40th pick in the draft will get him around $5.1 million for 4 years.
If he stayed at OU the fans second guessing his decision are saying he could be # 1 wr taken next year. They are wrong. He had all year to work out and was not a combine beast that would be projected as #1 wr. DGB not even close to top taken WRs Cooper and White in the combine grades.
Devante Parker from Louisville was drafted 14th. He beat DGB 40 yd dash, bench press, jumps. He has longer arm length and bigger hand size. DGB is not going to improve that much on that speed and cant get bigger hands and longer arms. With his measuarables and red flags that won't completely go away, DGB is looking at lower half of the 1st round as realistic upside.
If he comes back to OU and IF he works hard and IF he has a good combine and IF he has a QB who can get him the ball and IF he can get enough touches away from Perine/Mixon/Shep and others and IF he stays healthy and IF a team is willing to spend a 1st rounder on a red flag guy and IF a team needs a WR he could get in the $8.4 million range at around pick # 20. If he really shows out I guess he could realistically maybe get up to the 12th pick and O Beckham Junior range of $10.4 million.
That is a big gamble. He would be risking the $5 million and playing a year for free to maybe add another $3 to 5 million dollars. The insurance policy college players get against injury is not all that great. Ask Marquis Lee and Marcus Latimore. Add to it DGB is 1 strike away, false allegation, DUI, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, unpaid parking ticket from losing real money all together. Instead of gambling and risking injury or poor performance he can now work hard risk free and make much more than that $3 to 5 million with the year he would have lost by staying at OU.
Just by being an average WR with a 2nd contract in the NFL he comes out ahead financially than staying in school for maybe extra 3 to 5 million. I mean Cole Beasley is making more than $3 million, Doug Baldwin and and Riley Cooper get over $4 million and Ed Royal is stealing at $5 million. If he turns into a true #1 WR he would make around $8-10 million a year and if he turns out to be a franchise type WR he would make over $12 million a year. This is what so many people miss. The higher upside financially is in the free agent contract.
If you truly believe DGB is good enough to come back and work his way into the top 10-15 of the draft, you should also believe he is good enough to work his way to a free agent contract worth more than $5 million a year. The difference is the risk of doing it for free when you could lose it all, or doing it with $5 million in the bank.
If he stayed at OU the fans second guessing his decision are saying he could be # 1 wr taken next year. They are wrong. He had all year to work out and was not a combine beast that would be projected as #1 wr. DGB not even close to top taken WRs Cooper and White in the combine grades.
Devante Parker from Louisville was drafted 14th. He beat DGB 40 yd dash, bench press, jumps. He has longer arm length and bigger hand size. DGB is not going to improve that much on that speed and cant get bigger hands and longer arms. With his measuarables and red flags that won't completely go away, DGB is looking at lower half of the 1st round as realistic upside.
If he comes back to OU and IF he works hard and IF he has a good combine and IF he has a QB who can get him the ball and IF he can get enough touches away from Perine/Mixon/Shep and others and IF he stays healthy and IF a team is willing to spend a 1st rounder on a red flag guy and IF a team needs a WR he could get in the $8.4 million range at around pick # 20. If he really shows out I guess he could realistically maybe get up to the 12th pick and O Beckham Junior range of $10.4 million.
That is a big gamble. He would be risking the $5 million and playing a year for free to maybe add another $3 to 5 million dollars. The insurance policy college players get against injury is not all that great. Ask Marquis Lee and Marcus Latimore. Add to it DGB is 1 strike away, false allegation, DUI, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, unpaid parking ticket from losing real money all together. Instead of gambling and risking injury or poor performance he can now work hard risk free and make much more than that $3 to 5 million with the year he would have lost by staying at OU.
Just by being an average WR with a 2nd contract in the NFL he comes out ahead financially than staying in school for maybe extra 3 to 5 million. I mean Cole Beasley is making more than $3 million, Doug Baldwin and and Riley Cooper get over $4 million and Ed Royal is stealing at $5 million. If he turns into a true #1 WR he would make around $8-10 million a year and if he turns out to be a franchise type WR he would make over $12 million a year. This is what so many people miss. The higher upside financially is in the free agent contract.
If you truly believe DGB is good enough to come back and work his way into the top 10-15 of the draft, you should also believe he is good enough to work his way to a free agent contract worth more than $5 million a year. The difference is the risk of doing it for free when you could lose it all, or doing it with $5 million in the bank.
