How much did Fletcher Cox earn in his 12 year NFL career?
With another Philadelphia Eagle soaring into the sunset, we look at the NFL career earnings of Fletcher Cox.
With the announcement of Eagles legend Fletcher Cox’s retirement, came a groan from the Philadelphia faithful and a round of applause from football fans everywhere. He made that defensive tackle position one to be feared by offenses around the NFL.
A 12-year veteran, Cox won a Super Bowl, was selected All Pro once, the Pro Bowl six times, and was a member of the Pro Football Hall Of Fame All-2010′s Team.
The number 12 overall pick out of Mississippi State has made off very well from his life in the pros. Not everyone who is drafted can say that.
A lot of that is down to his durability. Cox played in exactly 200 NFL games, which included 182 regular-season starts, plus 12 starts in the postseason. Cox finished his career with 70 sacks, 519 tackles and three fumble recoveries for touchdowns.
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As a marquee player, Cox made a total of $125,890,246 in his career according to Spotrac. That includes just over $52.8 million in signing bonuses and $21 million in salary. The rest was made up of various bonuses earned for making the roster, restructuring his contract, options and incentives.
A Yazoo City, MS native, Cox is from the third-poorest county in the poorest state in America. Whether he goes home or not, Fletcher Cox is most certainly a success story by any standard. When you look at the rest of Yazoo county, then he has made it to the big time.