New Contract Particulars For Steelers TE Donald Parham Jr.

The Pittsburgh Steelers signed veteran TE Donald Parham Jr. to a one-year contract a couple of days in the past. On Monday, we discovered the finer particulars of that deal.

In accordance with the NFLPA public wage cap web page and Over the Cap, Parham’s deal is for the league minimal for his credited NFL seasons. His base wage is $1.17 million and there was no signing bonus given to him.

This contract will qualify as a veteran profit contract, which means Parham could have a wage cap cost of $1.03 million. That’s the minimal base wage for a participant with simply two credited NFL seasons. It doesn’t seem as if any of Parham’s $1.17 million base wage is assured, which one would count on to be the case.

Parham’s deal didn’t affect the Steelers’ 2025 wage cap scenario a lot because it pertains to their Rule of 51 and that’s as a result of the bottom cap cost inside that’s $840,000. After the highest 51 displacement happened, $190,000 of obtainable wage cap area was used to signal Parham.

Donald Parham Jr. involves Pittsburgh after spending the complete 2024 season on the Denver Broncos’ follow squad. He entered the NFL in 2019 with the Detroit Lions after going undrafted out of Stetson. Following a brief keep on the Lions’ roster, Parham spent the remainder of the 2019 summer time with the Washington Reskins. He initially made Washington’s follow squad however was launched from that unit a couple of weeks into the 2019 season.

After taking part in for the Arlington Renegades of the XFL in 2020, Parham signed with the Los Angeles Chargers in April 2020. He finally caught on the Chargers’ roster for 4 seasons on his option to registering 67 receptions for 764 yards and 11 touchdowns in 47 regular-season video games. He began 23 of these contests.

The Chargers parted methods with Parham final August shortly earlier than the 2024 common season obtained underway. In complete, Parham has logged 1,223 regular-season NFL snaps on offense with one other 98 snaps approaching particular groups.