First was Russell Okung who was reportedly paid $6.5 million, half is salary...
https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/...idered-highest
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An NFL first: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Panthers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etf w">#Panthers</a> OT Russell Okung will receive half of his $13M in salary in Bitcoin. As part of a partnership with <a href="https://twitter.com/in_strike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@in_strik e</a> and thanks to creative payroll solutions from the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Panthers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etf w">#Panthers</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RussellOkung?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@russe llokung</a> will fulfill the goal he set when he tweeted “Pay me in Bitcoin!”</p>— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1343929946918543363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >December 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Then Sean Culkin became the first player to convert his entire salary to Bitcoin...
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...salary-bitcoin
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I fully believe Bitcoin is the future of finance and I wanted to prove that I have real skin in the game — not just trying to make a quick buck. I will be converting my entire 2021 NFL salary to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitcoin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw ">#Bitcoin</a>.</p>— Sean Culkin (@culkin22) <a href="https://twitter.com/culkin22/status/1386664238861623297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >April 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
At about the same time we have Trevor Lawrence partnering with Blockfolio where he will place his signing bonus into an account with them...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...cy/7383149002/
..."When it comes to my crypto portfolio, I wanted a long-term partner in the space that I could trust," Lawrence said in a release...