Hailing from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Trent Green has carved out a legacy worth recognition from the quarterback position. His fifteen-season NFL career did not come without adversity, it took Green time to become a trustworthy, reliable first-string quarterback in the league and he earned the recognition he now is receiving as one of the better quarterbacks in pro-football history. Green played his collegiate football at Indiana University Bloomington from 1989 to 1992. In his four seasons as a Hoosier, Green led the team to the 1991 Copper Bowl and threw for 5,400 yards and 23 touchdowns.
After an impressive stint in Indiana, Trent Green was selected 222nd overall in the eighth round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers where he was placed as a backup and didn't see a single snap from center. In 1994, Green took his talents to the Canadian Football League where he played for the British Columbia Lions for a single season. In 1995, Green made his way back to the NFL as a member of the Washington Redskins and again saw no playing time until 1998. In 199, Green signed a deal with the St. Louis Rams where he was slated to be a starter, but a season-ending knee injury took him out and Kurt Warner led the Rams to a Super Bowl (XXXIV) victory in 2000. Green's most prominent years came from his tenure as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs where he was a 2x Pro Bowler (2003, 2005). After a single season with the Miami Dolphins (2007) and an additional season back with the Rams, Green retired in 2010. He currently holds the tied NFL record for the longest touchdown pass at 99 yards.
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.