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How Much Did Mel Kiper Get Paid His 1st Year At ESPN?

by Larry Leo

February 27, 202021 Comments

Everybody's favorite NFL Draft guru Mel Kiper has been at ESPN since 1984. On Wednesday, he revealed what he got paid in his first year at the network...

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That's more than I make here now.

(The Spun)

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TigerTatorPots•50 months

The green room saved him 6 figures on hair products though. Always have to consider the benefits when talking salary

HarryBalzack•50 months

Larry, you're way overpaid.

kywildcatfanone•50 months

Whatever they paid him then and now, it's too much.

Notro•50 months

$400 buys a lot of pumpkin pie...

Tri City Tigers•50 months

I'm not clicking on the video, but saying he made $400 doesn't mean a thing to me if I don't know how many hours he worked that year.

Datbayoubengal•50 months

Breaking down game film of hundreds of draft prospects alone is worth more than 400 bucks even 36 years ago. Thiw is one of the guys that pretty much made this whole draft process/mock draft etc stuff so popular in the first place. He sucks and is completely unnecessary now, but he was an innovator back in the day.

CanebreakCajun•50 months

What? If he worked 200 that’s $2 bucks an hour. Equity and social justice demand at least $55 an hour

castorinho•50 months

A lot of you people are retarded. Kiper had a historical impact on the NFL draft process.

LSU$$$•50 months

you are correct. The NFL draft was not a highly publicized event before Kiper came along plus ESPN 24hour coverage.

HoustonGumbeauxGuy•50 months

Mel sounds like he has his nostrils glued shut

NFLSU•50 months

He and McShay have the best jobs out there. Label yourself as an “expert” and have zero consequences for being repeatedly wrong.

Bige11•50 months

“That's more than I make here now.” You are still overpaid Larry

Skinny•50 months

Todd! Todd! Todd! I suck at this job!

Pat Sajak•50 months

For those who don’t want to listen to Mel’s whining, it’s $400.

Tigeralum2008•50 months

You are the People's Champ

TigerFanInSouthland•50 months

God that dude sucks. He’s a walking cliche of bad sports movie characters.

VerlanderBEAST•50 months

Bad sports movie characters are based on him not the other way around

BowDownToLSU•50 months

And he was overpaid

LSULyle00690•50 months

What did it say

JohnnyU•50 months

You get what you pay for! Kiper was, is and always will be a hack. He never had any credentials to be a “draft expert”. His identity was created by ESPN.

LSU$$$•50 months

Well, I was watching ESPN in 1984, and the reason he became popular was because he could immediately tell you any draftable players measurables, season highlights, and pro projections. He was an encyclopedia for that shite. It made him a great interview during the draft previews.

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