How much salary cap space do Jaguars need to sign 2026 draft class?

The draft picks have been made, but now the Jacksonville Jaguars have to sign their 10 selections to their rookie deals.

So, how much salary cap space will that require?

List of Jaguars' 2026 NFL draft picks

• Pick 56: Nate Boerkircher, TE, Texas A&M
• Pick 81: Albert Regis, IDL, Texas A&M
• Pick 88: Emmanuel Pregnon, G, Oregon
• Pick 100: Jalen Huskey, DB, Maryland
• Pick 119: Wesley Williams, DE, Duke
• Pick 164; Tanner Koziol, TE, Houston
• Pick 191: Josh Cameron, WR, Baylor
• Pick 203: CJ Williams, WR, Stanford
• Pick 233: Zach Durfee, DE, Washington
• Pick 240: Parker Hughes, LB, Middle Tennessee State

Salary cap space required for Jaguars to sign 2026 draft class

According to Over the Cap, the Jaguars need $11.251 million in available cap space to sign this year's class.

There is a wrinkle to this, however. Although that is how much the Jaguars' rookie class will count towards this year's cap, Jacksonville's available cap space figure won't drop by $11-plus million once these deals are done.

When it comes to calculating offseason cap space, only the top 52 contracts, in terms of value, count towards that figure. So, in the cap space calculation, each of these rookie contracts will replace a player who is likely on a minimum deal for the 2026 season -- around $885,000.

The incoming rookie cap hits will be more than those minimum contracts, but it's not as if the entire amount is completely unaccounted for at the moment -- salary-cap-wise -- because there are players already occupying the top 52 spots in the cap calculation.

As OTC notes, this is known as effective cap space -- what is actually available to spend. Although $11.251 million may be needed to sign this year's draft class, the effective cap space -- or difference that will show up in the cap space calculation -- is around just $2.401 million.