Pat McAfee Net Worth 2024: how rich is the American sports analyst?
Know all about former NFL professional Pat McAfee's impressive net worth, contracts, endorsements, car collection and more.
Pat McAfee (Image: FS)
Former NFL punter Pat McAfee played in the league for eight years. Born May 2, 1987, in Plum, Pennsylvania to Tim and Sally McAfee, Pat was a placekicker at West Virginia for four years before declaring for the NFL draft. Pat McAfee was selected in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts.
In his eight-year stint in the league, McAfee had 575 punts for 26,669 punting yards and retired as one of the best punters in NFL history. Following his professional football career, McAfee joined as a football analyst for Fox Sports and ESPN before launching his own show on YouTube called The Pat McAfee Show.
Apart from being a football analyst, the 36-year-old also ventured into professional wrestling as a color commentator and made quite a name for himself in the WWE.
Pat McAfee initially made a majority of his money from his NFL contracts, but after retirement, his sources of income have spread across a lot of platforms. He earned a nice chunk of his fortune from his YouTube channel, WWE, and other endorsement deals. Here’s what you need to know about Pat McAfee’s net worth in 2024.
Pat McAfee’s Net Worth
Former NFL professional and sports analyst Pat McAfee has an estimated net worth of about $35 million in 2024. The former Colts punter made a total of $15 million in his eight-year-long career in the NFL from contracts as reported by Spotrac.
His rise to fame occurred after retiring from football when he started as an analyst for Fox Sports’ college game. A chunk of his net worth is made from WWE commentary and YouTube. In fact, with his ever-climbing popularity, the viewership of The Pat McAfee continues to climb and so do his financial standings.
Contracts & Salary
Pat McAfee reportedly earns an annual salary of $17 million from ESPN per NY Post. He has a five-year contract with the broadcasting outlet worth over $85 million per the reports.
While his contract with ESPN is certainly lucrative, his revenues from YT and other streaming platforms are just as substantial. He has over 3 million followers across social media and 2.45 million subscribers on YouTube, the number, which, is ever climbing.
Endorsements
The 36-year-old signed a 4-year $120 million contract with FanDuel Sportsbook to promote them on his YouTube show and SiriusXM talk show. That’s $30 million per year! Looks like Pat McAfee made the right decision to retire from the league early.
However, earlier McAfee said that he wasn’t so sure about the FanDuel deal because he couldn’t take out time for his family. The former punter added that with a lot of money comes a lot of obstacles.
McAfee also has a partnership deal with Liquid Death Mountain Water, which is a canned water company. The tag of the company is “murder your thirst” and sold as a ‘tallboy’ drink.
House
Pat McAfee lives in Indianapolis in a custom house with a 10,000 sq. ft area built in 2001. The two-story house is equipped with a horse barn, home theater, basketball court, and a swimming pool.
McAfee originally bought the property for about $1.1 million which is close to the market price. He lives there with his wife and family.
Car Collection
There is limited information about his car collection, but from his social media handles, he is known to have a Ford Mustang, a Jeep Wrangler, and a custom Jeep in his garage.
With Pat McAfee’s climbing popularity and wide acclaim among fans, the host and analyst’s financial standings are also on the rise.
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