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Jaguars will have to overcome this salary cap hurdle in 2026 offseason
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In the 2026 NFL season, only a few teams will have more dead cap on their salary cap books than the Jacksonville Jaguars .
Dead cap is money that still counts against a team's salary cap, even if that player is no longer on the team.
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Dead money is dollars that have been paid to a player but haven't yet been accounted for against the salary cap. Just because a player is released or traded, some of those cap charges still have to hit the books.
According to Over the Cap , the Jaguars will have $43.86 million in dead cap on the books in 2026. This is the fourth-most in the NFL, and that is cap space that cannot be put towards free agency.
The reason that the Jaguars' dead cap total is so high is because of all the roster turnover that took place last season under first-year general manager James Gladstone.
Financially, the Jaguars will be absorbing a lot of those decisions in 2026, but those deals will then be off the books going into 2027.
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Jacksonville Jaguars ' dead money on 2026 salary cap
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CB Tyson Campbell : $19.5M
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WR Gabe Davis : $14.6M
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S Darnell Savage : $6.2M
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IDL Khalen Saunders : $1.86M
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OL Javon Foster : $398,532
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IDL Jordan Jefferson : $391,538
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RB Tank Bigsby : $230,530
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IDL Tyler Lacy : $171,780
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CB Deantre Prince : $166,114
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RB Keilan Robinson : $140,978
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Jaguars among teams with most dead salary cap in 2026 offseason
