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The draft is only two weeks old, but as most of the teams conducted rookie minicamps this weekend, there has been a cascade of draft choices signing their contracts, including the Arizona Cardinals.
They signed four of their seven draft picks before camp started. One was cornerback Denzel Burke, their fifth-round selection, taken with pick No. 174. We have his contract details.
Here are the specifics of Burke’s deal:
As a fifth-round choice (No. 174 overall), the total value of his four-year deal is $4,520,216 and includes a signing bonus of $320,216. His salary-cap charge for 2025 is $920,024.
His base salaries are the minimums for all four years: $840,000 this year; $1.005 million in 2026, $1.12 million in 2027 and $1.235 million in 2028.
He has a full split for the first two years, which means his salary would decrease to $490,000 in 2025 and $540,000 in 2026 if he is on injured reserve.
Burke (5-11, 186) attended Saguaro High School and Brophy Prep in the Phoenix area before heading to Ohio State where he started 51 games. Those starts were the most in school history for a defensive back and overall, he was the third Buckeyes player to start 50-plus games.
He started all 16 games for the national champions in 2024 and was honorable mention All-Big 10.
As of end of day Friday, 148 of the 257 (57.6 percent) selections had signed and the Cardinals with four of their seven have a nearly identical percentage (57.1).
The breakdown of rounds for the signed contracts league-wide is:
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They signed four of their seven draft picks before camp started. One was cornerback Denzel Burke, their fifth-round selection, taken with pick No. 174. We have his contract details.
Arizona Cardinals CB Denzel Burke contract, salary details
Here are the specifics of Burke’s deal:
As a fifth-round choice (No. 174 overall), the total value of his four-year deal is $4,520,216 and includes a signing bonus of $320,216. His salary-cap charge for 2025 is $920,024.
His base salaries are the minimums for all four years: $840,000 this year; $1.005 million in 2026, $1.12 million in 2027 and $1.235 million in 2028.
He has a full split for the first two years, which means his salary would decrease to $490,000 in 2025 and $540,000 in 2026 if he is on injured reserve.
Burke (5-11, 186) attended Saguaro High School and Brophy Prep in the Phoenix area before heading to Ohio State where he started 51 games. Those starts were the most in school history for a defensive back and overall, he was the third Buckeyes player to start 50-plus games.
He started all 16 games for the national champions in 2024 and was honorable mention All-Big 10.
Draft pick signing details around NFL
As of end of day Friday, 148 of the 257 (57.6 percent) selections had signed and the Cardinals with four of their seven have a nearly identical percentage (57.1).
The breakdown of rounds for the signed contracts league-wide is:
- First round: 6 of 32
- Second round: 2 of 32
- Third round: 26 of 38
- Fourth round: 18 of 36
- Fifth round: 28 of 28
- Sixth round: 33 of 40
- Seventh round: 35 of 41
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: Arizona Cardinals 5th-round pick Denzel Burke contract, salary details
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