🏈 These "Bama Busts" are getting paid. A LOT. How does "over a quarter of a billion dollars" sound to you?

[TerryP]

On the heels of the announcement of Barron signing his new deal with Pittsburgh, they guy who runs the AlabamaProUpdates Twitter account had the following:



That leads me to a thought:

@saturdaysarebetter A few months ago you had a thread up about DBU and a few other positions. When you've looked over the number of players in the league from different schools, have you looked to see how their contracts compared? I recall seeing Bama, LSU, and I believe it was Florida who had 11 players a piece playing defensive back in the NFL. It makes me wonder how their total contracts (11 vs 11) compare.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

No, I never have looked at their contracts and how they compared. To me, it only matters what they do while in college. All three of those schools were in the DB U discussion.

 

[TerryP]

To me, it only matters what they do while in college

I've always thought the definition of "DBU" or "LBU" was the number of former players in the league.

Just another little dynamic I thought would be worth looking over when time permits. In other words, the off-season.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I've always thought the definition of "DBU" or "LBU" was the number of former players in the league.

Just another little dynamic I thought would be worth looking over when time permits. In other words, the off-season.

I didn’t think there was an off-season for Bama football?

 

[JoshB]

Julio should be getting an extension this summer, which will probably make him one of the top highest paid skill players in the league.

 

[TerryP]

Julio should be getting an extension this summer,

I saw mention of Ryan Kelly being in his option year with the Colts. Depending on how that shakes out, what's the number going to be after these two?

 

[JoshB]

I saw mention of Ryan Kelly being in his option year with the Colts. Depending on how that shakes out, what's the number going to be after these two?

Staggering. Julio is going to be around the 100 million number on his own.

 

[OldPlayer]

You have to read between the lines. Total contract value - is that guaranteed pay or the amount if they play all years on the contract? Many times a player will be signed for a longer term contract with the team's expectation that the player won't play that long, or at least not play with that team. If the player is traded, the contract goes with them. If the player is cut, the player starts over to negotiate with any team that picks him up.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

I've always thought the definition of "DBU" or "LBU" was the number of former players in the league.

Just another little dynamic I thought would be worth looking over when time permits. In other words, the off-season.

What about players that change position from college to the pros? Does Terrelle Pryor count towards Ohio State's wide receivers when he didn't play wide receiver in college?

 

[TerryP]

What about players that change position from college to the pros? Does Terrelle Pryor count towards Ohio State's wide receivers when he didn't play wide receiver in college?

Pryor is an outlier, isn't he? I recall him being drafted as a QB and it being his third or fourth year in the league before seeing reports of a move to wide receiver.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Antwan Randal-El, Michael Robinson, Julian Edelman also come to mind as playing a different position in the NFL than they did in college. Thee was a big QB for Kentucky who went on to play TE for the Raiders as well but his name escapes me at the moment.

So based on what they solely do in the pros, what Charlie Ward, Tim Tebow, Matt Leinart, Troy Smith and Archie Griffin did in college doesn't count towards their school as a position U? What if Oklahoma has a few more Heisman trophy winning QBs that don't do much in the NFL, that wouldn't matter towards being Quarterback U?

What about Matt Cassell? Does he count towards USC being Quarterback U? He never started a game at USC and threw only 33 passes in his career there.

Kent State produced Jack Lambert and James Harrison, a HOFer and a near HOFer, but I have to give the Pittsburgh Steelers more credit for their development than Kent State being in the running for Linebacker U.