Bengals 2025 Roster Breakdown: Cam Taylor-Britt embracing the weight of an all-important contract year

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By John Sheeran | Last updated Aug 9, 2025 6:30 AM ET

Bengals roster breakdown is back! During the 99 days leading up to Cincinnati’s regular season opener against the Cleveland Browns, the player with the matching jersey number as days remaining will become the day’s highlighted player.

29 days remain until the Bengals’ first game of the 2025 season, bringing us back to the secondary with No. 29 Cam Taylor-Britt.

Cam Taylor-Britt

Age: 25
Year: 4th
Position: Cornerback
College: Nebraska
Previous Teams: None
Jersey Number: 29

Taylor-Britt enters his fourth season in the NFL and with the Bengals after being drafted 60th overall in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He spent four years at Nebraska, playing 41 games (28 starts) and racked up 140 tackles, six interceptions, and 27 passes defensed. He spent part of his sophomore season playing safety for the Cornhuskers, but almost exclusively played cornerback as a junior and senior.

Taylor-Britt started his rookie season on Injured Reserve but he ended up playing 10 games and emerged as a starter due to a season-ending injury to Chidobe Awuzie. He began 2023 as a starter and was in the midst of a career-year with four interceptions in the first 10 games before an ankle injury took him out for four of the last six weeks. His 2024 season was a lot less desirable and he was benched on two separate occasions but still started all 17 games for the first time in his career.

Contract Details

Taylor-Britt enters the fourth and final year of his four-year, $5,952,730 rookie contract he signed in 2022. He will make a base salary of $3.656 million this year, which is also the total amount of cash he'll earn. He earned a raise thanks to the NFL's Proven Performance Escalator. When adding on his signing bonus proration of $$377,314, his salary cap hit for the year is $4,033,314.

Roster Outlook

Cincinnati's defense as a whole was a mess last year, and Taylor-Britt contributed plenty to the weekly disasters. Instead of entering this offseason as a likely candidate for a contract extension, he's entering a contract year with so much to prove. That can be the motivation he needs to get his career back on track, or too much weight on his shoulders to secure the bag next offseason.

Taylor-Britt has embraced the defense's new identity and is on track to being a Week 1 starter yet again. Defensive coordinator Al Golden's new scheme has him moving around more frequently, and the film from practices has been promising. It's now about putting everything together to play a consistent 17-game season.

Projected role: Starting cornerback