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An All-FCS Alumni NFL Starting Lineup Would Make $151 Million Per Year

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May 11, 2017
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An All-FCS Alumni NFL Starting Lineup Would Make $151 Million Per Year

The FCS level has provided a ton of NFL talent over the past few decades, and many of those players once spurned by FBS schools are now making as much or more money than their NFL peers from the FBS level.

In fact, if you compile a 22-person starting lineup (we'll set aside special teams for the moment) an all-FCS roster would net just over $151 million when considering their current NFL contracts. That means under the 2016 NFL salary cap (about $155 million), you could get the 22 highest-paid FCS players at each position.

It's important to note this starting lineup is entirely based on money. I think everyone would agree former Northern Iowa and current Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson is the best running back from the FCS level in the NFL right now, but he's still on his rookie contract (averaging $729,843 per year). Isaiah Crowell gets the nod to start because he's the highest paid RB.

So here's a look at a 22-person starting lineup made entirely of FCS players:

Note* — All contract data reflects the average yearly salary for each player. Contract data courtesy of Spotrac.com.

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Offense: $73,546,166 per year

Pos. Player Salary NFL Team College
QB Joe Flacco $22,133,333 Baltimore Delaware
RB Isaiah Crowell $2,746,000 Cleveland Alabama State
FB Kyle Juszczyk $5,250,000 San Francisco Harvard
TE Julius Thomas $6,100,000 Miami Portland State
WR Taylor Gabriel $2,746,000 Atlanta Abilene Christian
WR Eric Weems $1,300,000 Atlanta Bethune-Cookman​
LT Terron Armstead $13,000,000 New Orleans Arkansas-Pine Bluff
LG Ben Ijalana $5,125,000 New York Jets Villanova
C JC Tretter $5,583,333 Cleveland Cornell
RG Evan Dietrich-Smith $3,562,500 Tampa Bay Idaho State
RT Austin Howard $6,000,000 Oakland Northern Iowa

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Defense: $77,538,400 per year

Pos. Name Salary Team College
DL Chris Baker $5,250,000 Tampa Bay Hampton
DL Kendall Langford $4,300,000 Indianapolis Hampton
LB Robert Mathis $9,000,000 Indianapolis Alabama A&M
LB Paul Worrilow $3,000,000 Detroit Delaware
LB Todd Davis $2,746,000 Denver Sacramento State
LB Arthur Moats $2,500,000 Pittsburgh James Madison
DB Trumaine Johnson $16,742,400 Los Angeles Montana
DB Josh Norman $15,000,000 Washington Coastal Carolina
DB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie $7,000,000 New York Giants Tennessee State
DB Buster Skrine $6,250,000 New York Jets Chattanooga
DB Jeremy Lane $5,750,000 Seattle Northwestern State

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Other Notable FCS NFL Contracts

Pos. Name Salary Team College
QB Carson Wentz $6,669,085 Philadelphia North Dakota State
QB Josh McCown $6,000,000 New York Jets Sam Houston State
CB Justin Bethel $5,000,000 Arizona Presbyterian
S Antoine Bethea $4,250,000 Arizona Howard
OL Jermon Bushrod $3,000,000 Miami Towson
K Adam Vinatieri $3,000,000 Indianapolis South Dakota State
CB Marcus Williams $2,746,000 New York Jets North Dakota State
OL Earl Watford $2,500,000 Jacksonville James Madison
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