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NFL fifth-year option tracker: Decisions from all 32 teams

by admin April 28, 2025
April 28, 2025

It’s decision time.

All NFL rookies who are drafted sign four-year contracts, and the fifth-year option applies only to first-round picks.

Teams must make a decision regarding the fifth-year options after the first-round rookie has completed three full seasons in the NFL. This is why the 2022 NFL draft class will be considered for fifth-year options this offseason. If teams exercise this option, the players will remain under contract through the 2026 NFL season.

If a team declines the option, the player will become an unrestricted free agent after the 2025 season.

NFL teams have until May 1 to make all final decisions regarding fifth-year options for players from the 2022 NFL draft. Here’s each player eligible and every team’s decision so far.

NFL fifth-year option tracker 2025

Thirty-one of the 32 first-round picks from the 2022 NFL draft are eligible for fifth-year options.

(This section will be updated with each team’s decision)

  1. EDGE Travon Walker, Jaguars: Option picked up on April 7
  2. EDGE Aidan Hutchinson, Lions: Option picked up on April 25
  3. CB Derek Stingley, Texans: Signed three-year extension on March 17
  4. CB Sauce Gardner, Jets: Option picked up on April 21
  5. EDGE Kayvon Thibodeaux, Giants: Option picked up on April 26
  6. OT Ikem Ekwonu, Panthers: Option picked up on April 26
  7. OT Evan Neal, Giants: General manager Joe Schoen said on April 26 that the team will not exercise Neal’s fifth-year option.
  8. WR Drake London, Falcons: TBD
  9. OT Charles Cross, Seahawks: TBD
  10. WR Garrett Wilson, Jets: Option picked up on April 21
  11. WR Chris Olave, Saints: Option picked up on April 23
  12. WR Jameson Williams, Lions: Option picked up on April 25
  13. DL Jordan Davis, Eagles: TBD
  14. S Kyle Hamilton, Ravens: TBD
  15. OG Kenyon Green, Eagles: The Texans traded Green to the Eagles on March 11, 2023. TBD.
  16. WR Jahan Dotson, Eagles: The Commanders traded Dotson to the Eagles on Aug. 22, 2024. TBD.
  17. OG Zion Johnson, Los Angeles Chargers: TBD
  18. WR Treylon Burks, Titans: TBD
  19. OT Trevor Penning, Saints: New Orleans has decided not to exercise Penning’s fifth-year option, as stated by general manager Mickey Loomis on April 23.
  20. QB Kenny Pickett, Browns (drafted by Steelers – traded): TBD
  21. CB Trent McDuffie, Chiefs: TBD
  22. LB Quay Walker, Packers: TBD
  23. CB Kaiir Elam, Cowboys: The Bills traded Elam to the Cowboys on March 12, 2025. TBD.
  24. OG Tyler Smith, Cowboys: TBD
  25. C Tyler Linderbaum, Ravens: TBD
  26. EDGE Jermaine Johnson, Jets: Option picked up on April 21
  27. LB Devin Lloyd, Jaguars: TBD
  28. DL Devonte Wyatt, Packers: TBD
  29. OG Cole Strange, Patriots: TBD
  30. EDGE George Karlaftis, Chiefs: TBD
  31. S Dax Hill, Bengals: TBD
  32. S Lewis Cine, Eagles (drafted by Vikings – released): INELIGIBLE

The No. 32 overall pick, safety Lewis Cine, is not eligible for a fifth-year option because he was released from the team that drafted him. Kenny Pickett, Jahan Dotson, Kenyon Green and Kaiir Elam remain eligible because they were traded and not released.

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

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