Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Notre Dame Players Still Earning NFL Paycheck


Here's a team-by-team look at all of the former Notre Dame football players still getting paid by a NFL team -- after rosters were cut down to 53 -- and players were signed to practice squads.  As of 6 PM ET on September 1st:

Atlanta Falcons

  • Ade Ogundeji

Baltimore Ravens

  • Miles Boykin
  • Daelin Hayes
  • Ronnie Stanley

Carolina Panthers

  • J.J. Jansen
  • Tommy Tremble
  • Troy Pride, Jr -- Injured / Reserve

Chicago Bears

  • Alex Bars
  • Cole Kmet
  • Sam Mustipher

Cincinnati Bengals

  • Khalid Kareem

Cleveland Browns

  • Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
  • Sheldon Day -- Practice Squad

Dallas Cowboys

  • Zack Martin
  • Jaylon Smith 

Detroit Lions

  • Scott Daly
  • Julian Okwara
  • Romeo Okwara
  • Jalen Elliott -- Practice Squad
  • Tommy Kramer -- Practice Squad
  • Alize Mack -- Practice Squad
  • Javon McKinley -- Practice Squad
  • Brock Wright -- Practice Squad

Green Bay Packers

  • Equanimeous St. Brown -- Practice Squad

Indianapolis Colts

  • Quenton Nelson
  • Isaac Rochell

Las Vegas Raiders

  • Nick Martin

Los Angeles Chargers

  • Alohi Gilman
  • Jerry Tillery
  • Drue Tranquill

Los Angeles Rams

  • Ben Skowronek

Miami Dolphins

  • Liam Eichenberg
  • William Fuller V.
  • Durham Smythe

Minnesota Vikings

  • Harrison Smith

New Orleans Saints

  • Ian Book
  • Tony Jones, Jr.

New York Giants

  • Julian Love
  • Kyle Rudolph

New York Jets

  • Josh Adams -- Practice Squad

Pittsburgh Steelers

  • Chase Claypool
  • Jamir Jones
  • Stephon Tuitt -- Reserve / Injured

San Francisco 49ers

  • Aaron Banks
  • Mike McGlinchey

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  • Robert Hainsey

Tennessee Titans

  • Matthias Farley

 

Most notable former Notre Dame players that are free agents as of 6 PM ET on September 1st:

  • Manti Te'o
  • Dexter Williams
  • Golden Tate 
  • Donte Vaughn
  • Asmar Bilal
  • C.J. Prosise
  • DeShone Kizer
  • Bennett Jackson
  • Jarron Jones
  • Cole Luke
  • Tyler Eifert 
  • KeiVarae Russell
  • Nick McCloud

 

Former Notre Dame players who have announced their retirement:

  • Theo Riddick
  • James Onwualu
  • Sam Young

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Therabody becomes the Official Recovery Partner of Notre Dame Athletics.

LINK:  STORY

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Sunday, August 29, 2021

Harrison Smith Moves to #2 With New Contract


The Minnesota Vikings just agreed to a $64,000,000 four-year contract extension with former Notre Dame Football team captain -- Harrison Smith! 
Over the next eight months Harrison will be paid $22.5 million, the most ever for a safety in NFL history.

Harrison is now the 2nd highest paid former Notre Dame student-athlete of all-time!

Congrats Harrison!

Here's a look at the TOP 30 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:  $136,145,183 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025 
  • Harrison Smith:  $127,666,546 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
  • Jeff Samardzija:  $116,341,666
  • Zack Martin:  $100,285,531 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024 
  • Jaylon Smith:  $75,095,997 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
  • AJ Pollock:  $68,841,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2023
  • Anders Lee:  $66,044,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
  • Troy Murphy:  $66,000,000 
  • Stephon Tuitt:  $64,760,551 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
  • Kyle Rudolph:  $62,936,853 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023
  • Golden Tate:  $56,337,672 -- current free agent
  • Brad Lidge:  $55,335,000
  • Romeo Okwara:  $47,258,474 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023
  • Bryant Young:  $44,000,000
  • Justin Tuck:  $43,248,463  
  • Quenton Nelson:  $38,010,393 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022 
  • John Sullivan:  $35,800,027
  • Jerome Bettis:  $35,122,500
  • Jeff Faine:  $34,456,892 
  • Will Fuller:  $34,243,347 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
  • Kyle Palmieri:  $30,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
  • Matt Carroll:  $29,537,032 
  • Mike McGlinchey:  $29,481,766 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023
  • Tim Brown:  $28,432,686
  • Laphonso Ellis:  $27,939,000
  • Rocket Ismail:  $27,885,021
  • Tyler Eifert:  $26,310,317
  • Joe Montana:  $26,000,000 
  • Ian Cole:  $25,949,694 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
  • John Axford:  $25,306,209

LINK:  VIKINGS EXTEND CONTRACT WITH HARRISON SMITH!

 

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