Atlanta Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon made a significant discovery while moving this week. The former first-round pick’s “gal” actually found a six-figure game check from last season when he played for the Arizona Cardinals. Weatherspoon tweeted about the nice find Tuesday.
My gal just found a game check, I guess moving does have its perks ha
— Sean Weatherspoon (@SeanWSpoon56) March 29, 2016
Although his tweet doesn’t reference the amount, we can make an educated guess of the amount. According to spotrac.com, Weatherspoon’s salary was $2.35 million in 2015. Since NFL players are paid weekly with their entire salary split into 17 payments, Weatherspoon’s find was probably in the vicinity of $138,000—more than most Americans make in an entire year.
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Fortunately, the 28-year-old Weatherspoon was smart enough to have the team direct deposit the rest of his salary.
@nwilborn19 bro they gave me one hard copy all season… Everything else was direct deposit lol #blessed
— Sean Weatherspoon (@SeanWSpoon56) March 29, 2016
Hopefully all of Weatherspoon’s payments in 2016 will also be of the direct deposit variety. But if not, he won’t be receiving six-figure checks this year. The linebacker out of Missouri has a base salary of $1 million with the Falcons, which would equate to 17 weekly payments of “just” $58,823 per.
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