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Walter Nolen

IDL·Arizona Cardinals·300 lb
Tier 5Round 1, pick 16 in 2025
Updated November 10, 2026
70.5
Model Score
Resting on limited playing time
Trade value ·an early 2nd
2026 Cap Hit
$4.4M
APY
$4.8M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$19.4M
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2025
Est. Value
$12.8M/yr
underpaid by $8.0M/yr

Estimate: 4 yrs, $51M total · range $10.0M to $15.9M a year · How it is built →

Comps6 deals
Jordan DavisPHI · signed 2026
4 yr · $26.0M/yr
51
Travis JonesBAL · signed 2025
3 yr · $13.5M/yr
46
Harrison PhillipsMIN · signed 2022
3 yr · $6.5M/yr
52
Nathan ShepherdNYJ · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.1M/yr
46
MI
Matt IoannidisWAS · signed 2019
3 yr · $7.3M/yr
51
Davon GodchauxNE · signed 2021
2 yr · $7.5M/yr
53

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

YearCap HitBaseBonusDead $Cap Savings
2025$3.5M$840K$2.7M$0$3.5M
2026$4.4M$1.0M$2.7M$15.8M$0
2027$5.3M$1.1M$2.7M$11.4M$0
2028$6.2M$1.2M$2.7M$6.2M$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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