Danny Shelton born August 20, 1993, plays professional American football as a linebacker for Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL.

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Contract

Shelton joined Kansas City Chiefs on August 15, 2022, and signed a super lucrative 1-year contract with them.

Salary per year

His contract stipulates that he will receive a yearly base salary of $358,200. If there are other perks aside from his agreed base salary, we have not sighted that yet.

Net worth

Our checks have revealed that the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker is currently worth a whopping $11 million.

Shelton participated in football, track, and wrestling while attending Auburn Senior High School in Auburn, Washington.

He was rated as the 10th best defensive tackle by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit. In January 2011, Shelton pledged to play college football for the University of Washington.

Shelton started at nose tackle for the University of Washington for three seasons. He participated in 13 games as a true freshman in 2011 and had 11 tackles while making one start.

In 2012, he had 45 tackles and 0.5 sacks, and in 2013, he had 59 tackles and two sacks.

He had four sacks versus Eastern Washington in 2014, which was more than he had in his prior three seasons combined. He was chosen for the second team All-Pac-12 as well as the first team AP All-America.