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Shemar James

Dallas Cowboys
Pos LB
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2026 Cap Hit
$1.1M
APY
$1.2M/yr
Total Guaranteed
$423K
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2025
Est. Value
$9.4M/yr
underpaid by $8.2M/yr

Estimate: 4 yrs, $37M total · range $3.6M to $16.8M a year · How it is built →

Comps6 deals
Isaiah McDuffieGB · signed 2025
2 yr · $4.8M/yr
29
Derrick BarnesDET · signed 2025
4 yr · $8.0M/yr
28
Tyrel DodsonMIA · signed 2025
1 yr · $3.1M/yr
30
Patrick QueenPIT · signed 2024
1 yr · $13.7M/yr
41
Jordyn BrooksMIA · signed 2024
4 yr · $17.1M/yr
37
Blake CashmanHOU · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.8M/yr
34

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

YearCap HitBaseBonusDead $Cap Savings
2025$946K$840K$106K$0$946K
2026$1.1M$1.0M$106K$318K$793K
2027$1.2M$1.1M$106K$212K$1.0M
2028$1.3M$1.2M$106K$106K$1.2M

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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