NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- For players in the NFL, signing a multimillion-dollar contract is one of the marquee signs of success. For Tennessee Titans right tackle Chris Hubbard, that moment finally came in 2018, when he signed a five-year, $36.5 million deal with the Cleveland Browns at the age of 26.
But the pressure he experienced off the football field because of it was nothing he had anticipated.
"I'm from the east side of Columbus, Georgia, man,” Hubbard said. “I ain't never experienced that amount of pressure, never seen that type of money ever in my life.