Here's a look at the TOP 21 former Notre Dame athletes (football, basketball, baseball and hockey) who have been paid the most as a professional athlete :
- Jeff Samardzija: $127,625,000 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
- Zack Martin: $102,308,800 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
- A.J. Pollock: $76,397,500 -- 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
- Bryant Young: $44,000,000
- Justin Tuck: $43,248,463
- Kyle Rudolph: $41,797,098 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2019
- John Sullivan: $40,050,021 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2019
- Jerome Bettis: $35,122,500
- Jeff Faine: $34,456,892
- Golden Tate: $33,978,849 -- free agent
- Kyle Palmieri: $30,192,154 -- guaranteed, contract to 2021
- Tim Brown: $28,432,686
- Joe Montana: $26,000,000
- Ian Cole: $23,049,694 -- guaranteed, contract to 2021
- Ronnie Stanley: $20,484,331 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2019
- David Phelps: $19,233,850 -- guaranteed, contract to 2020
- Michael Floyd: $19,080,535 -- free agent
- Rocket Ismail: $18,000,000
Here's the four former Notre Dame athletes who signed biggest contracts in their era:
Notre Dame's highest paid athlete of all-time, Jeff Samardzija was just asked what advice he would give Oklahoma's two-sport star Kyler Murray -- here's that story.
Here's what the current former Notre Dame student-athletes are getting paid in their respective sports:
LINK: NFL CURRENT CONTRACTS -- NOTRE DAME
LINK: MLB CURRENT CONTRACTS -- NOTRE DAME
LINK: NHL CURRENT CONTRACTS -- NOTRE DAME
