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Weber State NFL player earnings

$63,326,405 earned in the NFL by 4 players from Weber State, led by Taron Johnson on $50,055,543.

That is 111th 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 $63.3m
PER PLAYER $15.8m
PLAYERS 4
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 1
FIRST ROUND PICKS 0

The richest Weber State careers in the NFL

Money paid across a whole career

Taron Johnson $50.1m

Taron Johnson $50m Rashid Shaheed $7.3m Iosua Opeta $5.2m Winston Reid $751k

Taron Johnson alone holds 79.0% of everything Weber State has earned in the league. None of the 1 with a round on record went in the first.

Every Weber State player ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

4 careers

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Taron Johnson Cornerback Buffalo Bills 10 $10.0m $50,055,543$50.1m
002 Rashid Shaheed Wide Receiver New Orleans Saints 4 $7,277,000$7.3m
003 Iosua Opeta Guard Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 $5,243,029$5.2m
004 Winston Reid Outside Linebacker Cleveland Browns 1 $750,833

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 Weber State produces

NFL earnings of its alumni, by position

4 positions

Cornerback $50m Wide Receiver $7.3m Guard $5.2m Outside Linebacker $751k

Cornerback is where the programme's NFL money is, $50,055,543 across one player. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the Weber State alumni are now

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

4 franchises

# Franchise Players Career earnings
01 Buffalo Bills 1 $50,055,543$50.1m
02 New Orleans Saints 1 $7,277,000$7.3m
03 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 $5,243,029$5.2m
04 Cleveland Browns 1 $750,833

What Weber State 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 $14,310,000 across 2 players. The whole 2025 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid NFL player from Weber State?

Taron Johnson, $50,055,543, a fourth-round pick in 2018, 121st overall. Rashid Shaheed is second on $7,277,000.

How much have Weber State players earned in the NFL?

$63,326,405 across 4 careers, which is 111th of the 253 colleges on record and below the 8 players the per man ranking needs.

Which position does Weber State send to the NFL?

Cornerback more than any other on money, $50,055,543 across one player. The programme has put men into 4 positions in all.

How many Weber State players are in the NFL now?

one man of the 4 here was on a roster in 2026, with $10,042,333 written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

Which NFL team has the most Weber State players?

Buffalo Bills, one player worth $50,055,543 between them.

Where to next

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

Rice · Northern Iowa · Kansas · Appalachian State · Vanderbilt · San Jose State · Alabama-Birmingham · Georgia Southern · Every college · NFL career earnings

Weber State in the NFL

Colleges near this one

By season

Elsewhere in American football