Randall Cunningham is a 16-year NFL veteran, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was also one of the best quarterbacks in the league from the mid-1980s until the late 1990s. In this article, we will dive into his career and Randall Cunningham’s net worth in 2021.
| Net Worth | $10 million |
| Age | 58 |
| Salary | Retired |
| Sponsors | N/A |
| Sports | American Football |
Randall Cunningham’s Net Worth in 2021 (estimate): $10 million
Randall Cunningham’s net worth in 2021 is estimated to be around $10 million. This is according to multiple reputable sources such as Celebrity Net Worth.
Born in Santa Barbara, California, Randall Cunningham attended and graduated from Santa Barbara High School. He led the school’s football team to the league title and the CIF Finals during his senior year. Aside from football, he also competed at track and field in the high jump event.
He then attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he had a successful collegiate career — especially in his junior and senior seasons. In his senior year, he led the UNLV Rebels to an 11-2 record — the only 10-win season in UNLV history — but it was changed to 0-13 after it was discovered that several players were ineligible.
During his college career, Cunningham was a one-time Second-team All-American, one-time First-team All-American, two-time PCAA Offensive Player of the Year, and a three-time First-team All-PCAA.
In 2016, Randall Cunningham was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. UNLV also retired his No. 12 jersey due to his exemplary performance at the collegiate level.
In the 1985 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles selected Randall Cunningham with the 37th pick. Aside from the Eagles, he also received interest from the United States Football League’s Tampa Bay Bandits.
Then-Philadelphia Eagles owner Norman Braman refused to negotiate with Cunningham if he accepted offers from the Bandits. The USFL eventually closed in 1985 and Cunningham agreed to a three-year $810,000 contract with the Eagles.
In his first season with the Eagles, Cunningham primarily played back up to veteran Ron Jaworski. He only started 4 games in his 6 games played. He also threw for 548 yards and only made 1 passing touchdown. Despite that, he still impressed with his uncanny scrambling ability.
The following year, the Eagles brought in a new head coach in Buddy Ryan and made a lot of changes due to his defensive-minded philosophy. Ryan still started Jaworski at quarterback but would deploy Cunningham in third-and-long situations due to the second-year quarterback’s ability to scramble the defense.
Jaworski then suffered a hand injury in week 10 of the 1986 season and Cunningham was slotted into the starting lineup. In his 2nd year, Cunningham threw for 1,391 yards and made 8 touchdowns. Unfortunately, he was sacked a league-leading and franchise-record 72 times that season. He was then handed the permanent starting quarterback job in the 1987 season.
Before the start of the following season, Cunningham signed a three-year $4 million extension with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Randall Cunningham achieved elite status in the 1988 season. He led the Eagles to a 10-6 regular-season record and into the Divisional Playoffs against the Chicago Bears — a game known as the “Fog Bowl”.
The Eagles lost the game 20-12, but Cunningham set playoff franchise records with his performance of 54 passes made for 407 yards.
Cunningham finished the 1988 season with 3,808 passing yards with 24 touchdowns. He was also chosen as the NFC starting quarterback for the Pro Bowl, his first ever and the first black quarterback to ever be selected as a starter.
He continued to be successful in the next two seasons, but that came to a halt in the 1991 season after he tore his ACL during their first game of the season against the Green Bay Packers. Despite a successful comeback the following year, he still suffered nagging injuries in the next couple of years which led to him being benched and coming on as a backup. After the 1995 season, Randall Cunningham decided to retire from football.
After being out for one season, Randall Cunningham made his NFL return with the Minnesota Vikings in the 1997 season. He played 6 games that year and scored 6 touchdowns in 501 passing yards.
Cunningham had the greatest year of his career during the 1998 campaign where he helped the Vikings finish the regular season record of 15-1. He had 34 touchdown passes and 3,704 passing yards with only 10 interceptions. Their squad of Cris Carter, Randy Moss, Jake Reed, Robert Smith, and Leroy Hoard is considered the best Minnesota Vikings team in history.
Unfortunately, the Vikings fell short of a Super Bowl berth after they lost in the NFC Championship Game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Randall Cunningham failed to replicate his successful 1998 season which led to him being put on the bench once again. Prior to the 2000 season, he was released by the Minnesota Vikings.
He then signed a one-year $1 million deal to join the Dallas Cowboys to be the backup quarterback to Troy Aikman. After one season with the Cowboys, he signed a one-year $500,000 deal with the Baltimore Ravens. He was not re-signed for the following year.
Randall Cunningham signed a one-day contract with the Philadelphia Eagles to officially announce his retirement from the NFL.
According to Spotrac, Randall Cunningham earned $30,380,000 throughout his 16-year NFL career.
Randall Cunningham’s achievements:
- 1990 PFWA MVP
- 3x Bert Bell Award Winner
- 1992 NFL Comeback Player of the Year
- 2x Second-team All-Pro
- 4x Pro Bowl
- 1998 NFL Passer Rating Leader
- 2x KCC NFC Offensive Player of the Year
- 1990 UPI NFC Offensive Player of the Year
Considered as one of the best quarterbacks in Eagles history, Randall Cunningham was inducted into the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame in 2009.
According to Football Nation’s 2012 list, Randall Cunningham was ranked No. 23 in their top 100 quarterbacks of the NFL’s post-merger era.
After retiring from football, Cunningham went back to UNLV to finish his college degree in Leisure Studies. He has also been active in the Gospel music business as he started producing Christian worship music as well as opening his own recording studio.
He then became an ordained Protestant minister and founded a church in Las Vegas called the Remnant Ministries in 2004. In 2020, Cunningham became the team chaplain for the Las Vegas Raiders after replacing former team chaplain Napoleon Kaufman who stayed in Oakland when the team moved to Las Vegas.
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