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Today is the first day of the NFL draft! While all Virginia fans eyes will be on Maurice Canady and Canaan Severin this weekend, it will be interesting to see how much these players will make in the NFL. How much have other Hoos made in the past? The following list shows the career earnings for UVA players who were in the NFL last season and at what pick they were drafted. (The data is from spotrac.com and does not include any endorsement money or future earnings on contracts.)
|
Player |
Draft Pick # |
Total Earnings |
|
Chris Long |
2 |
$84,696,160 |
|
Matt Schaub |
90 |
$80,805,000 |
|
D'Brickashaw Ferguson |
4 |
$72,619,221 |
|
Branden Albert |
15 |
$44,218,000 |
|
Heath Miller |
30 |
$44,027,256 |
|
Eugene Monroe |
8 |
$41,346,618 |
|
Chris Canty |
132 |
$40,118,000 |
|
Ahmad Brooks |
Sup. |
$29,544,721 |
|
John Phillips |
208 |
$6,456,204 |
|
Cedric Peerman |
185 |
$5,225,000 |
|
Rodney McLeod |
Undrafted |
$4,143,539 |
|
Danny Aiken |
Undrafted |
$2,355,799 |
|
Austin Pasztor |
Undrafted |
$1,780,824 |
|
Oday Aboushi |
141 |
$1,774,353 |
|
Morgan Moses |
66 |
$1,744,208 |
|
LaRoy Reynolds |
Undrafted |
$1,509,852 |
|
Eli Harold |
79 |
$1,240,889 |
|
Cam Johnson |
237 |
$1,166,448 |
|
Dontrelle Inman |
Undrafted |
$1,146,928 |
|
Brent Urban |
134 |
$1,038,584 |
|
Luke Bowanko |
205 |
$1,024,052 |
|
Darius Jennings |
Undrafted |
$181,552 |
Some notable former players include Thomas Jones ($32M), Herman Moore ($27M), and Tiki Barber ($25M). In other sports, Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman has made $77M and the Atlanta Hawks Mike Scott is at $8M.