective bargaining agreement to eliminate the protracted negotiations of the past that resulted in top draft picks receiving huge guarantees before taking a snap.

Here's a breakdown of the rookie wage scale for the 2025 NFL draft, including contract and salary details for the players picked in Friday's second and third rounds:

NFL rookie wage scale, explained

The rookie wage scale was first introduced by the NFL in 2011 and operates as a de facto salary cap for each team's rookie class. It places limits on how much a team can pay its picks and slots each salary and contract based on when each player is selected in the draft order. Increases in rookie salaries are determined each year by the growth of the NFL's overall salary cap.

A player's rookie contract salary is composed of the following components, according to the NFL: signing bonus, base salary, offseason workout per diem (beginning in the second season), base-salary guarantees, permitted performance incentives, roster bonuses and reporting bonuses.

Every first-round pick has a fully guaranteed fifth-year team option on their rookie contract that must be exercised by the team prior to May 1 before the fourth season of the deal.

2025 NFL draft: Salary, contract details for second round picks

All 2025 figures are based on four-year contract estimates by Spotrac.com based on the NFL collective bargaining agreement.

No. 33 (Cleveland Browns): 4-year, $10.85 million contract; $1.97 million in 2025
No. 34 (New York Giants): 4-year, $10.77 million contract; $1.96 million in 2025
No. 35 (Tennessee Titans): 4-year, $10.68 million contract; $1.94 million in 2025
No. 36 (Jacksonville Jaguars): 4-year, $10.51 million contract; $1.91 million in 2025
No. 37 (Las Vegas Raiders): 4-year, $10.44 million contract; $1.9 million in 2025
No. 38 (New England Patriots): 4-year, $10.28 million contract; $1.87 million in 2025
No. 39 (Chicago Bears): 4-year, $10.13 million contract; $1.84 million in 2025
No. 40 (New Orleans Saints): 4-year, $9.99 million contract; $1.82 million in 2025
No. 41 (Chicago Bears): 4-year, $9.85 million contract; $1.79 million in 2025
No. 42 (New York Jets): 4-year, $9.7 million contract; $1.76 million in 2025
No. 43 (San Francisco 49ers): 4-year, $9.56 million contract; $1.74 million in 2025
No. 44 (Dallas Cowboys): 4-year, $9.43 million contract; $1.71 million in 2025
No. 45 (Indianapolis Colts): 4-year, $9.24 million contract; $1.68 million in 2025
No. 46 (Atlanta Falcons): 4-year, $9.04 million contract; $1.64 million in 2025
No. 47 (Arizona Cardinals): 4-year, $8.78 million contract; $1.6 million in 2025
No. 48 (Miami Dolphins): 4-year, $8.61 million contract; $1.56 million in 2025
No. 49 (Cincinnati Bengals): 4-year, $8.43 million contract; $1.53 million in 2025
No. 50 (Seattle Seahawks): 4-year, $8.26 million contract; $1.5 million in 2025
No. 51 (Denver Broncos): 4-year, $8.09 million contract; $1.47 million in 2025
No. 52 (Seattle Seahawks): 4-year, $7.91 million contract; $1.44 million in 2025
No. 53 (Tampa Bay Buccaneers): 4-year, $7.74 million contract; $1.41 million in 2025
No. 54 (Green Bay Packers): 4-year, $7.57 million contract; $1.38 million in 2025
No. 55 (Los Angeles Chargers): 4-year, $7.4 million contract; $1.34 million in 2025
No. 56 (Buffalo Bills): 4-year, $7.31`million contract; $1.33 million in 2025
No. 57 (Carolina Panthers): 4-year, $7.26 million contract; $1.32 million in 2025
No. 58 (Houston Texans): 4-year, $7.17 million contract; $1.3 million in 2025
No. 59 (Baltimore Ravens): 4-year, $7.05 million contract; $1.28 million in 2025
No. 60 (Detroit Lions): 4-year, $7-million contract; $1.27 million in 2025
No. 61 (Washington Commanders): 4-year, $6.93 million contract; $1.26 million in 2025
No. 62 (Buffalo Bills): 4-year, $6.88 million contract; $1.25 million in 2025
No. 63 (Kansas City Chiefs): 4-year, $6.86 million contract; $1,247,307 in 2025
No. 64 (Philadelphia Eagles): 4-year, $6.83 million contract; $1.24 million in 2025

NFL draft 2025: Salary, contract details for third round picks

All 2025 figures are based on four-year contract estimates by Spotrac.com based on the NFL collective bargaining agreement. No. 97 through No. 102 are compensatory picks.

