How Minnesota Vikings WR Justin Jefferson Spent His First $1M | My First Million | GQ Sports

nfl football player i didn't have any jobs growing up i was luckily the the one to have uh two good parents to to support me so i didn't have to i have to go get a job go to my job every day and play football i'll take that every day what's up everybody this is justin jefferson and this is how i spent and saved my first million dollars i'm from saint rose louisiana small town in louisiana growing up i just wanted to be playing either football basketball i played every sport besides soccer get an insight on everything but i knew i was going to be a football player my two other brothers went to lsu so you know me going to the to the lsu games at at a young age like 10 years old it was just like a home for me it was a no-brainer to go there i wanted to weigh my options uh but you know lsu was my biggest offer so it was like lsu or i'm gonna go to the smaller school so lsu every day there definitely was doubts my freshman year am i going to be able to play on a high level am i going to be that that high caliber receiver so from there on i just grind never stop you know it's the first ever draft to be held at home so having all of my family members all of the people that supported me my whole life to congratulate me and to be the first person in my family to get drafted and to be a first round drive pick at that it was so special for everybody there and it was just an amazing experience and there's nothing i can take back for that since i got drafted everybody was like damn you got to go to the code then you got to go to the code nobody ever let me forget that i was going to the code to minnesota i mean to be honest not that i had a year under my belt it's really not that bad it doesn't get that cold during the season you know me just being all the way in minnesota is still love coming from our community even though they have a lot of sinks fans it's definitely heartwarming to you know come back to a community with people that love you and that are excited for what you have have to come [Music] to go to from a college kid that you know doesn't really ask for much don't don't really buy much and then you know have millions of dollars in this bank account it was crazy what i'm so grateful for i have family to to guide me through all of that definitely had to go get a financial advisor lawyer i mean but i'm not a i'm not a big money spinning person so i know how to handle my money being one of the top rookies in the league you know you have a lot of endorsements just keep on rolling through the endorsements trying to get as much money as you can off of off of that so you ain't gotta ever live off the game checks okay we talked about how we made and saved my money now let's talk about how i spent my money [Music] now i definitely have to get a little bling bling from you know i'll say about 50 on jury i had to get with leo frost um in houston he did a lot of guys at lsu and uh you know we just build our connection over time we was thinking about a jet piece uh like while i was in college so when i got to the nfl i was able to to get the jet piece and pinky ring you gotta go with the pinky rings got a little index ring it goes together perfectly i think i'm gonna buy one more thing and then after that i'm not a big jury person like i'll buy jury like i like i like you know how it looks but after a while i'm not too big on it i just like the main pieces you know get what i gotta get and i'm out jury 50k especially living in minnesota from louisiana i definitely had to grab some more jackets grab some more nice jeans and stuff like that so my brother is a really big fashion guy so he definitely helped me out with some outfits and you know gave me some tips on what looked good and what don't look good i i have to say i spent about like 20k i didn't shop that much growing up like i didn't really have like a whole bunch of clothes on a bunch of shoes i just wasn't that type of kid i mostly played football i mostly played sports so as long as i got me some basketball shoes some football cliques some gloves i was good to go clothing 20k as soon as i figured out i was going to be in the first round i definitely had my eyes on the amg mercedes for a long time and that was about uh wait hold on y'all had to give me a second about 000 i like cars i like fancy cars foreign cars i definitely had to cop the mercedes i had to that was a must i got it wrapped matte black windows black pretty much black out everybody called it the batmobile so i had to get snow tires crazy crazy fact is you know i'm from louisiana it doesn't snow that much i had to go outside and play in the snow it was a must so the first day i played in the snow i lost my phone in the snow nobody expected it to snow this day so i didn't have snow tires on my car at this time i tried to go to the mall or go to the apple store to buy me a new new phone but i couldn't even get out my neighborhood i was spinning everywhere it was it was crazy yeah i had to the next day mercedes 150 000. [Music] i bought a lot of shoes a lot of shoes a lot of shoes the shoes has its own category you know it's just clothes and then his shoes had to get the dior's that was a must i had got like other pairs of diors balenciagas i had some new joys that came out i had got a lot of stuff actually best pair of shoes that i've gotten i'm a big dr guy i like dr chucks so i'll have to say the checks this is only the start this is going to start it's only going to get bigger and bigger better and better shoes 10k [Music] christmas christmas probably a total of about like 10. my family don't expert a lot i got my mom uh like purse you know clothes shoes jerseys tickets actually my brothers didn't really ask for much that was crazy me getting drafted me having the season that i had was pretty much everybody's christmas and then we played the sinks on christmas day everybody was more into that more than just you know the tradition of christmas it was in new orleans so everybody stayed in louisiana everybody was everybody was in in the dome uh christmas day first christmas with the family 10k [Music] i got a townhouse in minnesota and hold on y'all have to give me a minute on this one [Music] well that leads me back to having supportive uh parents that that knows a lot walking me through everything whether i should rent a place or if i should buy a place i also have a dog too so condo would have been too small for my dog they thought it was going to be a great idea if i bought a place instead of renting one so we bought like a place like four minutes from the facility so it was definitely easy to get around in the snow and everything during the season first minnesota house 405 000. [Music] my mom my mom is the person for all that she loves doing all of the interior designing loves decorating the house she definitely did all of that so that would probably be like another for like 20k interior design for the house 20k this is everything man this is everything i did pretty good didn't i i'll say i saved about half of my money so hey i'll take it i'll take it the rest of my first million went to savings i'll tell i told you i'm i'm good with the money man i'm good with the money you know we are locked up in the house all day every day can't go anywhere can't go to you know any you know clubs bars or anything so it's pretty cool just being at home and just chilling at home i mean i'm definitely planning on buying like my own custom house like later on in my career that's definitely a dream of mine something that i would be taking this and putting that towards i've actually been spending my offseason in miami there's a lot of teammates a lot of guys top guys in the league that are here uh that i work with and you know pick the brain from so bring my game to the next level and trying to get all the information and um trying to get all of the info that i need to you know go into next season i train with mo wells at brandon marshall's health of house of athletes also a lot of guys in the league so we definitely you know get that grind in together and uh we go to work all season um with training condo rental cars probably like 20. probably 20. okay y'all can reach us how much you went in the savings i had to take 20 out okay don't don't bash me i just took 20. just 20. i mean i know a lot of guys say be smart with your money and everything but um i mean there's more than life than you know just spending money on clothes shoes uh cars big old houses so manage your money football is not always going to be there for the rest of your life so learn how to take care of your money put it towards good causes and i mean learn how to to build upon your money so you know we don't want to go broke so got to keep got to keep the bread i want to go a lot of places probably next offseason i'm going to really start traveling i haven't even been uh anywhere out the world like out the country yet i definitely want to go to a lot of places definitely want to go to bourbon boardwalk is like one of my dream vacation spots that i want to go to i definitely got to go to france london greece spain it's a lot man it's a lot i got some i got some journeys to go on man i got some adventures to go on we've seen how i spent my money and saved my money hopefully i don't spend no more i can keep all of this in the savings but catch me during the season let's have a better one than last year

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Length: 10min 51sec (651 seconds)

Published: Wed May 05 2021