The NFL's most underpaid player at every position | FOX Sports The NFL s most underpaid player at every position In the NFL, unless you’re a high first-round pick, it often takes some time before you’re paid a substantial amount of money. Obviously, making more than $1 million per year is still a huge annual salary, but compared to other players across the league, it’s significantly less.This is largely due to the NFL’s current CBA, which throttles rookie contracts. Gone are the days of Jamarcus Russell’s six-year, $61 million deal, which is a good thing for teams. It’s also led to a number of players being underpaid despite putting up big numbers on a yearly basis.We’ve put together a list of the most underpaid player at every position, from quarterback to safety. This doesn’t include rookies such as Jordan Howard or Michael Thomas and takes into account how long players have been in the NFL. D. Ross Cameron Carr is in line for a massive payday from the Raiders, one that will certainly make him one of the highest-paid players in the NFL. For the time being, though, he’s 48th among quarterbacks in annual salary.The Raiders will have to pay their former second-round pick relatively soon as he’ll hit free agency after the upcoming season. There’s no chance Oakland lets Carr get away or allows this situation to turn into one along the lines of Kirk Cousins’ in Washington, so Carr can expect a new contract likely before the season begins. Jamie Squire Despite only being in the NFL for two seasons, Johnson is undoubtedly one of the best running backs in the game today. He put together a historically great year in 2016, racking up more than 2,100 yards from scrimmage. His salary doesn’t reflect his production, though, as he’s just 66th among running backs in annual compensation https://www.shopsenatorsonline.com/17-colin-greening-jersey.That’s obviously because he’s still on his rookie deal https://www.shopsenatorsonline.com/26-eric-gryba-jersey, which pays him less than most players due to the fact that he was a third-round pick in 2015. Look for the Cardinals to extend him next offseason before his contract expires following the 2018 season. He could get Adrian Peterson-in-his-prime-type money. Hopkins had a down year in 2016, but that was largely because Brock Osweiler was the guy attempting to get him the ball. His lack of production shouldn’t worry anyone because when it comes to pure talent, he’s one of the best receivers in all of football. You just wouldn’t know that by looking at his $1.9 million salary.Texans owner Bob McNair has said recently that the team wants to sign Hopkins long-term, and it’ll probably happen relatively soon, but Houston can’t afford to let him leave the way Alshon Jeffery left Chicago. Getty Images Getty Images When healthy, Eifert can have an impact similar to that of Rob Gronkowski. Unfortunately, he’s had a hard time staying on the field, starting just 15 games the past three seasons. That’ll likely give the Bengals some pause when it comes time to extend his contract, which currently pays him about $2.1 million per year.That’s just 40th among all tight ends, and though he hasn’t played much the past three years, he’s showed what he can do when healthy. In 13 games two years ago, Eifert caught 52 passes for 615 yards and 13 touchdowns Colin White Jersey, making his first Pro Bowl. DIAMOND IMAGES Diamond Images/Getty Images Staley’s play dropped off a bit in 2016, but he’s still one of the better left tackles in the league. While it may seem like he’s not underpaid at $7.4 million per year, consider this: 17 left tackles earn more than he does on an annual basis. And even though he didn’t make the Pro Bowl in 2016, he made it in each of the previous five years.The 49ers shopped him last season, but for a player of his caliber at his low salary, he’s essentially a steal. He’ll likely return to his past form in 2017 after he missed three games due to injury last season. Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports Ed Szczepanski Paradis has been in the NFL since 2014, when he was a sixth-round pick, but he’s been a starter for only two seasons. In those two years, though, he’s played at an extremely high level. The starting center for the Broncos’ Super Bowl run a year ago, Paradis is one of the top players at his position.The Broncos got him under contract for this season after he was an exclusive rights free agent, but he’s still making just $615,000. Denver will be forced to pay him next offseason, and if he continues to play well, he’ll land a substantial raise. Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Ron Chenoy It’s only a matter of time before the Cowboys lock up Martin, who’s still playing on his rookie deal. Arguably the best right guard in the league https://www.shopsenatorsonline.com/42-matthew-o-connor-jersey, Martin will set a new standard for players at his position when he signs a long-term extension. It’ll probably be more than Kevin Zeitler’s deal with the Browns, which pays him $12 million per year.With Travis Frederick and Tyron Smith already signed for the foreseeable future, Martin is next in line on a great Dallas line to get his due. Jake Roth Just like Derek Carr, Mack is due to be paid any day now. Ideally, the Raiders would probably prefer to spread out their extensions over the next two offseasons, but there’s little doubt both will be signed before the 2018 season begins. As it stands right now, Mack is just the NFL s 28th-highest-paid defensive end.That’s obviously not fair compensation for the Defensive Player of the Year, but it’s not the Raiders’ fault. It’s just a matter of him still being on his rookie deal and having to put in his time in the NFL before he’s paid accordingly. For the past few years, Donald has been the best defensive tackle in the game. He was named a first-team All-Pro the past two seasons and has made the Pro Bowl all three years he’s been in the league. The Rams already have exercised his fifth-year option for 2018, but there’s very little chance he will play on that deal.Instead, Los Angeles will likely sign him to a long-term contract next offseason to keep him around for years to come. With his production and sheer dominance in the middle of the line, he deserves to be the NFL s highest-paid defensive tackle. Kim Klement Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Ryan Shazier and Telvin Smith are both underpaid linebackers Mark Borowiecki Jersey, but Ogletree gets the nod here based on the fact that he’s been in the league for four seasons. He really came into his own in 2016, recording a career-high 136 tackles with two interceptions and a forced fumble.The Rams picked up his fifth-year option for 2017, so he’s still under contract, but he’s made just $1.8 million per year since coming into the NFL. Expect that number to skyrocket next year when either the Rams or another team in free agency pays him accordingly. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Mark J. Rebilas You can bet Rhodes watched several cornerbacks get paid this offseason and began salivating. He’s truly one of the best cornerbacks in all of football – a big reason Minnesota’s defense is so strong.Rhodes’ contract expires after this season, so you can bet the Vikings will be working toward re-signing him before that happens. The Bills and Texans were unable to do so with Stephon Gilmore and A.J. Bouye, respectively, and both left in free agency. The Vikings can’t afford to let that happen to Rhodes, who will command top money on the open market. Clinton-Dix can technically become a free agent after this season, but that’s only if the Packers decline his fifth-year option for 2018. That’s unlikely to happen, considering the flexibility and extra time it gives Green Bay. Knowing the way GM Ted Thompson works, don’t be surprised to see Clinton-Dix locked up before the 2018 season begins.Landon Collins was also a consideration here as an underpaid safety, but he’s been in the league for only two years, so he still has some time before he’ll land his deserved long-term extension. Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports Raymond Carlin III
Jamaal Williams, Harvey Langi headline BYU's NFL draft hopefuls | Deseret News BYU defensive end Harvey Langi is seen before a drill at the 2017 NFL football scouting combine Sunday, March 5, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan) PROVO — It’s been eight years since BYU had multiple players selected in the same NFL draft. That slump could end this weekend, as running back Jamaal Williams is projected to be selected in the third or fourth rounds and defensive lineman/linebacker Harvey Langi could be a mid-to-late-round pick. The last time more than one Cougar was drafted was back in 2009, when wide receiver Austin Collie was taken in the fourth round and running back Fui Vakapuna was picked in the seventh round. Since then, the Cougars have only had one player, at most, selected in each draft. Tight end Dennis Pitta was picked in the fourth round in 2010; defensive lineman Ezekiel Ansah went in the first round, No. 5 overall in 2013; linebacker Kyle Van Noy was taken in the second round in 2014; and last year, defensive lineman Bronson Kaufusi became a third-round pick. During his time at BYU, Williams became the school’s all-time leading rusher with 3 Alex Ovechkin Jersey,901 career yards. As a senior, he rushed for 1,375 yards and 12 touchdowns in 10 games. He ranked No. 5 nationally in rushing yards per game. So how will he do at the next level? BYU offensive coordinator Ty Detmer said Williams has a bright future in the NFL. “He’s well-rounded. He can do everything. He catches the ball. Pass-protection is a strong suit of his,” Detmer said. “That’s what a lot of rookies struggle with. He’ll have a great foundation going in playing in a pro-style type of offense. There won’t be many surprises for him going in. He’ll come in ready to go and be able to contribute in multiple ways for a team.” BYU hasn’t had a running back selected in the first three rounds of the draft since Todd Christensen was picked in the second round in 1978 (though he established himself as a Pro Bowl player as a tight end) and Pete VanValkenburg, who was taken in the third