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Trenton Robinson is one of a handful of practice squad players making above the minimum salary.

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Life on the practice squad is far from living the lifestyle of the rich and famous. Players generally make $6,000 a week, $102,000 for the season and, if they're unable to impress, which many are, their careers are over before the average fan realizes it even started.

So every penny counts for a player fighting for NFL relevancy. Anyone who has the leverage to earn a few extra dollars after they fail to make the final cut grabs it while they can.

Trenton Robinson appears to be no exception. He jumped to the Eagles from San Francisco in part because they paid him more than the $6K/week minimum.

Robinson, who will be paid $8,000 every week he's on the Eagles practice squad, was a sixth-round pick last year by the San Francisco 49ers. He will make $34,000 more than the minimum if he's on the practice squad for the season's full 17 weeks.

Robinson is one of just six players on an NFL practice squad to receive more than the minimum salary this season, according to the NFL Players Association website. Eagles wide receiver Greg Salas also negotiated extra money to remain with the team. He is set to make $7,000/week, $119,000 if he is there for the entire season.

The bigger salaries show that the Eagles' strong desire to have Robinson and Salas on their roster, partly because of their skill sets and the team's lack of stability at their respective positions. The Eagles are thin at wide receiver and have what some have called the weakest group of safeties in the NFL.

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Only four other practice squad players around the league (Tampa's Chris Owusu and Deveron Carr, Baltimore's Matt Furstenberg and New England's Josh Kline) received above the minimum salary. Owusu is the only one receiving more than $8,000/week. His $10,000 per week ($170,000 for the season) makes him this year's highest-paid practice squad player.