Alright, so I got curious about Jon Kitna the other day. Remember him? The quarterback? Played for a bunch of teams, seemed like a solid guy. Anyway, it just popped into my head – wonder what he’s worth these days after all that time in the league and coaching high school ball.
So, I decided to do a little digging myself. First thing I did was grab my tablet while having my morning coffee. Opened up a browser, went straight to my usual search engine. Typed in the simple stuff: Jon Kitna net worth. Hit enter.
Okay, a whole list of websites came up, mostly those celebrity net worth places. You know the ones. I clicked on the first couple that looked halfway decent.
- The first site threw out a number, I think it was around $12 million. Seemed plausible, maybe?
- Clicked on another one. That one said something similar, maybe $11 million or $12 million again.
Seeing a pattern here, which is usually a good sign. But you can’t always trust these sites completely, right? They don’t exactly show their homework. So, I thought, let’s try a different angle.
Thinking About His Career
I started thinking about his actual NFL earnings. He played for a long time, nearly two decades. That’s a lot of paychecks. I did another search, something like Jon Kitna career earnings NFL. Found some articles and spots data sites that broke down some of his contracts, especially those later ones with the Lions and Cowboys where he likely made decent money as a starter or high-paid backup.
Adding those up roughly in my head, yeah, the numbers started to make sense for hitting that $10-12 million range over a whole career, after taxes and expenses and everything.
Then I remembered he got into coaching high school football after retiring. That’s cool, giving back. But let’s be real, high school coaching salaries aren’t exactly NFL money. It adds something, sure, but probably not millions.
Did he do endorsements? Couldn’t find much evidence of major national campaigns. Maybe some local stuff back in the day?
Putting it Together
So, after poking around for maybe 15-20 minutes, looking at those net worth sites, checking estimated career earnings, and thinking about his post-NFL coaching gig, the figure floating around $12 million seemed like the most common estimate. It felt like a reasonable ballpark figure based on his long playing career being the main source. Obviously, nobody knows for sure except Jon and his accountant, but that’s where my little search led me.
