Many people would assume that former NFL player TJ Houshmandzadeh is of African descent, but he has mixed ancestry. Aside from his genealogy, fans are interested in Houshmandzadeh’s net worth, considering that he has earned $15.62 million throughout his career. TJ, like many other athletes, had a huge fan following and significant wealth thanks to his fame, but at the expense of an invasion of privacy. He recently made headlines for getting a restraining order against a desperate fan who has been harassing him and his family since 2015. Touraj Houshmandzadeh Jr. was born on September 26, 1977 and is a former NFL player who played for the Bengals, Seahawks, Ravens and Raiders from 2001-2011.
He was selected in the seventh round of the 2001 NFL Draft after playing college football at Cerritos College and then Oregon State. To name a few, the former wide receiver was drafted in the same year as LaDainian Tomlinson, Richard Seymour, Michael Vick and Leonard Davis. Houshmandzadeh left his playing career to become the wide receivers coach (2016-17) and offensive coordinator (2018) at Long Beach Polytechnic High School. The 46-year-old former athlete is a soccer commentator for FS1. As for his personal life, he and his wife Kaci Houshmandzadeh have two children.
Is TJ Houshmandzadeh of Iranian descent? Nationality and parents
Houshmandzadeh is the son of Touraj “TJ” Houshmandzadeh and Deborah Daniels, who are now divorced. Touraj, his father, is Iranian, and Deborah, his mother, is African-American. The former NFL wide receiver was born in Barstow, California and has American nationality with Iranian and African ancestry. The surname “Houshmandzadeh” is of Iranian/Persian origin, derived from the Persian name “Hooshmandzadeh”, meaning “son of wisdom or intelligence”. TJ Jr.’s parents divorced when he was a child, about two years old, according to reports.
His father and mother met at San Diego State University and soon began dating. His parents were not married when he was born, so his father proposed to Deborah and at the same time wanted to move the family to Iran. However, after Houshmandzadeh’s mother refused to move, his father abandoned them and has not been in the player’s life since.
TJ Houshmandzadeh Net Worth
TJ Houshmandzadeh net worth is expected to be $5 million in 2023. He earned a lot of money during his NFL career and his post-playing career as a coach and commentator supplemented his earnings. TJ works for FS1 as a football commentator. He previously served as the wide receivers coach/offensive coordinator at Long Beach Polytechnic High School from 2016 to 2018. According to Spotrac, he earned $15.621 million during his 10-year NFL career (11 total, though he did not participate in 2003-04).
TJ earned $535,924 during his final NFL season (2011-12). The former NFL star’s most expensive contract was a five-year, $40 million contract signed on March 2, 2009. That contract paid him an average annual income of $8 million. TJ also owned real estate in the United States. He sold his off-season residence in Cincinnati, Ohio for $289,000 in 2015. The former Raiders shortstop sold his five-bedroom Newport Coast home for $4.085 million in March 2018. The home sold for $700,000 more than the asking price of 3.458 million dollars and his wife Kaci paid in August 2007.
A desperate fan gave Houshmandzadeh trouble
Former NFL great TJ Houshmandzadeh filed for a restraining order against the cheerleader in Los Angeles in December 2023. As previously reported, she has been causing problems for his family since 2015. According to TMZ, she is Annette Marie, a 53-year-old Ms. who officially changed her last name to “Houshmandzadeh” to be near the soccer star. She allegedly pretended to be TJ’s mother online while simultaneously communicating with his wife. In one of her letters, Annette also mentioned that she had “several bullets inscribed with the names of each member of the Houshmandzadeh family.” Houshmandzadeh already secured a restraining order against her in 2015, which expired in 2019.
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