Fans have been waiting for the details of the contract Kupp signed with Seattle, and they have finally arrived.
When the Seattle Seahawks moved on from 32-year old Tyler Lockett, most fans though the team freed up the cap space in order to address the issues on the offensive line while also getting younger at wide receiver.
Technically, the team did get younger by signing 31-year old Cooper Kupp, and after a wait of nearly two weeks, the terms of the contract signed by Kupp with the Seahawks have become public, so here they are:
- 2025: Base salary: $4.99M, Signing bonus: $12M, Per game roster bonuses: $510k
- 2026: Base salary: $12.99M, Per game roster bonuses: $510k
- 2027: Base salary: $12.49M, Roster bonus: $1M, Per game roster bonuses: $510k
Those are, of course, the cash flows, and fans are more interested in the cap hits, so those are as follows:
- 2025: $9.35M ($4.99M base salary, $4M signing bonus proration, $360k per game roster bonuses)
- 2026: $17.5M ($12.99M base salary, $4M signing bonus proration, $510k per game roster bonuses)
- 2027: $18M ($12.49M base salary, $4M signing bonus proration, $510k per game roster bonuses)
Of note, Kupp has $9M of his $12.99M 2026 base salary set to vest into a full guarantee the Friday after the Super Bowl, as is the usual vesting schedule for Seahawks contracts.
That vesting guarantee means the Kupp contract is effectively a two-year, $31M contract, of which $4M would be the dead cap hit in 2027 should the the team opt to move on after the 2026 season.