Houston Texans / Graham Mertz
Graham Mertz
QB · Houston Texans · RES · Florida
2025 Rd 6 #197 · Texans · 00-0040211 · OTC 12557
2026 cap hit
$597K
APY
$1.11M
Guaranteed
$228K
Contract
4 yr · 2025
Total value $4.43M · APY was 0.4% of the cap at signing · OTC player page. Capster does not scrape that page; the link is attribution only.
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
HOU
Cap number
$897K
- Base
- $840K
- Prorated
- $57K
- Option
- $0
- Roster / other
- $0
- Gtd salary
- $0
2026
HOU
Cap number
$597K
- Base
- $1.00M
- Prorated
- $57K
- Option
- $0
- Roster / other
- $0
- Gtd salary
- $0
2027
HOU
Cap number
$1.18M
- Base
- $1.12M
- Prorated
- $57K
- Option
- $0
- Roster / other
- $0
- Gtd salary
- $0
2028
HOU
Cap number
$1.29M
- Base
- $1.24M
- Prorated
- $57K
- Option
- $0
- Roster / other
- $0
- Gtd salary
- $0
| Year | Team | Base | Prorated | Option | Roster / other | Gtd salary | Cap number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | HOU | $840K | $57K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $897K |
| 2026 | HOU | $1.00M | $57K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $597K |
| 2027 | HOU | $1.12M | $57K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.18M |
| 2028 | HOU | $1.24M | $57K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.29M |
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