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NFL fifth-year option tracker: Full list of every team’s decision about first-round picks from 2022 draft​on April 28, 2025 at 8:59 pm

Teams have until May 1 to make any fifth-year option decisions

​Teams have until May 1 to make any fifth-year option decisions   

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The first 32 players selected in the 2022 NFL Draft all made out well becoming first-round selections, with their names called under the bright lights in Las Vegas. With three seasons behind them, however, they now enter a crucial year in their young careers.   

NFL rookies are given four-year contracts when they enter the league; first-round picks include a team option for a fifth season, which teams can choose to pick up or decline. Some players make the decision easy for teams. Others not so much.

The window to extend a player’s fifth-year option opened on Jan. 6 and goes through May 1. With the deadline fast approaching, let’s take a look on each player from the 2022 draft class and whether or not his team has picked up the option yet.

*Former Vikings safety Lewis Cine is the one player listed below not eligible for a fifth-year option as Minnesota released him ahead of the 2024 season.  

PICK NUMBER PLAYER (CURRENT TEAM) FIFTH-YEAR OPTION DECISION 2026 PROJECTED CONTRACT

1

Travon Walker (Jaguars)

Picked up

$14.75 million

2

Aidan Hutchinson (Lions)

3

Derek Stingley Jr. (Texans)

Signed three-year extension

$21.59 million

4

Sauce Gardner (Jets)

Picked up

$20.18 million

5

Kayvon Thibodeaux (Giants)

Picked up

TBD

6

Ikem Ekwonu (Panthers)

7

Evan Neal (Giants)

8

Drake London (Falcons)

9

Charles Cross (Seahawks)

10

Garrett Wilson (Jets)

Picked up

$16.81 million

11

Chris Olave (Saints)

12

Jameson Williams (Lions)

13

Jordan Davis (Eagles)

14

Kyle Hamilton (Ravens)

15

Kenyon Green (Eagles)

16

Jahan Dotson (Eagles)

17

Zion Johnson (Chargers)

18

Treylon Burks (Titans)

19

Trevor Penning (Saints)

20

Kenny Pickett (Browns)

Declined (report)

$22.1 million

21

Trent McDuffie (Chiefs)

22

Quay Walker (Packers)

23

Kaiir Elam (Cowboys)

24

Tyler Smith (Cowboys)

Picked up (report)

$21.2 million

25

Tyler Linderbaum (Ravens)

26

Jermaine Johnson II (Jets)

Picked up

$13.4 million

27

Devin Lloyd (Jaguars)

28

Devonte Wyatt (Packers)

29

Cole Strange (Patriots)

30

George Karlaftis (Chiefs)

31

Dax Hill (Bengals)

32

*Lewis Cine (Eagles)

Ineligible

 

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