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Maxwell Hairston

CB·Buffalo Bills
Tier 7Round 1, pick 30 in 2025
Updated November 10, 2026
72.1
Model Score
Down from 73.3 last year
Trade value ·a late 2nd
2026 Cap Hit
$3.5M
APY
$3.8M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$15.3M
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2025
Est. Value
$8.8M/yr
underpaid by $5.0M/yr

Estimate: 4 yrs, $35M total · range $2.1M to $13.9M a year · How it is built →

Comps6 deals
Jalen PitreHOU · signed 2025
4 yr · $13.0M/yr
54
DaRon BlandDAL · signed 2025
4 yr · $22.5M/yr
54
Taron JohnsonBUF · signed 2021
3 yr · $8.0M/yr
50
Nik NeedhamMIA · signed 2022
1 yr · $4.0M/yr
51
Danny JohnsonWAS · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.2M/yr
51
Darius PhillipsLV · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.5M/yr
53

The score is how good each player rated at his position when he signed, out of 100.

YearCap HitBaseBonusDead $Cap Savings
2025$2.8M$840K$1.9M$0$2.8M
2026$3.5M$1.0M$1.9M$12.5M$0
2027$4.2M$1.3M$1.9M$9.0M$0
2028$4.9M$2.9M$1.9M$4.9M$0

Cap Scenario What-if

Cap Savings
$0
Dead Money
$0

Release and Trade carry the same cap impact; a Post-June 1 designation spreads the dead money across two seasons.

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