A defensive end standing at 6'6, weighing in at 295lbs, that has the ability to run a 4.66 40-yard dash is a scary sight. The two-sport high school athlete decided to take his talents to North Carolina State University where he would play three seasons from 2003 to 2005. In those three seasons, Williams set the North Carolina State single-season tackles for loss record with 27.5 and the single-season sacks record with 14.5 in 2005.
After such an impressive performance as a member of the NC State Wolfpack, Mario Williams was selected 1st overall in the 2006 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans where he played six seasons out of his eleven-season NFL career. Williams racked in a total of $56.5 million from the Texans during his tenure in Houston. In 2012, Williams signed a six-year contract worth $100 million, $49.5 million guaranteed, but had the contract terminated after he was released in 2016. That same year, Williams was signed to the Miami Dolphins for two years, $17 million, but only played one season before being cut. Williams is officially retired but was able to rack in over $120 million throughout his career.
In the US, the average spent on an engagement ring is $6,351 but how do these figures compare with our favorite celebrities? The answer: they don't. As the diamonds increase in size, obviously the price tag appreciates handsomely. Well, we've compiled a list of some of the most expensive celebrity engagement rings.
This list would be nothing without Kim Kardashian's rock from Kanye, which clocked in at around a cool $4 million when he presented it to her at his stadium proposal in October 2013. Unfortunately, though, the 15-carat sparkler was among the jewelry stolen during Kim's infamous Paris robbery in 2016.
Jennifer Lopez's husband Alex Rodriguez popped the question to the singer, and he really had to step it up to outshine her previous engagement rings—and wow, did he deliver. The baseball star proposed with a reported 15-20 carat emerald cut stunner set on a platinum band that was estimated at $5 million. It's getting harder and harder not to be fooled by the rocks she's got...
It should come as no surprise that Beyonce herself totes one of the world's highest-valued diamonds. Weighing in at 24 carats, Jay reportedly paid around $5 million (now worth $6,047,013) for Bey's flashy emerald-cut ring back in 2008.
Anna Kournikova's relationship Latin music artist Enrique Iglesias since the early '00s has been one of the most lowkey celebrity relationships to date. That is with the exception of her $5,400,000 engagement ring that made headlines in 2004. Now, worth a whopping $7,443,596, the giant yellow stunner was spotted on Kournikova even during her tennis matches. (Pssst! It's rumored she got two rings from Iglesias. Prior to this, she sported an equally giant pink pear-shaped ring.)
Clocking in as the most expensive celebrity engagement ring, Mariah Carey's 35-carat bling from ex-fiancé James Packer reportedly cost a cool $10 million. And the "Obsessed" singer seemed to be a bit, well, obsessed with the jewel. She continued to wear the ring over a year post-breakup, and didn't part ways with the bauble until May 2018, selling it to a Los Angeles jeweler for $2.1 million.