Raymond Anthony McCarron Jr. was born on the 13th September 1990, in Mobile, Alabama, USA, and is a professional American Football player who, as AJ McCarron, is best known for being the quarterback of the National Football League’s (NFL) team the Cincinnati Bengals.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this professional athlete has accumulated so far? How rich AJ McCarron is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of AJ McCarron’s net worth, as of early 2018, revolves around the sum of $2.5 million which has been acquired through his professional career in American Football that has been active since 2014.
AJ McCarron Net Worth $2.5 Million
AJ is the older of two sons of Dee Dee Bonner and Tony McCarron, and was raised in a strict Catholic manner. He began his education at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, after surviving a near-death experience during jet-skiing at the age of five, then AJ became more interested in American Football, and began practicing with the Trimmier Park team. During his attendance of St. Paul’s Episcopal School, he won his first sport accomplishment – the state championship title. In the course of the next several years, AJ was recruited by several Southeastern Conference’s training programs such as in Auburn, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Prior to enrolling at the University of Alabama in 2009 and joining the Alabama Crimson Tide, AJ was honored with the US Army All-American Bowl selection.
During his college career with the Crimson Tides, McCarron won three Bowl Championship Series (BCS) in 2010, 2012 and 2013, one Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championship Game in 2012 and was also rewarded with two consecutive Second-team All-SEC honors in 2012 and 2013. For all these achievements and generally great performances, AJ was elected as the 2012 BCS’s Offensive MVP, and was also honored with the Maxwell Award as well as with the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award in 2013. McCarron’s professional career began when he was selected as pick No. 25 in the fifth round (164th overall) of 2014 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals with which he signed a four-year playing contract with the total worth of $2.4 million, providing the basis for AJ McCarron’s current net worth.
Due to shoulder issues during his rookie season, AJ did not record much playing time during his first year within the franchise. During the 2015 season, McCarron significantly increased his playing time before skipping almost the entire season of 2016 during which he appeared in only one game. Although Bengals arranged to trade AJ to the Cleveland Browns in October 2017, this agreement failed to be realized so since February 2018, McCarron has been a free agent. It is certain that all these circumstances have had an impact on the total size of AJ McCarron’s net worth.
When it comes to the personal life of AJ McCarron, in July 2014 he married his long-term girlfriend, American beauty queen, model and TV personality Katherine Webb, and two years later in May 2016, the couple welcomed a son.
