Minnesota Vikings / Jay Ward

Jay Ward

S · Minnesota Vikings · ACT · LSU

2023 Rd 4 #134 · Vikings · 00-0038578 · OTC 10958

2026 cap hit

$1.31M

APY

$1.12M

Guaranteed

$654K

Contract

4 yr · 2023

Total value $4.49M · APY was 0.5% 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

27

#485 league

Sacks

0.0

#949 league

QB Pressures

1

#534 league

HRY / HIT

1 / 0

248 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.

  • 2023

    MIN

    Cap number

    $913K

    Base
    $750K
    Prorated
    $163K
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $0
    Gtd salary
    $0
  • 2024

    MIN

    Cap number

    $1.08M

    Base
    $915K
    Prorated
    $163K
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $0
    Gtd salary
    $0
  • 2025

    MIN

    Cap number

    $1.19M

    Base
    $1.03M
    Prorated
    $163K
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $0
    Gtd salary
    $0
  • 2026

    MIN

    Cap number

    $1.31M

    Base
    $1.15M
    Prorated
    $163K
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $0
    Gtd salary
    $0

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