18. JaMarcus Russell

JaMarcus Russell was an NCAA starter who signed a whopping $61million contract with the Raiders. Unfortunately he never materialized as an NFL player. According to Steve Wyche, the editor of NFL.com, Russell was the “biggest draft bust in the history of NFL”. Not making it as a successful player doesn’t mean you have to go broke or get in controversy, but Russell did.

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Russell was fined $223,180.05 for falling behind mortgage payments and taxes. In 2010, things got from bad to worse. He was arrested at his house in Alabama for possession of codeine syrup without a prescription. After realizing he won’t have a career in NFL, Russell decided to appear in a commercial for a dish network company.