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Zaire Franklin

LB·Green Bay Packers
Round 7, pick 235 in 2018
Updated November 10, 2026
81.1
Model Score
Up from 80.8 last year
Trade value ·a 7th
2026 Cap Hit
$7.1M
APY
$9.0M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$3.8M
Years on Deal
2
Signed
2026
Est. Value
$6.2M/yr
overpaid by $2.8M/yr

Estimate: 1 yrs, $6M total · range $1.5M to $14.2M a year · How it is built →

Comps6 deals
Cody BartonTEN · signed 2025
2 yr · $7.0M/yr
56
Zach CunninghamTEN · signed 2022
3 yr · $11.0M/yr
58
Jamie CollinsDET · signed 2020
3 yr · $10.0M/yr
57
Jon BosticNO · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.1M/yr
54
Cory LittletonCAR · signed 2022
1 yr · $2.6M/yr
57
Nick KwiatkoskiATL · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.0M/yr
55

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

YearCap HitBaseBonusDead $Cap Savings
2026$7.1M$4.2M$1.9M$3.8M$3.4M
2027$10.9M$8.0M$1.9M$1.9M$9.0M

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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