How Much Do NFL Draft Picks Make?

The 2019 NFL draft started on Thursday night and runs through Saturday April 27. Over the next three days 32 of the NFL's team battle it out over seven rounds to fill their teams with a new batch of young players. We took a look at the money behind the draft and what rookies like Kyler Murray, Nick Bosa, Quinnen Williams, Daniel Jones, and Dwayne Haskins will make based on draft position.

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How Much Do NFL Draft Picks Make

[healthpluswealth.]

2.5M in 4 years is still more than my whole family makes in 7 years

[justjordiano]

Don’t know where this all came from but CNBC has been producing decent videos lately. Keep it up 👍🏼

[isaacannanjr]

I wouldn’t mind being the last pick in the entire draft and getting $2 million 👀💵💯

[kevind]

Appreciate how CNBC is producing videos that are relative to current events. Even I didn't know Baker Mayfield was getting paid $8million a year by being the first pick out of last year's draft. Sucks for Josh Rosen.
To the team at CNBC, keep up the good work. I look forward to watching your daily content.

[aglamarche]

8, 000$ a week to play on the practice team!! That's a pretty good salary for 16 weeks (128, 000$)

Edit: There's actually 17 weeks (I forgot the "bye" week)

[Henry-]

Top contracts in 2018:
1. 32.7M
2. 31.2M
3. 30.2M
4. 29.2M
5. 27.3M
Video done. You're welcome

[gamothelegend]

Practice squad people make 136, 000 in 17 weeks and they get more if ur team make it to the playoffs

[jimbanville]

“The money behind the...”

Applies to anything/everything.

[michaelwood]

Can't imagine the Browns looking back on the '18 Draft and thinking, we could have had Lamar Jackson....TWICE

[darthstarkiller]

Oh no making 100, 000+ a year to not play a single game and only practice?!?!? Oh wah that’s like pennies you are basically going bankrupt! Oh no

[adiu.]

So ur telling me the Eagles could’ve had Lamar Jackson?!?!!

[jalenad]

When people see those numbers, they don't factor in that the money isn't guaranteed, agents get their cut, and they have big taxes that come out. Until you're a big name player, you're really only getting around 150k without endorsements. It's good money but they aren't rich.

[avishekbhandari]

Thank you CNBC for enhancing my knowledge every day

[frosty]

I hate the name ‘Mr Irrelevant’

You’re just bullying them

[snapperl]

People make a huge deal about how much players are paid but if you cut every players salary to 100k a year, the NFL would not reduce ticket prices, jersey prices or TV contract demands. The owners would just get more money.

[stevensamuel]

Next CNBC video:

Narrator: How much do NCAA players make?
Audience:
Narrator: Nothing lmao
** the end**

[ChanduChandu-uthe]

So imagine you’re a QB the best out of all but the team that got the first draft doesn’t need a QB... then what? He’ll miss millions too...

[LSNate]

Corey Clement, Phillip Lindsay are examples of why the NFL should allow more money to be given to their players.

[austinjones]

"A total of 81 total" really bothered me

[koimatai]

Y'all remember rookie contracts before the cap 👀 Sam Bradford 😂