New England Patriots / Elijah Ponder
Elijah Ponder
ED · New England Patriots · ACT · Cal Poly
2025 — · Patriots · 00-0040574 · OTC 13057
2026 cap hit
$1.01M
APY
$993K
Guaranteed
$115K
Contract
3 yr · 2025
Total value $2.98M · APY was 0.4% 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
Tackles
24
#531 league
Sacks
4.0
#99 league
QB Pressures
8
#182 league
HRY / HIT
3 / 1
215 def snaps
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
NE
Cap number
$845K
- Base
- $840K
- Prorated
- $5K
- Option
- $0
- Roster / other
- $0
- Gtd salary
- $100K
2026
NE
Cap number
$1.01M
- Base
- $1.00M
- Prorated
- $5K
- Option
- $0
- Roster / other
- $0
- Gtd salary
- $0
2027
NE
Cap number
$1.13M
- Base
- $1.12M
- Prorated
- $5K
- Option
- $0
- Roster / other
- $0
- Gtd salary
- $0
| Year | Team | Base | Prorated | Option | Roster / other | Gtd salary | Cap number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NE | $840K | $5K | $0 | $0 | $100K | $845K |
| 2026 | NE | $1.00M | $5K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.01M |
| 2027 | NE | $1.12M | $5K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.13M |
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