Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb is one of the NFL’s best playmakers. He has emerged as a superstar and a household name, but is he paid like one of the league’s top wide receivers? Let’s examine Lamb’s salary, contract, net worth, and career earnings.
CeeDee Lamb’s Salary and Contract
After holding out throughout OTAs, training camp, and the entirety of the 2024 preseason, Lamb and the Cowboys were finally able to reach an agreement on a four-year extension worth $136 million.
The deal includes $100 million guaranteed, plus a wide receiver record $38 million signing bonus. At the time, Lamb became the second-highest-paid non-QB in NFL history, trailing only Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson.
Lamb’s receptions, receiving yards, and touchdown total have improved every year that he’s been in the NFL.
He earned the monster contract after leading all players with 135 receptions and 680 yards after the catch in 2023, while also totaling 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Lamb’s Net Worth and Career Earnings
Many sources estimate Lamb’s net worth to be approximately $20 million as of 2024. However, thanks to his new contract with the Cowboys, his net worth will increase significantly in the coming years.
Throughout his career, Lamb has earned $81,144,999 from his NFL contracts alone. This figure doesn’t include any of Lamb’s endorsement deals or off-field ventures.
In recent years, Lamb has partnered with brands like Nike, Pizza Hut, Snickers, Panini America, Chipotle, Visa, Chime, Vertiball, Lowe’s, DirecTV, BodyArmor, Temu, and Fanatics.
Cowboys Players’ Fantasy Outlook for Week 9
Here is what PFSN’s Kyle Soppe wrote about the notable Cowboys players’ fantasy outlooks for the Week 9 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals:
Dak Prescott
Unless you believe the Cardinals will emerge from their bye with a newfound focus on the defensive side of the ball, I think you can look past last week’s dud for Dak Prescott in Denver.
In much the same way that the Cowboys are a performance-enhancing defense for their opponents, Denver suppresses numbers across the board, and Dallas’ start was no exception (19-of-31 for 188 yards, zero touchdowns, and two interceptions).
Prescott entered the game on a near-historic hot streak (four straight games with 3+ TD passes and zero interceptions). While I think that’s probably overshooting expectations, it’s far more likely this is a Jacoby Brissett/Prescott shootout than a one-sided beatdown like what we saw a week ago.
He’s had two awful games this season, both on the road against defenses that can look like the best in the sport (Eagles and Broncos). A home game against the Cardinals (seventh-highest deep CMP% allowed since Week 4) is a little different, and with his playmakers fully healthy, I think you should feel good about Prescott returning to the top 10 at the position.
CeeDee Lamb
Since returning from nearly a month off (ankle), CeeDee Lamb’s target rate is essentially identical to the two games pre-injury this season. Still, the type of target has shifted significantly following the film George Pickens put forth during that missed time.
- Weeks 1-2: 41.7% deep target rate
- Weeks 7-8: 16.7% deep target rate
I think this is optimal. Not that Lamb can’t win down the field, but if the goal is to build the strongest offensive environment, allowing Pickens to play to his primary strength with Lamb filling in around him is a wise move.
In theory, this should elevate Lamb’s target rate over time as efficiency improves. Last week had a few chances to be an even bigger performance (two end zone DPIs forced on the same drive after a 29-yard catch earlier in the game put Dallas on the doorstep).
Due to how the Cowboys play, Lamb, even with the presence of Pickens, is on the short list of receivers that could lead the position in PPR points from this point forward.
George Pickens
The Cowboys weren’t competitive at all in Denver over the weekend. Still, Dak Prescott did continue to concentrate his targets at a near-Flacco fashion (14 of his 19 completions went to either Pickens or Lamb), and that means that both were usable with over 14 PPR points, even in a blowout loss.
I found it interesting that Patrick Surtain spent some time on Pickens, a sign to me that opponents view Dallas’ WR2 as a game-breaker they want to discourage Prescott from looking downfield.
That’s obviously easier said than done, but if they viewed Lamb as substantially more dangerous, the reigning DPOY would have been glued to him. Pickens hasn’t seen his target profile look much different since his partner in crime returned to the lineup, aside from a minor decline in red-zone usage.
Better days are ahead for this offense, and this is a great launching spot for just that. The point distribution will vary every week, but 35-ish fantasy points for the Lamb/Pickens tandem every week is fair, and that’s all we can ask for.
Javonte Williams
Javonte Williams wasn’t left for dead by the fantasy community, but if we were universally sold on him, you’d have no idea who Jaydon Blue is.
He’s been great.
I’d argue better than great.
Williams has a touchdown or 5+ receptions in every single game this season, and while the per-carry efficiency comes and goes, his role as the unquestioned lead back in a high-powered offense is stable.
I think Dallas can look at their October results and switch up their priorities a bit. I don’t care about volume; we know the game script plays with those numbers, but in terms of efficiency, here are the splits for their four games this month.
- Two wins: 35 carries for 251 yards (7.2 YPC)
- Two losses: 26 carries for 70 yards (2.7 YPC)
There’s obviously some chicken-and-egg to those numbers, but if this team can create a balanced offensive environment, they can compete with anyone.
If not, they get run out of the building by 20 like last weekend. That’s more of a macro take. In terms of Williams, you can feel great about locking him in this week, a statement I would never have guessed I’d be typing as we prepare for November.