Ohio State football players that have come into the NFL over the last few years have been some of the highest performing across multiple slots on the football field. So much so that it started to become a trend for a former Buckeye to sign the richest contract at a position.
However, that’s not necessarily the case any longer. Another year, and all of a sudden some of those Buckeyes aren’t the highest-paid at their positions any longer.
NFL.com’s research department put together a list of the highest-paid players in the league at each position as an All-Paid team for 2021, and only one former OSU player made the list. Can you guess which performer made the cut?
Next … The lone former Ohio State player on the all-paid team
Joey Bosa – Defensive End, Los Angeles Chargers
AVERAGE PER YEAR: $27 million
Full contract: Five years, $135 million (Signed: 2020)
Guaranteed at signing: $78.0 million (57.8 percent of contract)
2021 cash: $13.8 million
2021 cap hit: $20.8 million (11.4 percent of 2021 salary cap)
What Anthony Holzman-Escareno says
“Football is in Bosa’s blood. He’s the son (John), brother (Nick, who will find himself on this team soon enough) and nephew (Eric Kumerow) of first-round NFL draft picks. He attended NFL factory St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale and played his college ball at recent pass-rusher hotbed Ohio State. Is it really a surprise that Bosa became the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player last summer? Or that he is the first such player to receive either $100-plus million in partial guarantees or $70-plus million in full guarantees.
“Bosa has missed 13 games over the last three seasons, including four in 2020. Despite recording just 7.5 sacks in 12 games, Bosa finished with the second-highest quarterback pressure percentage (15.6) in the NFL (according to Next Gen Stats, minimum 150 pass rush snaps). He’s been selected to the Pro Bowl in three of the last four seasons.”
To get a look at the rest of the all-paid team, visit NFL.com and have a look for yourself.
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