Rasul Douglas doesn’t have your conventional story of becoming a four or five-star recruit, establishing himself at a Power 5 conference and going on to NFL stardom.
Douglas started his college career at Nassau Community College before he transferred to West Virginia University. During his first season as a Mountaineer, Douglas appeared in 11 games and recorded seven tackles and an interception.
As a senior in 2016, Douglas was named first-team All-Big 12 after he tied for the national lead with eight interceptions, while also logging 70 tackles and a sack.
Douglas turned that experience into a third-round selection by the Philadelphia Eagles.
After working his way onto the depth chart as a regular contributor and sometimes starter, Douglas will be rewarded with a bump in salary next season, thanks to a salary escalator.
The NFL’s collective bargaining agreement ensures proven performance escalators for players who were drafted between rounds three and seven and signed to the typical four-year rookie contracts.
If those players are able to log snap counts of 35% or better in at least two of their first three seasons in the NFL (or play 35% or more of total snaps during those three years), they qualify for an increased base salary in their fourth year.
Douglas is the only Eagles player to earn that increase according to Over The Cap after he logged a snap count of 40% as a rookie, 52.3% in 2018 and an increased 57.1% of the snaps in 2019.
Players eligible for the PPE will see their fourth-year base salary escalate to the lowest restricted free agent (RFA) tender for that season.
For Douglas, that means a jump in pay from $794,010 to $2,147,000, fully guaranteed.