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Adrian Peterson has until Monday to jump to the NFL. If he does, he'll get help with the tricky transition from ...

By Jenni Carlson

Published: January 14, 2007

Should Adrian Peterson decide to enter the NFL Draft, he will need a good team around him.

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Big money

Should Oklahoma star Adrian Peterson decide to enter the NFL Draft, his bank account will see a sizable boost. Draft pundits expect him to be one of the top picks in the draft, where the annual salaries can go as high as $10 million and the signing bonuses can be worth millions, too.

Here's a look at the contracts signed by the top 10 picks from the 2006 draft as well as the first running back picked in the past five drafts:

•Mario Williams, DE, Houston, 6 years, $54 million

•Reggie Bush, RB, New Orleans, 6 years, $51 million

•Vince Young, QB, Tennessee, 5 years, $58 million

•D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, New York Jets, 5 years, $27.5 million

•A.J. Hawk, LB, Green Bay, 6 years, $37.5 million

•Vernon Davis, TE, San Francisco, 5 years, $23 million

•Michael Huff, S, Oakland, 5 years, $22.5 million

•Donte Whitner, S, Buffalo, 5 years, $13.5 million

•Ernie Sims, LB, Detroit, 5 years, $12.1 million

•Matt Leinart, QB, Arizona, 6 years, $51 million

Top running backs

•2006: Reggie Bush, New Orleans, No. 2, 6 years, $51 million

•2005: Cedric Benson, Chicago, No. 4, 5 years, $30 million

•2004: Steven Jackson, St. Louis, No. 24, 5 years, $7 million

•2003: Willis McGahee, Buffalo, No. 23, 5 years, $15.3 million

•2002: William Green, Cleveland, No. 16, 5 years, $12 million

Compiled by Jenni Carlson

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