The Detroit Lions just agreed to a three-year $39 million dollar contract with Romeo Okwara!
Congrats Romeo! 
Here's a look at the TOP 27 current and former Notre Dame athletes (football, basketball, baseball and hockey) who have been (and will be) paid the most as a professional athlete:
- Ronnie Stanley:  $132,131,825 -- not guaranteed, contract 2025 
- Jeff Samardzija:  $116,341,666 -- current free agent
- Zack Martin: $102,329,796 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
- Jaylon Smith:  $75,022,000 -- not guaranteed contract to 2025 
- Anders Lee: $71,894,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
- AJ Pollock:  $68,841,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2023
- Troy Murphy: $66,000,000
- Stephon Tuitt: $64,760,551 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
- Harrison Smith: $63,666,546 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2021
- Golden Tate: $56,337,672 -- current free agent
- Kyle Rudolph:  $50,897,098 -- current free agent
- Romeo Okwara:  $47,258,474 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023 
- Bryant Young: $44,000,000
- Justin Tuck:  $43,248,463  
- Quenton Nelson: $37,902,910 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
- John Sullivan:  $35,800,027 
- Jerome Bettis: $35,122,500
- Jeff Faine: $34,456,892
- Kyle Palmieri: $30,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
- Matt Carroll:  $29,537,032 
- Tim Brown: $28,432,686
- Laphonso Ellis:  $27,939,000 
- Joe Montana: $26,000,000
- Ian Cole: $23,049,694 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
- Pat Garrity:  $22,788,021
- Craig Counsell: $22,086,667
LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS STORY 

