AJ Hawk Net Worth 2025: What is AJ Hawk’s Net Worth?

AJ Hawk’s net worth is around $20 million in 2025. He earns mostly through endorsement deals and serving as a brand ambassador for many big brands.

Aaron James Hawk, aka Aj Hawk is a former American Football player and a Sports analyst. He has been a prominent player of the National Football League (NFL) having played 11 seasons in the League. Hawk got his first NFL contract in 2006 when he was picked by Green Bay Packers as the fifth overall draft. 

After his retirement from professional American Football, Aj Hawk took over the role as an American Sports analyst and provided interesting insights to the fans about the game. Throughout his career and even after retirement, Hawk has been a prominent figure in American Football and enjoys a wealthy income and lifestyle. Let’s have a look at his Net Worth and Lifestyle as of 2024. 

Aj Hawk Net Worth in 2025 and Personal Information

Full Name	Aaron James Hawk
Date of Birth	6th January, 1984
Age	40 Years
Girlfriend/Wife	Laura Quinn
Nationality	American
Profession	Former American Basketball Player and Sports Analyst
Net Worth 2024	Around $20 Million
Monthly Income	Around $416K
Annual Income	Around $5 Million

Aj Hawk has an estimated Net Worth of $20 Million. He has earned majorly by playing in the NFL for 11 years. Apart from that, he also got lucrative deals from popular brands that helped him earn apart from playing American Football. Now, he is also an American Sports Analyst and his monthly income is calculated to be more than $116K, which means that his yearly income will be around $5 Millon. 

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Aj Hawk Early Life and Career

Aj Hawk was born in Kettering, Ohio on 6th January 1984 to Keith Hawk and Judy Hawk. He grew up in Centerville and did his schooling from Centerville High School. In his freshman year at Centerville High School, Hawk joined the Varsity Football Team where he met his former Cincinnati Bengals teammate Mike Nugent.

Hawk made several records while playing for Centerville Elks high school football team. He has a record of having most tackles (31)in a game, and he has achieved this feat three times. Apart from that, he has the most career tackles with 583 tackles in high school. He was also named All-State High School Player two times in 1999 and 2000 consecutively. 

After completing his high-school, Hawk joined Ohio State University and played for Ohio State Buckeyes football from 2002 to 2005 under the guidance of coach Jim Tressel. In his freshman year, Hawk became a part of the Ohio State Buckeyes that went on to win the 2002 BCS National Championship. He played for Buckeye for four years and  had 394 tackles with 196 of them solo from 51 games. In 2005, Hawk won the Lombardi Award for being the best college football linebacker

In 2006, AJ Hawk became the first linebacker to get drafted in the 2006 NFL Draft. He was picked by the Green Bay Packers in the first round as the fifth overall draft of the season. He signed a six-year deal with the Packers on 28th July 2006 for $37.50 million with $14.76 million guaranteed including a siigning bonus of $1.91 million

Hawk finally got to make his NFL debut for the Packers in a season-opener against the Chicago Bears on 24th September 2006. Packers lost the game by 26-0 but Hawk made five combined tackles including three solo and one pass deflection in that game. 

After five years in the NFL, Hawk was officially released by the Packers on 2nd March 2011. However, on the very next day, he was re-signed by the Packers again to free up the cap space for the 2011 NFL season. 

AJ Hawk was finally released by the Green Bay Packers on 25th February, 2015 and was signed for a two-year contract with Cincinnati Bengals on 10th March 2015 for  $3.25 million including $500,000 guaranteed. He played there as a strongside linebacker alongside Vincent Rey and Rey Maualuga. 

In 16 games for the Bengals, Hawk had 24 tackles including 16 solo and one sack with 11 starts. On 26th April, 2016, he was released by the Bengals and was signed by Atlanta Falcons on 4th October, 2015, on a one-year contract for  $985,000 with a signing bonus of $15,000. However, Hawk remained with the Falcons for just 21 days as they released him on 25th October, 2016. He announced his retirement from the Professional American Football on 7th January, 2017 via a podcast with Albert Breer.

After the retirement, Aj Hawk started his own Podcast named Hawkcast during the 2020 Lockdown. He has also hosted the Pat McCafee’s daily radio show, The Pat McAfee Show, on Sirius XM and YouTube.

Aj Hawk Brand Endorsements 

AJ Hawk has endorsement deals with several renowned brands such as Nike and Subway. He has also been a brand ambassador of performance training apparel brand Clinch Gear. 

Aj Hawk House 

Aj Hawk is a owner of a 1200 Square feet luxurious mansion worth $10 Million in the exclusive hidden hills located near Los Angeles. He purchased this mansion in 2022 and it has eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms, along with a lot of other facilities such as game room, movie theater, four-car garage, double vanity and fully equipped gym with a steam shower and sauna, and a lot more. 

Aj Hawk Wife 

Aj Hawk married his longtime girlfriend Laura Quinn in 2007. Laura is an interior designer and a sister of the former NFL quarterback Brady Quinn. Both Hawk and Laura met during their Sophomore Year at the Ohio State University in 2004 and fell in love with each other. The couple got married in March 2007 in Dublin, Ohio and are now the parents of four children. 

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