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Charlotte NFL player earnings

$110,455,289 earned in the NFL by 4 players from Charlotte, led by Alex Highsmith on $58,460,814.

That is 85th 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 $110.5m
PER PLAYER $27.6m
PLAYERS 4
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 1
FIRST ROUND PICKS 0

The richest Charlotte careers in the NFL

Money paid across a whole career

Alex Highsmith $58.5m

Alex Highsmith $58m Larry Ogunjobi $48m Markees Watts $2.7m Grant DuBose $1.0m

Alex Highsmith alone holds 52.9% of everything Charlotte has earned in the league. None of the 3 with a round on record went in the first.

Every Charlotte player ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

4 careers

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Alex Highsmith Outside Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers 8 $15.5m $58,460,814$58.5m
002 Larry Ogunjobi Defensive End Pittsburgh Steelers 9 $48,287,475$48.3m
003 Markees Watts Outside Linebacker Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 $2,696,000$2.7m
004 Grant DuBose Wide Receiver Miami Dolphins 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 Charlotte produces

NFL earnings of its alumni, by position

3 positions

Outside Linebacker $61m Defensive End $48m Wide Receiver $1.0m

Outside Linebacker is where the programme's NFL money is, $61,156,814 across 2 players. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where Charlotte players are drafted

Career earnings by the round they went in

3 with a round on record

Round Players Per career Earned
Round 3 2 $53.4m $106,748,289$106.7m
Round 7 1 $1.0m $1,011,000

None of the 3 with a round on record went in the first. The whole draft is ranked here.

Where the Charlotte alumni are now

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

3 franchises

# Franchise Players Career earnings
01 Pittsburgh Steelers 2 $106,748,289$106.7m
02 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 $2,696,000$2.7m
03 Miami Dolphins 1 $1,011,000

What Charlotte 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 $29,977,000 across 4 players. The whole 2023 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid NFL player from Charlotte?

Alex Highsmith, $58,460,814, a third-round pick in 2020, 102nd overall. Larry Ogunjobi is second on $48,287,475.

How much have Charlotte players earned in the NFL?

$110,455,289 across 4 careers, which is 85th of the 253 colleges on record and below the 8 players the per man ranking needs.

Which position does Charlotte send to the NFL?

Outside Linebacker more than any other on money, $61,156,814 across 2 players. The programme has put men into 3 positions in all.

How many Charlotte players are in the NFL now?

one man of the 4 here was on a roster in 2026, with $15,500,000 written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

Which NFL team has the most Charlotte players?

Pittsburgh Steelers, 2 players worth $106,748,289 between them.

Where to next

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

Purdue · Western Kentucky · Louisiana Tech · East Carolina · Texas El-Paso · Arizona State · Iowa State · Central Michigan · Every college · NFL career earnings

Charlotte in the NFL

Colleges near this one

By season

Elsewhere in American football