Career Salary Game: Alex Tanney
Alex Tanney spent nine NFL seasons as a little-used backup quarterback, but can you guess his career salary?
It wasn’t big news, but on Tuesday the New York Giants announced quarterback Alex Tanney has retired after nine NFL seasons.
If you’ve never heard of Tanney, it’s because he only attempted 15 regular season passes in his career. 14 of those came in one 2015 game for the Tennessee Titans.
In 2011, while playing for Monmouth College in Illinois, Tanney became Internet famous for the this trick shot video as he tried to get noticed by NFL scouts. He landed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2012, eventually going on to land with the Cowboys, Browns, Buccaneers, Titans, Bills, Colts, Titans (again) and finally the Giants.
Being a little-used backup quarterback in the NFL has its perks, as Chase Daniel can attest with the money he’s collected in his career. So I almost automatically wondered-how much did Alex Tanney make in his career? Go ahead and venture a guess, then scroll down past the buttons for the answer.
Spotrac has the precise answer-$3,653,422. Not bad for playing in the preseason, then being on a lot of practice squads with only two games of regular season action over nearly a decade in the league.