The Bengals have 15 players slated to be free agents this offseason when the new league year begins on March 11 at 4 p.m.

There are three different types of free agents, unrestricted free agents (UFA), restricted free agents (RFA) and exclusive rights free agents (ERFA):

UFA: Any player with an expired contract who has accrued four or more seasons (an accrued season is a season in which a player is on a club's active/inactive, reserve/injured or reserve/physically unable to perform lists); these players are free to negotiate and sign with any team as of March 11.

RFA:Any player with an expired contract who has accrued three seasons. RFAs are free to negotiate and sign with any team as of March 11, but their original team can offer them one of various qualifying offers ("tenders") that come with the right of first refusal and/or draft-pick compensation.

ERFA:Any player with an expired contract who has accrued fewer than three seasons. If his original team offers him a one-year contract at the league minimum (based on his credited seasons), the player cannot negotiate with other teams.

Here are the Bengals 2026 free agents:

Unrestricted Free Agents

STycen Anderson

LBBrian Asamoah

CBJalen Davis

TENoah Fant

QBJoe Flacco

DETrey Hendrickson

DEJoseph Ossai

GLucas Patrick

GDalton Risner

DECam Sample

SGeno Stone

CBCam Taylor-Britt

GCordell Volson

CBMarco Wilson

Restricted Free Agents

QBJake Browning

Click here to view the key dates of the 2026 offseason.