Mark Brunell, New York Jets – Failed Fast Food Franchises

Former NFL player Mark Brunnell earned approximately $50 million while playing on N.Y. Jets. However, all this money couldn’t prevent the NFL star from declaring himself completely broke – while still playing in the NFL! That’s right. See, in 2010, just a year before he retired, Brunell had about $5 million left in his bank account balance, with $25 million in debt!

To make matters even worse, he had many bad real estate investments that completely crashed after the 2008 recession. What’s more, Brunell also bought nine Whataburger franchises restaurants – five of which went belly-up. Sadly, Brunell simply wasn’t a good investor and was the biggest role of his financial downright!