As a fifth-round selection in the 2014 NFL Draft, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron signed a four-year, $2.4 million contract with the Cincinnati Bengals.
After an arbitrator decided a question about McCarron's amount of accrued NFL experience in his favor, the quarterback is in for a pay raise in 2018 as he enters the offseason as an unrestricted free agent.
But how much can McCarron be expected to command on the open market?
The San Francisco 49ers recently prevented quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo from entering free agency by making him the highest-paid player in the NFL with a five-year, $137.