Age: 27
Free Agency: 2026 (UFA)
Accrued Seasons: 3
- Height: 6'4"
- Weight: 305
- College: TCU
- Entry: 2020 Draft, Round 2, #40 overall (Texans)
- 2025 Salary Cap Charge: $1,030,000 (0.38% of cap)
- 2025 Cash Payout: $1,170,000 (0.77% of spending)
- 2025 Cash to Cap Ratio: 1.14
- Contract Value: $1,170,000 ($1,170,000 APY)
- Fully Guaranteed Money: $0
- Contract Ranking: 130/240 at IDL
Current Contract
(SFA, signed 2025)
(📝: indicates contract trigger occuring during that year)Year | Age | Base Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Dead Money & Cap Savings | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 27 | $1,170,000 | $1,030,000 | 0.4% | ||||
Total | $1,170,000 | $1,030,000 |
Contract Notes
Ross Blacklock signed his 4 year rookie contract with the Houston Texans on July 21, 2020. Contract value is worth $7,947,452 with $4,921,212 fully guaranteed via signing bonus and guaranteed salaries in 2020 and 2021.
Cash Flows
2025 | |
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Cash Due | $1,170,000 |
Running Cash | $1,170,000 |
Career Earnings: $6,738,552
Career APY: $1,347,710
Contract History
Team | Contract Type | Status | Year Signed | Yrs | Total | APY | Guarantees | Amount Earned | % Earned | Effective APY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vikings | Drafted | Renegotiated | 2020 | 4 | $7,947,452 | $1,986,863 | $4,921,212 | $1,332,496 | 16.8% | $1,332,496 |
Texans | Drafted | Traded | 2020 | 4 | $7,947,452 | $1,986,863 | $4,921,212 | $4,921,212 | 61.9% | $2,460,606 |
Vikings | Other | Terminated | 2023 | 1 | $1,010,000 | $1,010,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Jaguars | Practice | Elevated | 2023 | 1 | $289,800 | $289,800 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Jaguars | Practice | Terminated | 2023 | 1 | $289,800 | $289,800 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Colts | Practice | Terminated | 2023 | 1 | $289,800 | $289,800 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Titans | Practice | Elevated | 2023 | 1 | $289,800 | $289,800 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Titans | Practice | Renegotiated | 2023 | 1 | $289,800 | $289,800 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Titans | SFA | Expired | 2023 | 1 | $1,010,000 | $1,010,000 | $0 | $112,222 | 11.1% | $112,222 |
Giants | Practice | Expired | 2024 | 1 | $302,400 | $302,400 | $0 | $67,200 | 22.2% | $67,200 |
Giants | SFA | Active | 2025 | 1 | $1,170,000 | $1,170,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Earnings By Team
Team | Yrs | Salary | APY | Paid on Cap | % Paid on Cap | Paid as Dead Money | % Paid as Dead Money |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vikings | 1 | $1,332,496 | $1,332,496 | $1,332,496 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Texans | 2 | $4,921,212 | $2,460,606 | $3,251,230 | 0.0% | $1,669,982 | 0.0% |
Jaguars | 0 | $152,711 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $152,711 | 0.0% |
Colts | 0 | $16,100 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $16,100 | 0.0% |
Titans | 1 | $248,833 | $248,833 | $112,222 | 0.0% | $136,611 | 0.0% |
Giants | 1 | $67,200 | $67,200 | $67,200 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Season History
Year | Team | Base Salary | Prorated Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Cash Paid | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Texans | $610,000 | $834,991 | $610,000 | $1,444,991 | 0.7% | $3,949,964 | ||
2021 | Texans | $971,248 | $834,991 | $971,248 | $1,806,239 | 0.9% | $971,248 | ||
2022 | Vikings | $1,332,496 | $0 | $0 | $1,332,496 | 0.6% | $1,332,496 | ||
2023 | Titans | $1,010,000 | $0 | $0 | $112,222 | 0.0% | $112,222 | ||
2024 | Giants | $302,400 | $0 | $0 | $67,200 | 0.0% | $67,200 | ||
2025 | Giants | $1,170,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,030,000 | 0.4% | $1,170,000 | ||
Total | $5,396,144 | $1,669,982 | $1,581,248 | $5,793,148 | $7,603,130 |
Statistics
Year | Games Played | Games Inactive | Snaps | Tackles | Negative Plays | Interceptions | Fumbles | TD | ||||||||||
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Injured | Healthy | Defense | Special | Solo | Assist | Sacks | Yards | TFL | QB Hits | Pass Def. | INT | Yards | Forced | Rec. | Yards | |||
2020 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 22.9% | 18.0% | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 37.0% | 12.2% | 14 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 12.0% | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.9% | 2.2% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Valuation Diamond
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OTC Valuation | APY | |
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Regular | $0 | $0 |
Injury Adjusted | $0 | $0 |
Weekly Valuation Trends
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