Shortly after being drafted in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the New York Giants, offensive lineman Will Hernandez was signed to a four-year, $7.45 million contract that included a $3.5 million signing bonus.
That signing bonus came in the form of a direct deposit, and it made Hernandez wealthy over night.
“I woke up, checked my account and boom,” Hernandez said. “I seen maybe one comma throughout my whole college career and I wake up and have two in there. I jumped out of bed. I was excited.”
So, how did Hernandez spend his first million? He recently broke that down for GQ Sports.
A new house for his parents, a new truck for his father, a high-end sports car for himself and a bidet… Pretty standard things for athletes to purchase with their first check, but then came the other things…
A life-sized Batman action figure, a Thanos gauntlet and one of the most expensive sushi dinner imaginable were the frivolous spends for Hernandez, which is actually no bad comparatively.
