Last year Montorie Foster Jr. won the Super Bowl — now he wants to sell you a home. Why every athlete needs a backup plan

Despite ending up with a Super Bowl ring, Foster admitted he “kind of was lost” when he was out of the NFL. As a result, Foster decided to look for other sources of income.

“I got into substitute teaching. And then kept working. Got my real-estate license to keep myself busy and mind away from football,” he said on a recent episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” The reality show, featuring the Seahawks this season, takes fans inside the training camps of NFL teams.

During the offseason, Foster remained committed to real estate and hosted open houses.

“I brought my Super Bowl ring to the open houses,” he said. “I haven’t made a sale yet, but we’ve got some stuff brewing.”

Practice squad player salaries

As a practice squad player last season, Foster helped prepare active roster players for the following week’s opponent. While practice squad players don’t actually play in the games, the role does provide a welcomed check for fringe NFL talent.

A practice-squad NFL player in 2026 will make $13,750 a week, and about $248,000 for all 18 weeks of the regular season if they stay on a team, according to the league’s collective bargaining agreement. Make the active roster and that’ll jump to a minimum of $885,000 per week.

Depending on how the rest of the preseason goes for Foster, he may decide to pause his real-estate career. He’s performing well in camp and actually led all Seahawks receivers in receiving yards during the team’s first preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys. An injury to fellow wide receiver Jake Bobo could also open the door for him to make the team.

But that’s not stopping Foster from renewing his real estate license, despite the many fees that come with it.

“You have real-estate licensing fees, desk fees. I did not know there was all these fees associated with this, but hopefully we get this money back,” he said.