As Notre Dame All-American Jaylon Smith undergoes his knee surgery today in Dallas -- here's the sobering news when it comes to the financial impact of "dropping" in the First Round of the NFL Draft.
If you were to drop from the #5 pick to the #20 pick you'll lose $10,000,000 in the value of your first contract.
Here's the value of the first contracts signed by each of the 32 players taken in the First Round of the 2015 NFL Draft:
#1 pick: $22.4 million
#2 pick: $21.4 million
#3 pick: $20.7 million
#4 pick: $20.0 million
#5 pick: $18.8 million
#6 pick: $16.5 million
#7 pick: $14.7 million
#8 pick: $12.9 million
#9 pick: $12.8 million
#10 pick: $12.3 million
#11 pick: $11.6 million
#12 pick: $10.5 million
#13 pick: $10.2 million
#14 pick: $9.8 million
#15 pick: $9.6 million
#16 pick: $9.0 million
#17 pick: $8.9 million
#18 pick: $8.6 million
#19 pick: $8.6 million
#20 pick: $8.5 million
#21 pick: $8.4 million
#22 pick: $8.3 million
#23 pick: $8.2 million
#24 pick: $8.1 million
#25 pick: $8.0 million
#26 pick: $7.9 million
#27 pick: $7.8 million
#28 pick: $7.7 million
#29 pick: $7.4 million
#30 pick: $7.2 million
#31 pick: $7.0 million
#32 pick: $6.9 million
Here's the rankings of all of the current NFL Contracts: NFL CONTRACTS
