Monday, September 6, 2021
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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
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Monday, August 30, 2021
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!