The top earning HBCU NFL player is Alabama A&M’s Robert Mathis (pictured above)
HBCU Money™ FACTS:
- NFL teams spent $3.5 billion of 2013’s $4 billion available.
- HBCU NFL players combine for $59.2 million in salaries or 1.7 percent of salaries spent. Estimated take home after taxes and agent/lawyer fees is $29. 6 million.
- Hampton University leads the way with 4 NFL players.
- 19 HBCUs are represented in the NFL.
- SWAC/MEAC conferences both have 6 schools represented.
- HBCU NFL players represent approximately 1.7 percent of roster positions available.
- Average salary for HBCU NFL players is $2.1 million. In 2011, the average NFL salary was $1.9 million according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
- Median salary for HBCU NFL players is $895 000. In 2011, the median NFL salary was $777 000 according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Robert Mathis – DE – Indianapolis Colts – $10 750 000
(Alabama A&M) -
Kendall Langford – DE – St. Louis Rams – $6 000 000
(Hampton) -
Antoine Bethea – S – Indianapolis Colts – $5 750 000
(Howard) -
Jacoby Jones – WR – Baltimore Ravens – $4 900 000
(Lane) -
Dimitri Patterson – CB – Miami Dolphins – $4 600 000
(Tuskegee) -
Greg Toler – CB – Indianapolis Colts – $4 333 333
(St. Paul’s) -
D. Rodgers-Cromartie – CB – Denver Broncos – $2 900 000
(Tennessee State) -
Sammie Hill – DT – Tennessee Titans – $2 766 666
(Stillman) -
Jason Hatcher – DT – Dallas Cowboys – $2 600 000
(Grambling State) -
William Hayes – DE – St. Louis Rams – $2 050 000
(Winston-Salem State) -
Junior Galette – OLB – New Orleans Saints – $1 700 000
(Stillman) -
Eric Weems – WR – Chicago Bears – $1 415 000
(Bethune-Cookman) -
Chris Baker – NT – Washington Redskins – $1 323 000
(Hampton) -
Justin Durant – LB – Dallas Cowboys – $950 000
(Hampton) -
Tavaris Jackson – QB – Seattle Seahawks – $840 000
(Alabama State) -
Kenrick Ellis – DT – New York Jets – $707 500
(Hampton) -
Don Carey – S – Detroit Lions – $680 000
(Norfolk State) -
Phillip Adams – CB – Oakland Raiders – $630 000
(South Carolina State) -
Terron Armstead – T – New Orleans Saints – $559 359
(Arkansas Pine-Bluff) -
Rafael Bush – S – New Orleans Saints – $555 000
(South Carolina State) -
Rashean Mathis – DB – Detroit Lions – $555 000
(Bethune-Cookman) -
Joe Anderson – WR – Chicago Bears – $480 000
(Texas Southern) -
Anthony Levine – S – Baltimore Ravens – $480 000
(Tennessee State) -
Larry Donnell – TE – New York Giants – $405 000
(Grambling State) -
Marquette King – P – Oakland Raiders – $405 000
(Fort Valley State) -
Kevin Elliot – WR – Buffalo Bills – $303 000
(Florida A&M) -
Adrian Hamilton – OLB – Baltimore Ravens – $303 000
(Prairie View A&M) -
Saeed Lee – CB – Atlanta Falcons – $288 000
(Alabama State)
Sources: NFL.com, The Guardian, Spotrac
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