SEC lands 5 former players on NFL’s latest top 50 player sales list
By Keith Farner
Published:
The NFL’s top 50 player sales list is full of household names with many Super Bowl winners and great players across the league at several positions. It reports sales of all officially licensed NFL player product, and earlier this year, Tom Brady passed Patrick Mahomes as No. 1 on the list.
Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow checks in at No. 4 as the highest-ranked former SEC player on the list. The others are Los Angeles Rams QB Matthew Stafford at No. 6, New England Patriots QB Mac Jones at No. 11, and Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott at No. 12. Odell Beckham Jr., who is currently a free agent, is ranked at No. 16.
For perspective, the year-end list had 9 rookies, including Jones, Justin Fields, Ja’Marr Chase, Najee Harris, Micah Parsons, Trevor Lawrence, DeVonta Smith, Trey Lance and Zach Wilson were the most popular rookies at retail.
Preseason NFLPA Top 50 Player Sales List: pic.twitter.com/45XPGs6rkF
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 29, 2022
Licensed product across hardline, apparel, digital, and unconventional categories include, among many others, adult and youth game jerseys, T-shirts, hoodies, bobbleheads, plush toys, socks, face coverings, headbands, figurines, wall decals, backpacks, pennants, photos, drinkware, pet products and more. NFLPA licensees generated record retail sales this past season with $2.17 billion, the eighth consecutive year of increases.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
