Ace Bailey
Robert Moden
Eco 202
Football and Economics
I read an interesting article about a football player named Jake Butt. He may have a funny last
name, but he is perhaps the best Tight End coming out of college football. He’s been so good, in fact,
that he was projected to be picked in the first two rounds of this year’s NFL draft. Being picked so highly
in the draft would have guaranteed Jake around a four million dollar contract. Unfortunately, the star
player from Michigan tore his ACL against Florida in this year’s orange bowl, tremendously lowering his
draft stock. Jake was not drafted until the fifth round at number 155 overall to the Denver Broncos. Due
to his low position in the draft, his contract is not worth nearly as much as it would have been had he
