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Davante Adams brought $17,000 cash to buy a jersey number. The rookie asked for $1 million instead.

8/10/2026

A veteran wide receiver showed up to his new team's facility carrying $17,000 in cash, expecting to settle a jersey number quickly.

Jersey number transactions, the informal cash agreements players make among themselves to swap digits, are a routine part of NFL locker rooms.

The rookie on the other end of this one set a price that stopped the deal cold.

Adams at the Jets on day one Davante Adams, a three-time All-Pro and six-time Pro Bowler, was traded to the New York Jets from the Las Vegas Raiders in October 2024.