Pittsburgh Steelers / T.J. Watt

T.J. Watt

ED · Pittsburgh Steelers · ACT · Wisconsin

2017 Rd 1 #30 · Steelers · 00-0033886 · OTC 5614

2026 cap hit

$42.00M

APY

$41.00M

Guaranteed

$108.0M

Contract

3 yr · 2025

Total value $123.0M · APY was 14.7% of the cap at signing · OTC player page. Capster does not scrape that page; the link is attribution only.

Season stats

Defense · key metrics with weekly trend

As of Aug 26, 2026 · nflverse snapshot

Tackles

53

#213 league

Sacks

7.0

#42 league

QB Pressures

26

#36 league

HRY / HIT

9 / 9

812 def snaps

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Contract years

Year-by-year rows from nflverse season_history. Void / poison-pill tails (no cash after the last paid year) stay on the schedule for dead-cap math.

  • 2025

    PIT

    Cap number

    $23.37M

    Base
    $4.00M
    Prorated
    $19.37M
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $0
    Gtd salary
    $4.00M
  • 2026

    PIT

    Cap number

    $42.00M

    Base
    $32.00M
    Prorated
    $10.00M
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $0
    Gtd salary
    $32.00M
  • 2027

    PIT

    Cap number

    $42.00M

    Base
    $32.00M
    Prorated
    $10.00M
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $0
    Gtd salary
    $32.00M
  • 2028

    PIT

    Cap number

    $46.05M

    Base
    $21.05M
    Prorated
    $10.00M
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $15.00M
    Gtd salary
    $0

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