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Cal Skilled Position Players Currently Make a Combined $80 Million Per Year in the NFL

HERO Sports by HERO Sports
June 2, 2017
Cal Skilled Position Players Currently Make a Combined $80 Million Per Year in the NFL

There's no easy way to make it to the NFL, but getting into California as a skilled position player might be a good start. Following the 2017 NFL Draft, 20 former California Bears offensive skilled position players currently make a combined $79,755,703 million in average yearly NFL salary.

RELATED: An All-Georgia Alumni NFL Starting Lineup Would Make $134.5 Million Per Year

That includes three quarterbacks, five running backs, a pair of tight ends, and 10 wide receivers. Here's a look at the players, organized by average yearly salary.

Player Pos. Avg. Salary NFL Team
Aaron Rodgers QB $22,000,000 Green Bay
Keenan Allen WR $11,250,000 L.A. Chargers
DeSean Jackson WR $11,166,667 Tampa Bay
Marvin Jones WR $8,000,000 Detroit
Jared Goff QB $6,984,418 L.A. Rams
C.J. Anderson RB $4,500,000 Denver
Marshawn Lynch RB $4,500,000 Oakland
Shane Vereen RB $4,116,667 N.Y. Giants
Davis Webb QB $902,832 N.Y. Giants
Chad Hansen WR $704,912 N.Y. Jets
Richard Rodgers TE $690,254 Green Bay
Trevor Davis WR $641,794 Green Bay
Khalfani Muhammad RB $617,622 Tennessee
Daniel Lasco RB $603,870 New Orleans
Chris Harper WR $570,000 San Francisco
Stephen Anderson TE $541,667 Houston
Bryce Treggs WR $540,000 Philadelphia
Darius Powe WR $510,000 N.Y. Giants
Kenny Lawler WR $465,000 Seattle
Maurice Harris WR $450,000 Washington

*Note: This has been updated to include Marshawn Lynch's contract with Oakland.

Aaron Rodgers — arguably the top quarterback in the NFL today — is a large part of that total salary. His $22 million per year is the 6th-highest average yearly salary among all quarterbacks.

Behind him are the Nos. 8 and 9 highest paid wide receivers in the NFL, with Keenan Allen and DeSean Jackson pulling in $11.25 million and $11.17 million, respectively.

Throw in $8 million for Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones (21st-highest wide receiver salary), a hair under $7 million for the 2016 No. 1 overall draft selection Jared Goff, and a trio of $4-plus million running backs in C.J. Anderson, Shane Vereen and Marshawn Lynch, and the eight highest-paid Cal skilled players combine for a grand total of $73,517,752 per year in average yearly salary.

Behind those eight players are 12 more Cal grads who are recent draft picks or undrafted free agents still on their rookie contracts.

Clearly, Cal has done a great job grooming skilled position players for bright NFL futures.

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