Azeez Ojulari’s net worth is estimated at $4-7 million, and the honest answer is that nobody outside his accountant knows. What can be counted is what he has been paid: roughly $12.2 million in gross NFL contract value across five seasons, most of it from a rookie deal that ended in 2024. Watch out for the figure “$6.77 million” that some sites publish as his net worth – that is the exact total of his Giants rookie contract, relabelled.
The edge rusher set a Giants rookie record with 8.0 sacks in 2021, beating B.J. Hill’s 5.5 from 2018. He has not matched that season since.
He is not an Eagle any more. The one-year, $4 million Philadelphia deal he signed in March 2025 produced three games and no sacks before a hamstring injury put him on injured reserve on 1 November 2025. On 16 March 2026 he signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons worth $1,402,500 – a move home to Georgia, and a sharp markdown on his previous salary.
Azeez Ojulari Bio
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| First Name | Azeez |
| Last Name | Ojulari |
| Full Name | Azeez Ojulari |
| Date of Birth | June 16, 2000 |
| Age | 26 (as of August 2026) |
| Birth Place | Austell, Georgia |
| Residence | Not specified |
| Country | United States |
| Profession | American Football Player |
| Education | University of Georgia |
| Father | Not specified |
| Mother | Not specified |
| Nationality | American |
| Siblings | B.J. Ojulari |
| Brother | B.J. Ojulari |
| Religion | Not specified |
| Spouse | Not specified |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
| Weight | 240 lbs (108 kg) |
| Height | 6’3″ (190 cm) |
| Net Worth | Estimated $4-7 million (against about $12.2 million in gross career contract value) |
| Category | American Football Player |
| Current Team | Atlanta Falcons (signed March 16, 2026) |
| Position | Linebacker |
| Jersey Number | 51 |
| Years Active | 2021-present |
| Draft | 2nd round, 50th overall, 2021 NFL Draft |
| Drafted By | New York Giants |
| Previous Teams | New York Giants (2021-2024), Philadelphia Eagles (2025) |
| Awards | None (no major professional awards) |
| 61K followers (@azeez__8) |
Early Life
Azeez Ojulari started playing football at nine, but he stood out at Marietta High School. In his senior year, he made 118 tackles and 11 sacks, earning a place in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. A torn ACL ended his season early, but it didn’t stop his rise.
At the University of Georgia, Ojulari redshirted in 2018 to recover from his injury. In 2019, as a redshirt freshman, he started 13 of 14 games, recording 36 tackles and 5.5 sacks. His breakout season was 2020, where he led the team with 12.5 tackles for loss and earned Second-team All-SEC honors. He also won the Defensive Most Improved Award and the Leon Farmer Strength and Conditioning Award, showing his hard work and progress.
NFL Career
Ojulari joined the NFL when the New York Giants picked him in the second round (50th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft. His rookie contract was a four-year deal worth $6.77 million, including a $2.28 million signing bonus. From 2021 to 2024 he played 46 games for the Giants, starting 30, with 22 sacks, 38 quarterback hits, 21 tackles for loss and four forced fumbles. His 2024 season produced six sacks in 11 games, enough to earn him a free agent move to Philadelphia – where the season fell apart. He appeared in three games for the Eagles in 2025, started two, recorded six tackles and no sacks, and went on injured reserve on 1 November with a hamstring injury. That is the context for the Falcons paying him just over $1.4 million: he is a 26-year-old with a rookie-record season on his résumé and four injury-shortened years since.
Injuries are the through-line of his career: 11 games or fewer in every season from 2022 to 2024, then three games in 2025. That pattern is why his earnings have flattened rather than compounded, the opposite of what happens to an edge rusher who stays on the field – compare the second contracts that Myles Garrett and DeMarcus Lawrence turned into nine-figure career earnings.
Contract History
Ojulari signed a four-year deal with the Giants worth $6.77 million, including a $2.28 million signing bonus. In 2024, his base salary was $1.58 million, with a cap hit of $2.15 million, per Salary Sport.
