What is Richard Seymour’s Net Worth?
The net worth of former American football player Richard Seymour is $25 million. Richard Seymour made $90 million in NFL salaries during his career. He was a member of the New England Patriots for the most of his playing career.
Early Life
On October 6, 1979, Richard Seymour was born in Gadsden, South Carolina. He was quite athletic and participated in sports from an early age. After starting in middle school, he played football at Hopkins, South Carolina’s Lower Richland High School. While playing there, he was named to the first team in the region. He was chosen as the team’s top defensive lineman as a senior. In addition, he captained the squad, took home the All-Area Player of the Week title, and guided his group to four consecutive All-Area squad of the Week titles. He had 83 tackles and 8 sacks at the end of the season. Seymour played for the Bulldogs at the University of Georgia from 1997 to 2000 after graduating from high school. Future NFL players Marcus Stroud, Charles Grant, and Jonathan Sullivan were among his teammates. The American Football Coaches Association recognized him a first team All-American in his senior year.
Career
The Patriots selected Seymour with the sixth overall choice in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft. The Patriots inked Seymour to a six-year, $14.3 million contract in July 2001. In his debut campaign in 2001, he participated in 13 games. That season, the Patriots advanced to Super Bowl XXXVI, and Seymour began the contest as a defensive tackle. In the Patriots’ triumph over the St. Louis Rams, he contributed to the team’s victory and was awarded a Super Bowl ring.
In his second NFL season, Seymour started all 16 games in 2002. When the Patriots switched up their defensive scheme in the 2003 season, Seymour shifted from guard to defensive end. For the first time in his career, he was named the defensive team captain. In the 15 games he participated, he finished with a career-high eight sacks and 57 tackles. Throughout the season, he was selected twice as the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. After the Patriots overcame the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII, he went on to win his second Super Bowl ring.
Following the 2004 season, Seymour was selected for the first team of the All-Pro team and was elected to the Pro Bowl. Despite suffering an MCL injury in the season’s 16th week, he started all 15 of his games in 2004. He returned to action, though, by the Super Bowl, where he assisted the Patriots in defeating the Philadelphia Eagles.
Seymour was on the last year of his rookie deal in 2005. He stayed away from training camp for the first four days in an attempt to get a new contract. The Patriots ended his holdout by giving him a compensation increase even though they did not grant his request. He agreed to a three-year, $30 million contract extension in April 2006, which ran through the 2009 campaign.
Despite sustaining many injuries throughout the 2006 season, Seymour participated in all 16 games of the regular season. He underwent surgery on his left knee, which he had sustained two years earlier, during the 2007 offseason. Seymour missed the preseason and training camp due to the operation. Seymour missed the first six weeks of the regular season as the Patriots ultimately chose to keep him on the Physically Unable to Perform list. Seymour’s 2008 campaign turned out to be somewhat healthier; he started in the first fifteen games and was limited to missing the season finale due to a back injury.
Seymour was dealt by the Patriots to the Oakland Raiders in September 2009 in exchange for a first-round NFL Draft selection in 2011. In the days that followed the deal, Seymour refused to report to the Raiders because he was not enthusiastic about joining the team. In the end, he did report to the team, and he played for the Raiders in 2009, starting all 16 games.
Seymour agreed to a $12.4 million one-year contract with the Raiders in 2010. He became the highest paid defensive player in the NFL the following season when he and the Raiders agreed to a two-year, $30 million contract extension. He had six sacks and 29 tackles in the 2011 campaign. He was chosen to play in the 2012 Pro Bowl along with four other Raiders. Midway through the 2012 season, Seymour had an injury that kept him out of the final eight games of that season. Later, in February 2013, the Raiders terminated the remaining portion of his contract. After that, he was free to sign with any team before deciding to end his career as a professional football player.
Seymour went on to play poker professionally. He competed in the main event of the 2019 World Series of Poker and placed 131st. He took part in the main event of the 2023 World Series of Poker as well.
Personal Life
Tanya Seymour is Seymour’s wife and spouse. They were high school sweethearts when they first met. After attacking two ladies at a New Year’s celebration, Tanya and two of her companions were accused of second-degree lynching in South Carolina in 2009. But eventually, the accusations were dropped. The three children of the couple are Kennedy, Kayla, and RJ.
