CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Devin Funchess put himself on a monthly allowance of $8,000 in 2015 when the Carolina Panthers signed him to a four-year, $5.5 million contract as a second-round pick out of Michigan.
If you're doing the math, that's $96,000 a year and $384,000 over the course of the deal, meaning the 24-year-old wide receiver has put a large sum of money aside for the future.
If you're wondering why he would save so much in a world where football players sometimes spend more than $96,000 on a new car and in general spend like they're going to play forever, let Funchess explain.