“I was at the team rookie hotel and they were like, ‘Your first money is gonna hit the bank at 2 a.m,'” Watson said. “We gotta get up at 6. So what I do, I set my alarm at 2:01. Woke up and I seen it in the bank account. It was just like, ‘this is crazy man. I’m a millionaire now.’ I know taxes gotta come out, but still. I’ve never seen this much money in my life.”
.@deshaunwatson set his alarm for 2:01am to watch his first @NFL paycheck hit the bank. What would you do with the 💰? pic.twitter.com/TwS2RdzEvS
— The Boardroom (@boardroom) November 24, 2019
That was the first of many large checks that Watson is going to receive over the course of his NFL career.
He’s going to get paid when his rookie deal is up. . .
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