What is Vinny Testaverde's net worth?
Vinny Testaverde is an American former professional football player who has a net worth of $8 million. Vinny Testaverde was an NFL quarterback for 21 seasons playing for several teams including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys. He is a two time Pro Bowl in 1996 and 1998. During his NFL career he earned around $14 million in salary which comes to roughly $26 million after adjusting for inflation.
Early Life
Vincent Frank Testaverde Sr. was born on November 13, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York City. Testaverde attended Sewanhaka High School and graduated in 1981. He then joined Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union for a post-graduate year of college preparatory work. He was a massive Jets fan growing up.
College Career
Testaverde attend the University of Miami where he played for the Miami Hurricanes football team from 1982 to 1986. As a senior in 1986 he was a consensus first-team All-American and won the Heisman Trophy before becoming the Hurricanes' all-time leader in career touchdown passes with 48. He also won the Davey O'Brien Award, the Maxwell Award, the Sammy Baugh Trophy and the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. He was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Testaverde was selected as the first overall draft pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1987 NFL Draft. He made his NFL debut in Week 2 and his first start in Week 13. During his time in Tampa, he received taunts from fans and radio personalities about his color blindness. To make things worse, he made so many errors that his intelligence was often called into question.
Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens
In 1993 Testaverde signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Cleveland Browns. He spent half a season as a backup but later became the starter after Bernie Kosar's release from the team. He played with the Browns for three seasons then moved to Baltimore after a series of franchise relocations throughout the league.
Testaverde played two seasons with the newly formed Baltimore Ravens, making his first Pro Bowl appearance in 1996. The next year, he renewed his contract with the Ravens for another four years. However, the Ravens released him prior to the 1998 season after he suffered a nasty injury in the 1997 season.
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New York Jets
In 1998 Testaverde moved back to his hometown to join the New York Jets. He flourished in his first season, producing a unique play against the Seattle Seahawks in December that sparked the NFL's decision to implement a new instant replay review system the following season. In 2000 during the regular season finale against the Ravens he passed for a career-high 481 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.
Dallas Cowboys
Testaverde joined the Cowboys in 2004, inking a one-year contract. That year, he led the team to a third-place finish in the NFC East. He departed with 3,532 passing yards and 297 completions—the third-best total of his career and the third-most passing yards in Dallas Cowboys franchise history.
New York Jets (second stint)
The New York Jets re-signed Testaverde on September 27, 2005. On December 26 he set a new NFL record for most consecutive seasons with at least one touchdown pass. That pass was the final touchdown thrown during ABC's Monday Night Football broadcasts. That was also the first time in NFL history in which two quarterbacks over the age of 40 completed a pass (Testaverde was 42 and Flutie was 43).
New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers
In 2006, the New England Patriots signed Testaverde as Tom Brady's backup. Vinny's touchdown pass to Troy Brown in December of that year marked another NFL milestone: he had at least one touchdown pass for the twentieth straight season. He signed a new one-year $825,000 contract on August 18, 2007 but was released the following month.
On October 10, 2007 the Carolina Panthers signed Testaverde after injuries plagued their squad. He extended his NFL record to 21 consecutive seasons with a touchdown pass in a game against the Arizona Cardinals four days later. The football veteran also became the oldest starting quarterback to win a game in NFL history and the third-oldest to start one. On December 2, he became the second-oldest starting quarterback in NFL history at 44 years and 19 days old.
Testaverde officially announced his retirement from professional football in January 2008.
Personal life
Vinny Testaverde is married with a wife and three children. He is the quarterbacks coach at Jesuit High School of Tampa where his son Vincent Jr. attended. Vincent Jr. followed in his old man's footsteps, playing college football as a quarterback for the SUNY Albany Great Danes. After going undrafted in the 2019 NFL draft, he briefly joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers then moved to the Tampa Bay Vipers in the XFL.