No. 65 (New York Giants): 4-year, $6.48 million contract; $1,178,124 in 2025
No. 66 (Kansas City Chiefs): 4-year, $6.46 million contract; $1,175,370 in 2025
No. 67 (Cleveland Browns): 4 year, $6.458 million contract; $1,174,131 in 2025
No. 68 (Las Vegas Raiders): 4-year, 6.447 million contract; $1,172,127 in 2025
No. 69 (New England Patriots): 4-year, $6.43 million contract; $1,168,887 in 2025
No. 70 (Jacksonville Jaguars): 4-year, $6.39 million contract; $1,162,712 in 2025
No. 71 (New Orleans Saints): 4-year, $6.37 million contract; $1,158,506 in 2025
No. 72 (Chicago Bears): 4-year, $6.36 million contract; $1,155,537 in 2025
No. 73 (New York Jets): 4-year, $6.33 million contract; $1,151,535 in 2025
No. 74 (Carolina Panthers): 4-year, $6.32 million contract; $1,149,553 in 2025
No. 75 (San Francisco 49ers): 4-year, $6.31 million contract; $1,146,487 in 2025
No. 76 (Dallas Cowboys): 4-year, $6.26 million contract; $1,137,820 in 2025
No. 77 (New England Patriots): 4-year, $6.25 million contract; $1,136,841 in 2025
No. 78 (Arizona Cardinals): 4-year, $6.24 million contract; $1,135,389 in 2025
No. 79 (Houston Texans): 4-year, $6.22 million contract; $1,131,524 in 2025
No. 80 (Indianapolis Colts): 4-year, $6.2 million contract; $1,127,918 in 2025
No. 81 (Cincinnati Bengals): 4-year, $6.18 million contract; $1,124,313 in 2025
No. 82 (Seattle Seahawks): 4-year, $6.17 million contract; $1,121,761 in 2025
No. 83 (Pittsburgh Steelers): 4-year, $6.14 million contract; $1,116,561 in 2025
No. 84 (Tampa Bay Buccaneers): 4-year, $6.12 million contract; $1,112,863 in 2025
No. 85 (Denver Broncos): 4-year, $6.11 million contract; $1,110,792 in 2025
No. 86 (Los Angeles Chargers): 4-year, $6.09 million contract; $1,107,278 in 2025
No. 87 (Green Bay Packers): 4-year, $6.07 million contract; $1,103,994 in 2025
No. 88 (Jacksonville Jaguars): 4-year, $6.062 million contract; $1,102,199 in 2025
No. 89 (Houston Texans): 4-year, $6.058 million contract; $1,101,603 in 2025
No. 90 (Los Angeles Rams): 4-year, $6.057 million contract; $1,101,305 in 2025
No. 91 (Baltimore Ravens): 4-year, $6.056 million contract; $1,101,007 in 2025
No. 92 (Seattle Seahawks): 4-year, $6.047 million contract; $1,099,517 in 2025
No. 93 (New Orleans Saints): 4-year, $6.03 million contract; $1,096,536 in 2025
No. 94 (Cleveland Browns): 4-year, $6.01 million contract; $1,093,555 in 2025
No. 95 (Kansas City Chiefs): 4-year, 6-million contract; $1,090,574 in 2025
No. 96 (Philadelphia Eagles): 4-year, $5.98 million contract; $1,087,594 in 2025
No. 97 (Minnesota Vikings): 4-year, $5.96 million contract; $1,083,275 in 2025
No. 98 (Miami Dolphins): 4-year, $5.96 million contract; $1,083,275 in 2025
No. 99 (New York Giants): 4-year, $5.96 million contract; $1,083,275 in 2025
No. 100 (San Francisco 49ers): 4-year, $5.96 million contract; $1,083,275 in 2025
No. 101 (Los Angeles Rams): 4-year, $5.96 million contract; $1,083,275 in 2025
No. 102 (Detroit Lions): 4-year, $5.96 million contract; $1,083,275 in 2025

How to watch the 2025 NFL draft: TV, live streaming, schedule

Live NFL draft coverage can be found on ABC, ESPN and the NFL Network. Streaming coverage is also available on ESPN+, NFL+ and Fubo.

Thursday, April 24: Round 1, 8 p.m. ET
Friday, April 25: Rounds 2-3, 7 p.m. ET
Saturday, April 26: Rounds 4-7, Noon ET

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