Packers make CB Jaire Alexander’s release official
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Packers make CB Jaire Alexander’s release official
Jaire Alexander was set to make $16.15 million this season. The Packers will gain $17 million of cap space with his post-June 1 release. Alexander played less than 32 percent of the Packers’ defensive snaps in three of the past four seasons, and he has missed 38 games in his seven-year career. He made All-Pro in 2020 and 2022, which led to the Packers signing him to a four-year, $84 million contract extension.
Alexander had no interest in a pay cut, and on Monday, the day before the team’s mandatory minicamp begins, the Packers bid Alexander farewell.
The Packers made Alexander’s release official, though it likely won’t be processed on the NFL’s transaction wire until Tuesday.
“In his seven seasons with the Packers, Jaire established himself as one of the premier players in the NFL at one of the game’s most challenging positions,” General Manager Brian Gutekunst said in a statement. “His contributions to our organization were felt on the field, in the locker room and in our community, and he will be missed. We appreciate all he gave and we wish him all the best moving forward.”
Alexander was scheduled to make a base salary of $16.15 million this season, and the Packers will gain $17 million of cap space with his post-June 1 release. The remaining $10 million of his cap obligation will go on the team’s 2026 cap.
He played only 14 regular-season games the past two seasons combined. In 2023, shoulder and knee injuries, along with a one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team, limited Alexander to seven games. Last season, it was a knee injury that resulted in surgery on his PCL, costing him 10 games.
Alexander played less than 32 percent of the Packers’ defensive snaps in three of the past four seasons, and he has missed 38 games in his seven-year career.
He showed up for the first week of the voluntary offseason program but then decided to forego the $700,000 workout bonus and train on his own.
Alexander made All-Pro in 2020 and 2022, which led to the Packers signing him to a four-year, $84 million contract extension that made him the highest-paid cornerback in the league at the time. Injuries, though, finally forced the Packers to do what they did Monday.
Alexander now is set to become a free agent.
Packers Officially Release CB Jaire Alexander
The Green Bay Packers have released cornerback Jaire Alexander. The two sides could not come to an agreement. Alexander was set to make a fully guaranteed base salary of $13.294 million in 2022 under the fifth-year option when the Packers signed him to a four-year, $84 million extension. The relationship between the two sides has been strained in recent years, with both sides frustrated by Alexander’s injury issues.
Thank you, Jaire — Green Bay Packers (@packers) June 9, 2025
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst issued the following statement regarding Alexander’s release: “In his seven seasons with the Packers, Jaire established himself as one of the premier players in the NFL at one of the game’s most challenging positions. His contributions to our organization were felt on the field, in the locker room and in our community, and he will be missed. We appreciate all he gave and we wish him all the best moving forward.”
After some buzz that the two sides were moving toward a reconciliation in the past few weeks, in the end they could not come to an agreement and Green Bay will move on from Alexander before the start of mandatory minicamp this week.
The Packers reportedly had an offer for a pay cut on the table for Alexander that would have allowed him to stay in Green Bay another season.
Alexander had been available on the trade block pretty much all offseason, but the Packers have found no takers. The relationship between the two sides has been strained in recent years, with both sides frustrated by Alexander’s injury issues that have limited him to 14 games the past two seasons.
Alexander, 28, is the former 18th overall selection in the 2018 NFL Draft by the Packers. He was entering the fourth year of a four-year, $12.050 million rookie deal that included a $6.844 million signing bonus before Green Bay picked up his option.
Alexander was set to make a fully guaranteed base salary of $13.294 million in 2022 under the fifth-year option when the Packers signed him to a four-year, $84 million extension.
He is scheduled to make base salaries of $16.15 million and $18.15 million in the final two years of that deal.
In 2024, Alexander appeared in seven games for the Packers and made seven starts, recording 16 tackles, a fumble recovery, two interceptions, one defensive touchdown, and seven pass defenses.