The famous Corey Michael Linsley is an American football center for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. He played college football at Ohio State. The Green Bay Packers drafted Linsley in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
Linsley was selected in the fifth round (161st overall) by the Green Bay Packers in the 2014 NFL Draft. On May 15, 2014, he signed a contract with the Packers.
In 2014, Linsley was initially supposed to be the Packers’ backup center, but an injury to expected starter J. C. Tretter late in the preseason made Linsley the surprise starting center for the regular season.
After Tretter came back from his injury, Linsley remained as starting center and ended up starting every game during the regular season as well as the 2 playoff games.
On September 3, 2016, Linsley was placed on Reserve/PUP to start the season after a lingering hamstring injury. He was activated off PUP on November 5, 2016.
Contract
On December 30, 2017, Linsley signed a three-year, $25.5 million contract extension with the Packers after starting all 16 games at center in 2017.
His current contract is Corey Linsley signed a 5 year, $62,500,000 contract with the Los Angeles Chargers, including a $13,000,000 signing bonus, $26,000,000 guaranteed.
Salary per year
Corey Linsley’s average annual salary of $12,500,000.
Net worth
Corey Linsley’s net worth is $80 million. As a standout athlete, he lettered all four years in track & field, where he was the regional and league champion and a state medalist in the shot put (top throw of 19.24 meters as a senior).
He also threw the discus, with a top throw of 58.27 meters as a senior. At Ohio State, he considered switching to track and field and quitting football entirely.
