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An All-Wisconsin Alumni NFL Starting Lineup Would Make $104.5 Million Per Year

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June 5, 2017
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An All-Wisconsin Alumni NFL Starting Lineup Would Make $104.5 Million Per Year

The Wisconsin Badgers have provided a ton of NFL talent over the past few decades, sending dozens upon dozens of players to the professional level.

In fact, if you compile a 22-person starting lineup (we'll set aside special teams for the moment) an all-Badgers alumni roster would make more than $104.5 million per year when considering their current NFL contracts ($104,805,113 to be exact). That means under the 2016 NFL salary cap (about $155 million), you could get the 22 highest-paid Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin alum at their position, not necessarily because of talent.

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

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

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Offense: $76,699,874 per year

Player Pos. Salary Team
Russell Wilson QB $21,900,000 Seattle
James White RB $4,000,000 New England
Melvin Gordon RB $2,667,443 L.A. Chargers
Derek Watt FB $617,421 L.A. Chargers
Lance Kendricks TE $2,000,000 Green Bay
Jared Abbrederis WR $615,000 Detroit
Kevin Zeitler OL $12,000,000 Cleveland
Joe Thomas OL $11,500,000 Cleveland
Rick Wagner OL $9,500,000 Detroit
Travis Frederick OL $9,400,010 Dallas
Ryan Groy OL $2,500,000 Buffalo

MORE: Former Wisconsin Badgers Offensive Linemen Make $50 Million Per Year in NFL

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Defense: $28,105,239 per year

Player Pos. Salary Team
J.J. Watt DE $16,666,667 Houston
Beau Allen DT $570,562 Philadelphia
Jonathan Casillas LB $2,666,667 N.Y. Giants
T.J. Watt LB $2,314,417 Pittsburgh
Vince Biegel LB $773,437 Green Bay
Joe Schobert LB $743,489 Cleveland
Chris Maragos DB $2,000,000 Philadelphia
Dezmen Southward DB $615,000 Carolina
Sojourn Shelton DB $555,000 Arizona
Marcus Cromartie DB $690,000 San Francisco
Darius Hillary DB $510,000 Cleveland

MORE: Former Wisconsin Badgers Walk-Ons Currently Make $33 Million Per Year in the NFL

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Highest remaining contracts

Player Pos. Salary Team
Ryan Ramczyk OT $2,222,680 New Orleans
Brad Nortman P $2,200,000 Jacksonville
Kraig Urbik G $1,250,000 Miami
Robert Havenstein OT $992,505 L.A. Rams
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