round in 1973. "When the opportunities come, make sure you take them and make people believe," Williams said. Two teams that reportedly have shown considerable interest in Williams are the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper Jr., meanwhile, compared Williams to Jordan Howard, who ran for 1,313 yards for the Chicago Bears last season. "(Williams) kind of runs like Jordan Howard: real tough inside runner Tom Wilson Jersey, downhill, breaks tackles," Kiper told Eagles Nation. "I have him as the eighth-best running back (in the draft)," Kiper said. "I think Williams has a chance to be a solid No. 2 back." Langi, like Williams, participated in the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. He played multiple positions during his college career but is projected to play middle linebacker in the NFL. The reigning Super Bowl champion, the New England Patriots, apparently has long had Langi on its radar, according to former BYU linebacker and Fox Sports analyst Brady Poppinga, who said that Patriots coach Bill Belichick “would’ve taken (Langi) in the first round” last season. BYU has other intriguing prospects heading into the draft, including safety Kai Nacua and quarterback Taysom Hill. Both have an outside shot at being late-round picks but will most likely sign as undrafted free agents. Both Nacua and Hill impressed at Pro Day in March and helped their draft stock. Nacua ran a 4.48 in the 40-yard dash and had a 39-inch vertical https://www.shopforwsh.com/14-cameron-schilling-jersey. His results would have ranked him in the top six among all safeties at the NFL Combine in every category but the bench press. “I think it might have helped me, showing teams that I have speed. That was a big question,” Nacua said of his Pro Day performance. “Teams wanted to see how fast I am, and I was able to answer that question at Pro Day. Hopefully teams liked it, and hopefully they’re looking to take me somewhere in the draft.” A week after Pro Day, the Patriots sent a scout back to Provo to hold individual workouts with Nacua and Langi. “It was an honor to get that call and have them work me and Harvey out,” said Nacua, who’s known for his skills as a ball hawk after recording 12 interceptions in his final two seasons at BYU. “It went really well. The coach was impressed. Hopefully they call.” The Patriots already have a former Cougar on their roster — Van Noy, who was acquired from Detroit in a midseason trade. To see Van Noy win a Super Bowl ring was inspiring, Nacua said. “When I saw Kyle win, I was so happy for him. He’s one of my brothers. He’s one of the guys who I looked up to when I was a freshman to see how things are done to make it to the next level. It’s cool that I’m here now, and I have learned lessons from guys before me at BYU.” As for Hill, NFL teams might be wary of his age (26) and his injury history. But during Pro Day, he clocked a 4.44 in the 40-yard dash, and recorded a 38.5-inch vertical leap, a 10-foot-2 long jump and a 4.38 20-yard shuttle. It’s been speculated that because of his natural athletic ability, Hill could play another position in the NFL. "I love the game," he said https://www.shopforwsh.com/35-lars-eller-jersey. "The time frame to play at this level is short, so I'm going to take advantage of it." According to NFL Network draft expert Gil Brandt, Hill’s best shot in the NFL is at quarterback, not at another position. “He’ll be 27 years old before the start of next season — too old for a position switch,” Brandt said. Detmer, who spent 14 years as an NFL quarterback, believes Hill can play QB at the next level. “I think so. If somebody takes him, he’s had offseasons where he hadn’t been able to work on his individual technique (because) of injuries,” Detmer said. “If somebody takes him and works with him mentally, physically, he has all of the tools. He understands the game. He’s smart. There’s a little bit to clean up as far as accuracy. That comes with work and reps and offseason training Taylor Chorney Jersey.” Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network called Hill a quarterback sleeper in this draft. “He had an injury history, most people don’t really know him,” Rapoport said. “He’s one that several people have looked at his film and said ‘You know what? This guy has a future of the NFL if he can just stay healthy.'” Other former Cougars who could get an opportunity to land a spot on an NFL roster are defensive linemen Sae Tautu, Logan Taele and Travis Tuiloma; running back Algernon Brown; cornerback Michael Davis; offensive linemen Andrew Eide and Parker Dawe; and wide receivers Nick Kurtz, Colby Pearson, Mitchell Juergens and Garrett Juergens. There will be anxious moments for these former BYU players as the draft unfolds. “I’ve heard I could get drafted, and I’ve heard I could be an undrafted free agent. I’m ready for anything,” Nacua said. “I’m going into the draft thinking the worst, that I’m not going to get picked. I’ve just got to go somewhere that needs me and somewhere I’ll fit in and prove myself like I always have.”
