- Any jobs growing up?
- NFL football player.
I ain't have any jobs growing up.
I was luckily the one that
have two good parents to support me
so I didn't have to go get a job.
Go to my job every day and play football.
[laughs]
I'll take that every day.
[upbeat music]
What's up, everybody.
This is Justin Jefferson.
And this is how I spent and saved my first million dollars.
[upbeat music]
I'm from St. Rose, Louisiana,
small town in Louisiana.
Growing up, I just wanted to be
playing either football, basketball.
I played every sport besides soccer.
Get an insight on everything.
But I knew I was gonna be a football player.
My two older brothers went to LSU.
So, you know, me going to the LSU games at a young age,
like 10 years old, it was just like a home for me.
It was a no-brainer to go there.
I wanted to weigh my options but, you know,
LSU was my biggest offer so it was like,
"LSU or I'm going go to the smallest school."
So, LSU every day.
There definitely was doubts my freshman year.
Am I going to be able to play on a high level?
Am I going to be that high caliber receiver?
So from there on, I just grind.
Never stopped.
You know, it was the first ever draft to be held at home.
So having all of my family members,
all of the people that supported me
my whole life, to congratulate me
and to be the first person in my family to get drafted
and to be a first round draft pick at that,
it was so special for everybody there.
And it was just an amazing experience.
And that's nothing I can take back for that.
Since I got drafted, everybody was like,
"dang you gotta go to the cold!
Dang you gotta go to the cold!"
Nobody ever let me forget
that I was going to the cold, to Minnesota.
I mean, to be honest, now that I have a year under my belt.
It's really not that bad.
It doesn't get that cold during the season.
You know, me just being all the way in Minnesota
there's still love coming from my community.
Even though they have a lot of Saints fans.
It's definitely heartwarming to, you know
come back to a community
with people that love you
and that are excited for what you have to come.
[jazz music]
To go from a college kid that, you know
doesn't really ask for much,
don't really buy much,
and then, you know, have millions
of dollars in his bank account,
it was crazy.
What I'm so grateful for,
I have family to guide me through all of that.
Definitely I had to go get a financial advisor,
a lawyer,
I mean, but I'm not a big money spending person,
so I knew how to handle my money.
Being one of the top rookies in the league,
you know, you have a lot of endorsements,
just keep on rolling through the endorsements
trying to get as much money as you can
off of that,
so you ain't got to ever live off the game checks.
Okay. We talked about how we made and saved my money.
Now let's talk about how I spend my money.
I definitely have to get a little bling bling
from, you know, I would say about hmmm...
50 on jewelry.
I had to get with Leo Frost in Houston.
He did lot of guys at LSU and, you know
we just build our connection over time.
We was thinking about a jet piece
like while I was in college.
So when I got to the NFL,
I was able to to get the jet piece and
pinky ring.
Gotta go with the pinky ring.
Got a little index ring.
It goes together perfectly.
I think I'm gonna buy one more thing.
And then after that...
I'm not a big jewelry person.
Like, I'll buy jewelry.
Like, I like how it looks,
but after a while
I'm not too big on it.
I just liked the main pieces, you know
get what I got to get,
and I'm out.
Jewelry. $50K.
[jazz music]
Especially living in Minnesota from Louisiana,
I definitely had to grab some more jackets,
grab some more nice jeans and stuff like that.
So, my brother is a really big fashion guy.
So, he definitely helped me out with some outfits
and you know, gave me some tips on
what looks good and what don't look good.
I have to say, I spent about like $20K.
I didn't shop that much growing up.
I didn't really have like a whole bunch of clothes,
a whole bunch of shoes,
I just wasn't that type of kid.
I mostly played football.
I mostly played sports.
So as long as I got me some basketball shoes,
some football cleats,
some gloves,
I was good to go.
- Clothing. $20K.
[jazz music]
- As soon as I figured out I was going
to be in the first round,
I definitely had my eyes on the AMG Mercedes
for a long time.
And that was about...
Wait, hold on.
Y'all gonna have to give me a second.
About $150,000.
I like cars.
I like fancy cars, foreign cars.
I definitely had to cop the Mercedes. I had to.
That was a must.
I got it wrapped. Matte black, windows black,
pretty much blackout.
Everybody called it the Bat Mobile.
[laughs]
I had to get snow tires.
Crazy fact is, you know, I'm from Louisiana.
It doesn't snow that much.
I had to go outside and play in the snow.
It was a must.
So the first day I played in the snow,
I lost my phone in the snow.
