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Northwestern NFL player earnings

$142,231,803 earned in the NFL by 8 players from Northwestern, led by Dean Lowry on $36,434,318.

That is 73rd of the 253 colleges the file names, and 43rd of the 78 schools with 8 players or more on money per man. 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 $142.2m
PER PLAYER $17.8m
PLAYERS 8
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 3
FIRST ROUND PICKS 1

The richest Northwestern careers in the NFL

Money paid across a whole career

Dean Lowry $36.4m

Dean Lowry $36m Rashawn Slater $36m Greg Newsome $26m Peter Skoronski $20m Anthony Walker Jr. $14m Adetomiwa Adebawore $4.6m Cameron Mitchell $4.1m Earnest Brown $1.6m

Dean Lowry alone holds 25.6% of everything Northwestern has earned in the league. one man of the 6 with a round on record went in the first, and they have earned $26.1m a career against $16.6m for everybody else.

Every Northwestern player ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

8 careers

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Dean Lowry Defensive End Pittsburgh Steelers 10 $36,434,318$36.4m
002 Rashawn Slater Left Tackle Los Angeles Chargers 5 $35,671,758$35.7m
003 Greg Newsome Cornerback Cleveland Browns 5 $26,125,736$26.1m
004 Peter Skoronski Guard Tennessee Titans 4 $19,673,320$19.7m
005 Anthony Walker Jr. Inside Linebacker Miami Dolphins 8 $13,945,259$13.9m
006 Adetomiwa Adebawore Defensive Tackle Indianapolis Colts 4 $4,636,908$4.6m
007 Cameron Mitchell Cornerback Cleveland Browns 4 $4,110,570$4.1m
008 Earnest Brown Defensive End Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 $1,633,934$1.6m

The table holds every one of the 8 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 Northwestern produces

NFL earnings of its alumni, by position

6 positions

Defensive End $38m Left Tackle $36m Cornerback $30m Guard $20m Inside Linebacker $14m Defensive Tackle $4.6m

Defensive End is where the programme's NFL money is, $38,068,252 across 2 players. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where Northwestern players are drafted

Career earnings by the round they went in

6 with a round on record

Round Players Per career Earned
Round 1 1 $26.1m $26,125,736$26.1m
Round 4 2 $20.5m $41,071,226$41.1m
Round 5 3 $6.6m $19,689,763$19.7m

one man of the 6 with a round on record went in the first, and they have earned $26.1m a career against $16.6m for everybody else. The whole draft is ranked here.

Where the Northwestern alumni are now

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

7 franchises

# Franchise Players Career earnings
01 Pittsburgh Steelers 1 $36,434,318$36.4m
02 Los Angeles Chargers 1 $35,671,758$35.7m
03 Cleveland Browns 2 $30,236,306$30.2m
04 Tennessee Titans 1 $19,673,320$19.7m
05 Miami Dolphins 1 $13,945,259$13.9m
06 Indianapolis Colts 1 $4,636,908$4.6m
07 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 $1,633,934$1.6m

What Northwestern alumni are paid each season

Every year of every career, added together

Peak in 2025

2025 is the programme's biggest year on record at $39,515,484 across 6 players. The whole 2025 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid NFL player from Northwestern?

Dean Lowry, $36,434,318, a fourth-round pick in 2016, 137th overall. Rashawn Slater is second on $35,671,758.

How much have Northwestern players earned in the NFL?

$142,231,803 across 8 careers, which is 73rd of the 253 colleges on record and 43rd of the 78 schools with 8 players or more on money per man.

Which position does Northwestern send to the NFL?

Defensive End more than any other on money, $38,068,252 across 2 players. The programme has put men into 6 positions in all.

How many Northwestern players are in the NFL now?

3 men of the 8 here was on a roster in 2026.

Which NFL team has the most Northwestern players?

Pittsburgh Steelers, one player worth $36,434,318 between them.

Where to next

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

Florida Atlantic · Western Michigan · Virginia · Louisiana-Lafayette · Eastern Michigan · Middle Tennessee State · Georgia Tech · Wake Forest · Every college · NFL career earnings

Northwestern in the NFL

Colleges near this one

By season

Elsewhere in American football