Joe Burrow says seeing his rookie signing bonus hit his account was one of the wildest moments of his life.
“My rookie deal was worth about $36 million over four years, with everything guaranteed.”
“My signing bonus alone was around $24.6 million.”
“The first thing I did was call my financial advisor and ask, ‘What the hell happened?’”
“I thought I was getting the full $24 million.”
“Then I realized taxes had already taken a huge chunk of it.”
“You look at the account and think, ‘Wait… where did the other $12 million go?’”