Ridley, the 26th player picked in the 2018 NFL Draft on April 26, was one of the 21 choices in this year’s draft who played football at Alabama high schools and colleges, and he was the last to sign his contract.
Each drafted player gets a four-year contract, and the range in the total value of those deals for the state’s players in the 2018 draft stretches from around $16.4 million to about $2.5 million. The approximate value of the 21 contracts is $108.7 million.
That’s a LOT of money. I’d really like to see where that ranks against other states.