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Alabama-Birmingham NFL player earnings

$58,785,885 earned in the NFL by 4 players from Alabama-Birmingham, led by Darious Williams on $49,406,768.

That is 114th of the 253 colleges the file names, and below the 8 players the per man ranking needs. Nothing here is college money: it is what these men were paid once they reached the league, grouped by where they came from.

EARNED IN THE NFL $58.8m
PER PLAYER $14.7m
PLAYERS 4
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 1
FIRST ROUND PICKS 0

The richest Alabama-Birmingham careers in the NFL

Money paid across a whole career

Darious Williams $49.4m

Darious Williams $49m Alex Wright $5.3m Starling Thomas V $3.1m Kadeem Telfort $1.0m

Darious Williams alone holds 84.0% of everything Alabama-Birmingham has earned in the league. None of the 1 with a round on record went in the first.

Every Alabama-Birmingham player ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

4 careers

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Darious Williams Cornerback Los Angeles Rams 9 $49,406,768$49.4m
002 Alex Wright Defensive End Cleveland Browns 4 $5,293,574$5.3m
003 Starling Thomas V Cornerback Arizona Cardinals 4 $3,074,543$3.1m
004 Kadeem Telfort Left Tackle Green Bay Packers 2 $1,011,000

The table holds every one of the 4 careers the programme has put into the league. Money still written into a future season is in its own column and is not counted in the career figure beside it.

What Alabama-Birmingham produces

NFL earnings of its alumni, by position

3 positions

Cornerback $52m Defensive End $5.3m Left Tackle $1.0m

Cornerback is where the programme's NFL money is, $52,481,311 across 2 players. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the Alabama-Birmingham alumni are now

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

4 franchises

# Franchise Players Career earnings
01 Los Angeles Rams 1 $49,406,768$49.4m
02 Cleveland Browns 1 $5,293,574$5.3m
03 Arizona Cardinals 1 $3,074,543$3.1m
04 Green Bay Packers 1 $1,011,000

What Alabama-Birmingham alumni are paid each season

Every year of every career, added together

Peak in 2023

2023 is the programme's biggest year on record at $14,291,160 across 5 players. The whole 2023 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid NFL player from Alabama-Birmingham?

Darious Williams, $49,406,768. Alex Wright is second on $5,293,574.

How much have Alabama-Birmingham players earned in the NFL?

$58,785,885 across 4 careers, which is 114th of the 253 colleges on record and below the 8 players the per man ranking needs.

Which position does Alabama-Birmingham send to the NFL?

Cornerback more than any other on money, $52,481,311 across 2 players. The programme has put men into 3 positions in all.

How many Alabama-Birmingham players are in the NFL now?

one man of the 4 here was on a roster in 2026.

Which NFL team has the most Alabama-Birmingham players?

Los Angeles Rams, one player worth $49,406,768 between them.

Where to next

The schools either side of this one, and the rest of the money

Appalachian State · Weber State · Vanderbilt · San Jose State · Georgia Southern · Ferris State · South Alabama · Old Dominion · Every college · NFL career earnings

Alabama-Birmingham in the NFL

Colleges near this one

By season

Elsewhere in American football