Shedeur Sanders Pulls $17.7M in NFLPA Royalties, Sets One-Year Record
Shedeur Sanders received $17.7 million from the NFL Players Association through his SS2 Legendary LLC in 2025–26, a one-year record for player royalties tied to group licensing on jerseys, trading cards, video games and other collectibles. The largest payment was $9,241,318 in May 2025, with another $2,086,563 in January 2026, far exceeding his rookie contract’s four-year value of about $4.65 million and even the prior one-year record of $9.5 million. The pay likely reflects pre‑negotiated trading-card guarantees, and Sanders’ jersey-number change from 12 to 2 could shift royalties for next season.