Nobody expected it to snow this day.
So, I didn't have snow tires on my car at this time,
I tried to go to the mall,
or go to the Apple store to buy me a new phone,
but I couldn't even get out my neighborhood.
I was spinning everywhere.
It was crazy.
So then you went and got the snow tires on?
- Yeah. I had to. The next day.
[laughs]
Mercedes. $150,000.
[jazz music]
I bought a lot of shoes,
a lot of shoes, a lot of shoes.
The shoes has it's own category, you know?
It's just clothes, and then there's shoes.
Had to get the Dior's.
That was a must.
I had to. I got like other pairs of Dior's, Balenciaga's.
I had some new Jordan's that came out.
I had to get a lot of stuff actually.
Best pair of shoes that I got...
I'm a big Dior guy. I like Dior chucks.
So I'll have to say the chucks.
This is only the start. This is only to start.
It's only going to get bigger and bigger,
better and better.
Shoes. $$10K.
[jazz music]
Christmas!
Christmas, probably a total of probably like, 10.
My family don't ask for a lot.
I got my mom a purse, you know,
clothes, shoes, jerseys, tickets.
Actually my brothers didn't really ask for much.
That was crazy.
Me getting drafted,
me having this season that I had,
was pretty much everybody's Christmas.
And then we played the Saints on Christmas day.
Everybody was more into that,
more than just, you know, the tradition of Christmas.
It was in New Orleans.
So everybody stayed in Louisiana.
Everybody was in the dome Christmas day.
First Christmas with the family. $10K.
[jazz music]
I got a town house in Minnesota.
All right, y'all going to give me a minute on this one.
Well, that leads me back to having supportive parents,
that knows a lot, walking me through everything.
Whether I should rent a place,
or if I should buy a place.
I also have a dog too.
So a condo would have been too small for my dog.
They thought it was going to be a great idea
if I bought a place instead of renting one.
So we bought a place
like four minutes from the facility.
So it was definitely easy to get around
with the snow and everything
during the season.
First Minnesota house. $405,000.
[jazz music]
My mom! My mom is the person for all of that.
She loves doing all of that.
Interior designing, loves decorating the house.
She definitely did all of that.
So that would probably be like, another...
Probably like $20K.
Interior design for the house. $20K.
[jazz music]
This is everything man! This is everything.
I did pretty good, didn't I?
[laughs]
I saved about half of my money, so
hey, I'll take it.
I'll take it.
The rest of my first million went to savings.
I told you all, I'm good with the money, man!
I'm good with the money.
You know, we was locked up in the house all day,
every day, can't go anywhere.
Can't go to any clubs, bars or anything.
So it's pretty cool just being at home
and just chilling at home.
I mean, I'm definitely planning on buying
my own custom house, later on in my career
that's definitely a dream of mine.
Something that I would be taking this
and putting that towards.
I've actually been spending my off season in Miami.
There's a lot of teammates, a lot of guys,
top guys in the league that are here
that I work with and, you know,
pick the brain from.
So, bring my game to the next level
and trying to get all the information
and trying to get all of the info
that I need to go into next season.
I trained with Mo Wells at Brandon Marshall's
House of Athletes, also a lot of guys in the league.
So we definitely, you know, get that grind in together
and go to work.
Off season with training, condo,
rental cars,
probably like 20, probably 20.
Okay. Y'all can readjust
how much went into savings.
I had to take 20 out, okay.
Don't bash me.
I just took 20, just 20.
I mean, I know a lot of guys say
be smart with your money and everything,
but I mean there's more to life than,
you know just spending money on clothes, shoes,
cars, big old houses.
So, manage your money.
Football is not always going to be there
for the rest of your life.
So, learn how to take care of your money.
Put it towards good causes.
And I mean, learn how to build up on your money.
So, you know, we don't want to go broke.
So gotta keep the bread.
[laughs]
I want to go a lot of places.
Probably next off season,
I'm going to really start traveling.
I haven't even been anywhere out in the world
like out of the country yet.
I definitely want to go to a lot of places.
Definitely want to go to Bora Bora.
Bora Bora is like one of my dream vacation spots
that I want to go to.
I've definitely got to go to France, London,
Greece, Spain.
It's a lot, man.
It's a lot.
I got some journeys to go on, man!
I got some adventures to go on.
[laughs]
We've seen how I spent my money and saved my money.
Hopefully I don't spend no more.
I can keep all of this into savings.
But catch me during the season.
Let's have a better one than last year.