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An All-Alabama Alumni NFL Starting Lineup Would Make $116 Million Per Year

HERO Sports by HERO Sports
June 5, 2017
An All-Alabama Alumni NFL Starting Lineup Would Make $116 Million Per Year

The Alabama Crimson Tide has been the most dominant program in college football for the past decade, and dozens of former Crimson Tide players have rightfully made their way into the NFL. Many of them are very-well compensated for their efforts

In fact, if you compile a 22-person starting lineup (we'll set aside special teams for the moment) an all-Alabama alumni roster would net just over $116 million when considering their current NFL contracts ($116,058,893 to be exact). That means under the 2016 NFL salary cap (about $155 million), you could get the 22 highest-paid Alabama players at each offensive and defensive position.

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It's important to note this starting lineup is entirely based on money. Because of rookie contract structures, better young players often make less money than veterans on the roster. Therefore a player or two might look out of place on this list — they're on the list because they make the most money of any Alabama alum at their position, not necessarily because of talent.

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

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

Offense: $46,931,967 per year

Player Pos. Salary Team
A.J. McCarron QB $600,413 Cincinnati
Eddie Lacy RB $4,250,000 Seattle
Mark Ingram RB $4,000,000 New Orleans
O.J. Howard TE $2,773,714 Tampa Bay
Julio Jones WR $14,250,000 Atlanta
Amari Cooper WR $5,665,780 Oakland
James Carpenter OL $4,775,000 N.Y. Jets
Andre Smith OL $3,250,000 Cincinnati
D.J. Fluker OL $3,000,000 N.Y Giants
Ryan Kelly OL $2,612,747 Indianapolis
Cam Robinson OL $1,754,313 Jacksonville

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Defense: $69,126,926 per year

Player Pos. Salary Team
Marcell Dareus DT $15,850,000 Buffalo
Jonathan Allen DT $2,899,150 Washington
Quinton Dial DE $4,000,667 San Francisco
Dont'a Hightower LB $8,875,000 New England
Reuben Foster LB $2,258,613 San Francisco
C.J. Mosley LB $2,197,001 Baltimore
Mark Barron LB/DB $9,000,000 L.A. Rams
Dre Kirkpatrick DB $10,500,000 Cincinnati
Kareem Jackson DB $8,500,000 Houston
Marlon Humphrey DB $2,961,870 Baltimore
HaHa Clinton-Dix DB $2,084,625 Green Bay

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Highest remaining contracts

Player Pos. Salary Team
Damion Square DT $2,000,000 L.A. Chargers
Landon Collins DB $1,530,140 NY Giants
Chance Warmack OL $1,510,000 Philadelphia
T.J. Yeldon RB $1,478,444 Jacksonville
Reggie Ragland LB $1,460,343 Buffalo
Derrick Henry RB $1,351,983 Tennessee
Ryan Anderson LB $1,331,181 Washington
A'Shawn Robinson DT $1,308,410 Detroit
Jarran Reed DT $1,222,409 Seattle
Courtney Upshaw DE $1,150,000 Atlanta
Dalvin Tomlinson DT $1,143,026 N.Y. Giants
Cyrus Jones CB $1,001,673 New England
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