Ep 136 - Network vs Net Worth with David Mulugheta

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

David Mulugheta is an American football agent at Athletes First in Laguna Hills, California. He currently represents 42 NFL players and has cemented himself as the world's No.1 NFL agent.

A former intern, Mulugheta rose through the ranks of Athletes First to become the agency's President of Team Sports, while negotiating some of football's biggest free-agent deals. Included among them are Deshaun Watson's four-year, $156 million deal with the Houston Texans and Jalen Ramsey's five-year, $100 million deal with the LA Rams.

Today on the show, Eric and David discuss the his rise to fame and the hard work it took to get there. Topics include:

(2:20-6:00) - Growing up in Dallas, Texas, David's career path to becoming an agent

(6:00-9:45) - Network vs Net worth

(9:45-14:10) - Process of recruiting an athlete to be their agent

(14:10-20:20) - Advice to rookies in the NFL

(20:20-25:00) - Advice to players at the NFL combine

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0:00.0	You know, you never really realize until you kind of look back on your life, but your network
0:06.5	is more important than your net worth a lot of times, right?
0:09.8	Because that network's going to allow you to, you know, grow that net worth of yours, right?
0:13.8	And that's both monetarily and just from a, from a life standpoint.
0:20.9	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your
0:24.5	what's next in life your best yet.
0:27.2	Our next guest is David Mulligan.
0:30.2	David doesn't do much media, so you may be unfamiliar with his name, but you are most
0:34.3	certainly not unfamiliar with his clients, and that's exactly how he likes it.
0:38.4	A few of his clients include Deshaun Watson, Jalen Ramsey, Michael Thomas, Micah Parsons,
0:44.5	Derwin James, and the list goes on and on.
0:47.3	His career has gone from an intern at the Football Agency Athletes First to now having the most money
0:53.2	under contract of any agent in football.
0:56.4	Last year alone, he signed six first rounders, which is completely unheard of in football.
1:01.6	He is the perfect example of humility and confidence, and that will shine through.
1:06.4	With this being NFL Combine Week, watch out for many of his guys this week.
1:11.5	If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe to help spread the impact we
1:16.1	hope to have. Thanks out there to all the new Spotify listeners, and please rate it five stars on
1:21.5	there. The numbers are growing like crazy and you're helping in a great way. Also, share it
1:26.2	on social media, tag me, and I'll share it as well, and we'll double in a great way. Also, share it on social media. Tag me and I'll share it as well
1:29.2	and we'll double the impact. Enjoy. David, welcome to show, brother. Hey, man. Appreciate you having me,
1:36.1	bud. No, it's truly an honor and know how busy of a week this is for you. It honestly means
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