Former Notre Dame TE -- Kyle Rudolph, signed a two year $16 million contract with the New York Giants. The new contract moves Kyle to #7 on the all-time list below...
Congrats Kyle!
Here's a look at the TOP 27 current and former Notre Dame athletes (football, basketball, baseball and hockey) who have been (and will be) paid the most as a professional athlete:
- Ronnie Stanley: $132,131,825 -- not guaranteed, contract 2025
- Jeff Samardzija: $116,341,666 -- current free agent
- Zack Martin: $102,329,796 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
- Jaylon Smith: $75,022,000 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
- Anders Lee: $71,894,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
- AJ Pollock: $68,841,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2023
- Kyle Rudolph: $66,897,098 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023
- Troy Murphy: $66,000,000
- Stephon Tuitt: $64,760,551 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
- Harrison Smith: $63,666,546 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2021
- Golden Tate: $56,337,672 -- current free agent
- Romeo Okwara: $47,258,474 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023
- Bryant Young: $44,000,000
- Justin Tuck: $43,248,463
- Quenton Nelson: $37,902,910 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
- John Sullivan: $35,800,027
- Jerome Bettis: $35,122,500
- Jeff Faine: $34,456,892
- Kyle Palmieri: $30,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
- Matt Carroll: $29,537,032
- Tim Brown: $28,432,686
- Laphonso Ellis: $27,939,000
- Joe Montana: $26,000,000
- Ian Cole: $23,049,694 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
- Pat Garrity: $22,788,021
- Craig Counsell: $22,086,667