While Nevada-native NFL alumni in Max McGee, who caught the first ever Super Bowl touchdown in 1967, and DeMarco Murray, who has turned out to be a stellar running back, are great, they still aren't on the level of twelve-year veteran running back Steven Jackson. Matter of fact, Jackson is the reason why NFL scouts today pay attention to athletes coming out of the state of Nevada. After honing his skills at Oregon State University for three seasons, Jackson was selected 24th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams.
In nine seasons withe the St. Louis Rams, Jackson became the franchise's all-time leading rusher with a total of 10,138 yards. He also holds a few NFL records including most touches without a single fumble (870), most consecutive seasons with a 40+ yard run (11), and more. The 3x Pro Bowler is in 18th place in rushing yards totaling 11,438. As of right now, time will tell if Jackson will be receiving his gold sportsjacket as an official inductee into the Football Hall of Fame.
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.