If he maxes out the incentives in his contract, Frank Clark could earn up to $7.5 million on a one-year deal with the Denver Broncos.
His initial salary cap hit will be much lower than that, however.
The Broncos gave Clark a creative contract that includes three void years, giving the team some cap relief in 2023. This season, the 30-year-old pass rusher will have a base salary of $1.21 million, according to Spotrac.com.
Clark also has a signing bonus that will be prorated into a $1.06 million signing bonus this year, plus three more void years at the same total. His base salary and prorated signing bonus will give Clark a 2023 salary cap hit of $2.27 million.
The outside linebacker can also earn $510,000 through per-game roster bonuses, according to OverTheCap.com.
Because of the way Denver has structured the contract, Clark will have a bigger cap hit next year — $3.18 million — despite being out of contract. That total represents the remaining prorated signing bonus.
It’s a creative way the Broncos can save some cap space this season while pushing some of Clark’s cap hit into 2024 when the cap will be higher. Following the Clark signing, Denver still has more than $9 million in 2023 salary cap space going into the summer.
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