Schweitzer, Allen and Campbell earned lucrative performance-based bonuses

NFL players will receive $134.16 million in performance-based pay for their play during the 2017 season, the league announced today.

Falcons guard Wes Schweitzer, free safety Ricardo Allen and linebacker D’Vondre Campbell received bonuses that ranked in the top 25 in the league.

Schweitzer received $466,065.26, which was the second-highest total in the league.

Allen received $396,135.10, which ranked 11th. Campbell received $335,298.56, which ranked 25th.

The performance-based pay program is a collectively-bargained benefit that compensates all players, including rookies, based upon their playing time and salary levels.

In addition to the performance-based pay pool, the NFL Players Association has elected to dedicate $35.2 million in benefits (i.e., $1.1 million per club) to fund a veteran performance-based compensation pool (the veteran pool) for players with more than one accrued season. In total, $169.36 million will be disbursed to players under the combined pools.

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