Dennis Pitta Contract Breakdown

Name:  Dennis Pitta

Age:  28

Position:  TE

Awards:  None

Courtesy of ICON SMI

Contact Length:  Five years

Total Contract Money:  $32 million

Signing Bonus:  $11 million

Guaranteed Money:  $16 million (Signing bonus and base salaries in 2014 and 2015)

2014 Base Salary:  $1 million

2014 Cap Hit:  $3.2 million (No cap savings if cut, $12.8 cap charge taken)

2015 Base Salary:  $4 million

2015 Cap Hit:  $6.2 million (No cap savings if cut, $6.6 cap charge taken)

2016 Base Salary:  $5 million

2016 Cap Hit:  $7.2 million ($600,000 saved if cut)

2017 Base Salary:  $5.5 million

2017 Cap Hit:  $7.7 million ($3.3 million saved if cut)

2018 Base Salary:  $5.5 million

2018 Cap Hit:  $7.7 million ($5.5 million saved if cut)

Other important information:  The average of $6.4 million per year makes Pitta the ninth-highest paid tight end in the NFL.