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Walter Jones is a former American professional football player with an estimated net worth of $45 million.

Walter Jones played two seasons for the Holmes Community College's football team. While with the team, he was hailed as the Mississippi Junior College Player of the Year in 1994. Eventually, he transferred to Florida State University Seminoles' football team for another two seasons and earned the second-team All-ACC honors. Instead of finishing his stint with the team, he decided to forego his final year of college eligibility and joined the NFL, instead.

He entered the 1997 NFL Draft and was selected as the first round, sixth overall pick by the Seattle Seahawks. Jones was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection and seven-time All-Pro. He took the microblogging site Twitter to announced his retirement on April 29, 2010.

Walter Jones, Jr. was born on January 19, 1974 in Aliceville, Alabama.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2008

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$6,200,000

2007

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$5,000,000

2006

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$2,000,000

2005

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$2,000,000

2004

Signing Bonus

Signing bonus from Seattle Seahawks

$16,000,000

2004

Contract

Contract with Seattle Seahawks

$52,500,000

2004

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$1,700,000

2003

Contract

Contract with Seattle Seahawks

$7,000,000

2003

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$7,000,000

2002

Contract

Contract with Seattle Seahawks

$5,900,000

2002

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$5,900,000

2001

Contract

Contract with Seattle Seahawks

$4,900,000

2001

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$4,900,000

2000

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$1,100,000

1999

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$400,000

1998

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$866,000

1997

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$722,000

1996

Contract

Contract with Seattle Seahawks

$11,500,000

1996

Signing Bonus

Signing bonus from Seattle Seahawks

$4,300,000

1996

Salary

Salary from Seattle Seahawks

$578,000