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Will Fuller's New Contract is for $10 Million...


Will Fuller's new contract with the Miami Dolphin moves him up the list of all-time earnings among former Notre Dame student-athletes.

Here's a look at the current and former Notre Dame athletes (football, basketball, baseball and hockey) who have been (or will be) paid more that $20 million as a professional athlete:

  • Ronnie Stanley: $132,131,825 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
  • Jeff Samardzija: $116,341,666 -- current free agent
  • Zack Martin: $102,329,796 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
  • Jaylon Smith: $75,022,000 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
  • Anders Lee: $71,894,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
  • AJ Pollock: $68,841,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2023
  • Kyle Rudolph: $66,897,098 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
  • Troy Murphy: $66,000,000
  • Stephon Tuitt: $64,760,551 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
  • Harrison Smith: $63,666,546 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2021
  • Golden Tate: $56,337,672 -- current free agent
  • Romeo Okwara: $47,258,474 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023
  • Bryant Young: $44,000,000
  • Justin Tuck: $43,248,463
  • Quenton Nelson: $37,902,910 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
  • John Sullivan: $35,800,027
  • Jerome Bettis: $35,122,500
  • Jeff Faine: $34,456,892
  • Will Fuller: $34,265,390 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
  • Kyle Palmieri: $30,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
  • Matt Carroll: $29,537,032
  • Tim Brown: $28,432,686
  • Laphonso Ellis: $27,939,000
  • Tyler Eifert: $26,236,358 -- current free agent
  • Joe Montana: $26,000,000
  • Ian Cole: $23,049,694 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
  • Pat Garrity: $22,788,021
  • Craig Counsell: $22,086,667
  • David Phelps: $21,058,813 -- guaranteed contract to 2022