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MLB Wants Girls To Know They Can Play Baseball Too | The Huffington Post MLB Wants Girls To Know They Can Play Baseball TooLast weekend, Major League Baseball hosted its first-ever all-girls youth baseball tournament.Ja’nae Wray dug into the left-handed batter’s box on a field at Major League Baseball’s youth academy in Compton, California, Friday afternoon, her bat raised just above her shoulder as she waited for her pitch. A belt-high fastball came toward her, and she unleashed Sergei Plotnikov Jersey, hammering a three-run home run over the center field fence.Not bad for someone who’d never played organized baseball before.Wray, a 12-year-old from Douglasville, Georgia, was one of 100 girls who traveled to Compton last weekend to participate in the inaugural Trailblazer Series tournament, an all-girls youth tournament organized by MLB and USA Baseball (the sport’s American governing body) to help pave the way for a new generation of girls to play the sport.Until this weekend, MLB had never made such a direct investment in girls baseball, let alone hosted an all-girls youth tournament. But MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has made growing youth baseball a priority for his league since taking over in 2015, and MLB and its players union that year announced they would jointly spend $30 million to increase baseball and softball participation across the country.The Trailblazer Series, which concluded Saturday, existed alongside those efforts. Along with USA Baseball, MLB covered the travel costs of each player who attended the four-day event.The aim was to grow girls’ participation by showing them that baseball is for girls, too. Before coming to Compton, “I didn’t know girls played baseball,” Wray said.Girls and women have played baseball almost since the sport’s invention. Today, more than 100,000 girls play youth baseball nationwide, according to Baseball For All, a nonprofit that promotes girls’ participation in the sport.But at the high school level and below, girls are often pushed away from baseball and toward softball, under the guise that the two diamond sports are gender equivalents. They are not: Federal courts have ruled that, under Title IX, the federal gender equity in education law, baseball and softball are separate sports, and that girls cannot be denied access to baseball just because a school has a softball team.But the perception that softball is baseball for girls is powerful: Almost half a million boys, but just 1,290 girls, played high school baseball in 2016, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations.One hundredgirls from 20 states, Washington, D.C., and Canada participated in the firstTrailblazer Series girls baseball tournament.MLB’s involvement could begin breaking down those barriers. Veronica Alvarez, a catcher on the U.S. women’s national team, started playing baseball when she was 5, only to end up on a softball field through high school. Only later, when she discovered the existence of the U.S. women’s team, did she return to baseball.An event like the Trailblazer Series “would have kept me in the sport,” said Alvarez, who coached at the event. “I would have seen that there are other girls here.”“I appreciate the experiences I had in softball,” she added. “But I wish those experiences could have been in baseball.”Women have become more visible at the top levels of baseball in recent years. In 2015, the Oakland A’s made Justine Siegal ― previously the first woman to coach at the minor league level ― the first woman ever hired to coach for a major league franchise. That same year, former softball star Jessica Mendoza became the first woman to call an MLB playoff game on television https://www.pitpenguinsfanatics.com/59-ron-francis-jersey. 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It’s going to be the norm.”But connecting the momentum in MLB to lower levels will require years of targeting youth baseball, and MLB’s direct involvement in it ― through the Trailblazer Series or other initiatives that may follow ― could lead to a “major breakthrough,” said Marti Sementelli, a pitcher on the women’s national baseball team who coached at the tournament.“They’re a powerhouse. It gives us more opportunity to do more things,” Sementelli said. “We’ve always said we wished MLB would be a part of it https://www.pitpenguinsfanatics.com/11-brandon-sutter-jersey.”“This has opened our eyes a bit. The response has been great,” said Kim Ng, a senior vice president at MLB. “By virtue of having the two big actors in this landscape ― between MLB and USA Baseball ― I think that sends a clear and resounding message that we’re in.”Wray, at least, is evidence that the tournament left an impact on the girls who participated. She plans to play both baseball and softball when she goes back to Georgia ― in Compton, she met another Georgian who plays on an all-girls travel team she hopes to join.“I didn’t know there were girls teams,” Wray said. “I didn’t know there was a USA Baseball team. Now I’m really interested in it. It showed me that a lot of other girls play baseball Sidney Crosby Jersey, and I can play too.”