His 2026 Falcons deal is worth $1,402,500: a $1,215,000 base salary plus a $187,500 signing bonus, with $387,500 guaranteed and a cap charge of $1,262,500, per Spotrac and Over The Cap. It is a prove-it contract in every sense.
Stacked up, his contract value across five NFL seasons looks like this:
- 2021-2024, New York Giants: four-year rookie deal, $6,770,000 including a $2.28 million signing bonus
- 2025, Philadelphia Eagles: one year, $4,000,000
- 2026, Atlanta Falcons: one year, $1,402,500
That is about $12.17 million gross, before federal and state tax, agent fees and the union dues every player pays. NFL money is also not NBA money: there is no guaranteed five-year runway underneath it, which is why a career earnings total for a player like this should never be read as a bank balance.
Azeez Ojulari Net Worth in 2026
No audited figure exists, so the estimate has to be built from the contracts. Against $12.17 million in gross contract value, a player in the top federal bracket who has worked in New York, Pennsylvania and Georgia keeps somewhere around half after tax, agent commission and union dues. That points to a realistic $4-7 million, and the lower half of that range if he has been paying his own way rather than saving aggressively.
The number to distrust is $6.77 million quoted to the cent. It appears on several aggregator pages as his net worth and it is simply his rookie contract total, the same error that turns up across this genre, which is why contract value and net worth are kept separate here and in our breakdown of Tee Higgins’s earnings.
Endorsements are unlikely to move the total much. No national deals have been announced, and a rotational edge rusher on a veteran-minimum-tier contract is not a brand target – endorsement income at this level tends to be local appearances and card signings rather than shoe money.
Also read: what a fully guaranteed NFL contract does to a player’s finances, using Jared Goff as the counter-example to a year-to-year career like this one.
Future Prospects With the Atlanta Falcons
The 2026 season in Atlanta is the one that decides whether his earnings curve turns back up. He is 26, he is home in Georgia where he played his college football, and he is on a one-year deal with only $387,500 guaranteed – which means a healthy season with six or more sacks could be worth several times the contract he is currently on, while another injury year likely ends the run of guaranteed NFL money altogether.
Off the field, Ojulari stays active on social media, with 61K Instagram followers and 20.4K followers on X. Those are modest numbers by NFL standards and they matter here: a player without a large audience has no leverage to replace lost playing income with off-field earnings, which is why the contracts do essentially all the work in his case.
Conclusion
Azeez Ojulari’s net worth in 2026 is best estimated at $4-7 million, built almost entirely from $12.17 million in gross contract value across the Giants, Eagles and now the Falcons. The path from a record-setting rookie year to a $1.4 million prove-it deal is a useful reminder that in the NFL, availability is the asset.
Updated August 25, 2026. Team status and contract terms verified against the Atlanta Falcons roster and signing announcement, Spotrac and Over The Cap; 2025 game log and injury dates from Philadelphia Eagles and Pro Football Reference records.
For the latest updates on Azeez Ojulari’s career and net worth, keep an eye on his social media and trusted NFL sources like NFL.com.
FAQs on Azeez Ojulari Net Worth
When did Azeez Ojulari start playing football?
Ojulari began playing football at the age of nine.
When was Azeez Ojulari drafted into the NFL?
He was selected by the New York Giants in the second round (50th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Which team does Azeez Ojulari play for in 2026?
The Atlanta Falcons. He signed a one-year, $1,402,500 deal on March 16, 2026, after a season with the Philadelphia Eagles that was cut short by a hamstring injury.
How much has he earned in his NFL career?
About $12.17 million in gross contract value through the 2026 season: $6.77 million on his Giants rookie deal, $4 million with the Eagles in 2025 and $1,402,500 with the Falcons in 2026. That is before tax and agent fees, and it is not the same thing as his net worth.
