{"id":238970,"date":"2021-04-30T03:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-how-much-the-2021-nfl-draft-picks-will-earn-on-their-rookie-contracts\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T03:43:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T00:43:00","slug":"heres-how-much-the-2021-nfl-draft-picks-will-earn-on-their-rookie-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-how-much-the-2021-nfl-draft-picks-will-earn-on-their-rookie-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Here\u2019s how much the 2021 NFL draft picks will earn on their rookie contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d81e811772\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d81e811772\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-how-much-the-2021-nfl-draft-picks-will-earn-on-their-rookie-contracts\/#No_1_pick_Trevor_Lawrence_will_make_an_estimated_368_million_from_his_rookie_contract\" >No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence will make an estimated $36.8 million from his rookie contract<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-how-much-the-2021-nfl-draft-picks-will-earn-on-their-rookie-contracts\/#Weston_Blasi\" >Weston Blasi<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Here\u2019s how much the 2021 NFL draft picks will earn on their rookie contracts<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_1_pick_Trevor_Lawrence_will_make_an_estimated_368_million_from_his_rookie_contract\"><\/span>\n  No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence will make an estimated $36.8 million from his rookie contract<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div class=\"cx--next\">\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000251455\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       A group of new athletes will join the National Football League on Thursday night as the NFL holds its annual draft.<\/p>\n<p> While a few of the teams selecting players at the start of the draft have already indicated who they may select \u2014 like the Jacksonville Jaguars with Trevor Lawrence and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GetUpESPN\/status\/1379435415510286348\" class=\"icon none\">New York Jets with Zach Wilson<\/a> \u2014 most of the NFL draft picks remain unknown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       For players, the team that drafts them can have a major impact on how they develop as NFL pros, but it also can have a huge impact on their wallets.<\/p>\n<p>What number draft pick a player is determines how much money he will earn on his rookie contract. This is due to the NFL\u2019s rookie wage scale, which assigns dollar amounts to specific draft slots. The higher a player is drafted, the more lucrative their overall contract and signing bonus are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also: Golden State Warriors become first pro sports team to release its own NFTs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because of this scale, dropping a few spots during the draft can actually cost players millions of dollars on their rookie contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the estimated contracts and signing bonuses for the first round selections of the 2021 NFL draft, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/draft\/\" class=\"icon none\">contract monitoring site Spotrac<\/a>. Only signing bonuses are guaranteed to the player.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$36.8 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$24.2 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$35.2 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$22.9 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$34.1 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$22.2 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$32.9 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$21.3 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$30.9 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$19.8 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$27.1 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$17.1 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$24.1 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$14.9 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$21.1 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$12.7 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$20.9 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$12.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$20.2 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$12 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$18.9 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$11.1 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$17.1 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$9.8 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$16.6 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$9.5 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$15.9 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$8.9 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$15.6 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$8.7 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$14.7 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$8.1 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$14.4 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$7.8 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$14 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$7.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$13.8 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$7.4 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$13.7 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$7.35 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$13.6 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$7.3 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$13.5 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$7.2 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$13.4 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$7.1 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$13 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$6.9 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$12.9 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$6.8 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$12.7 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$6.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$12.6 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$6.53 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$12.5 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$6.5 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$11.9 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$6.1 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$11.6 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$5.8 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 31<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$11.3 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$5.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total contract value:\u00a0$11.2 million, signing bonus:\u00a0$5.5 million<\/p>\n<p>The NFL draft begins on Thursday at 8 p.m. EST and will air on ESPN, ABC, NFL Network, and more coverage of the NFL draft will h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en on audio-only platform Clubhouse.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Weston Blasi\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Weston_Blasi\"><\/span>Weston Blasi<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/story.asp?guid=%7B21005575-02D4-D4B5-4572-D3D63F1365DB%7D&#038;siteid=rss&#038;rss=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;# Here\u2019s how much the 2021 NFL draft picks will earn on their rookie contracts &#8221; No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence will make an estimated $36.8 million from his rookie contract A group of new athletes will join the National Football League on Thursday night as the NFL holds its annual draft. While a few&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}