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Apex Sports Group NFL clients and what they earn

$190,419,909 of career earnings negotiated for 8 clients, led by Sheldon Rankins on $65,359,273.

Apex Sports Group is 25th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 17th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client. The figures are what the players were paid rather than what the firm collected: an agent's fee is capped at 3% of the contract.

CLIENT EARNINGS $190.4m
PER CLIENT $23.8m
CLIENTS 8
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 4
STILL CONTRACTED $12.0m

The richest careers on the Apex Sports Group book

Money paid across a whole career

Sheldon Rankins $65.4m

Sheldon Rankins $65m Erik McCoy $56m Joseph Noteboom $36m Josh Reynolds $22m Warren McClendon Jr. $4.1m Dallin Holker $2.8m Julius Wood $2.8m Ryan McCollum $2.0m

Sheldon Rankins alone holds 34.3% of everything the firm's clients have earned.

Every Apex Sports Group client ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

8 clients

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Sheldon Rankins Defensive Tackle Cincinnati Bengals 10 $65,359,273$65.4m
002 Erik McCoy Center New Orleans Saints 9 $12.0m $55,554,463$55.6m
003 Joseph Noteboom Left Tackle Los Angeles Rams 7 $35,630,132$35.6m
004 Josh Reynolds Wide Receiver Denver Broncos 10 $22,143,299$22.1m
005 Warren McClendon Jr. Right Tackle Los Angeles Rams 4 $4,084,976$4.1m
006 Dallin Holker Tight End New Orleans Saints 3 $2,840,000$2.8m
007 Julius Wood Safety Tennessee Titans 3 $2,830,000$2.8m
008 Ryan McCollum Center Pittsburgh Steelers 5 $1,977,766$2.0m

The table holds every one of the 8 clients the firm has on record. Money written into a season not yet played sits in its own column and is not counted in the career figure beside it.

How Apex Sports Group splits a contract

Every itemised dollar on the book, against the league's own split

23.6% signing and option bonus

  • Base salary 50.2%
  • Signing bonus 23.6%
  • Restructured money 7.0%
  • Roster bonus 18.9%
  • Incentives 0.2%
Part of the contract Share on this book Share across the league Negotiated
Base salary 50.2% 52.9% $98,651,059$98.7m
Signing bonus 23.6% 27.6% $46,496,690$46.5m
Restructured money 7.0% 6.3% $13,764,690$13.8m
Roster bonus 18.9% 6.6% $37,094,633$37.1m
Option bonus 0.0% 5.3% $0
Workout bonus 0.1% 0.7% $200,000
Incentives 0.2% 0.5% $481,902

23.6% of the book's itemised money is signing or option bonus against 33.0% across the league, so more of it than usual is base salary, which stops the day a client is released. The signing bonus page ranks every career in the league by that part alone.

What Apex Sports Group represents

Client earnings by position

7 positions

Defensive Tackle $65m Center $58m Left Tackle $36m Wide Receiver $22m Right Tackle $4.1m Tight End $2.8m Safety $2.8m

Defensive Tackle is where the book's money is, $65,359,273 across one client. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the Apex Sports Group clients are

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

6 franchises

# Franchise Clients Career earnings
01 Cincinnati Bengals 1 $65,359,273$65.4m
02 New Orleans Saints 2 $58,394,463$58.4m
03 Los Angeles Rams 2 $39,715,108$39.7m
04 Denver Broncos 1 $22,143,299$22.1m
05 Tennessee Titans 1 $2,830,000$2.8m
06 Pittsburgh Steelers 1 $1,977,766$2.0m

What the book is still owed

Money written into seasons that have not been played

$12.0m across one client

Erik McCoy $12m

This is the part of the job that has already been done and not yet paid for. The whole league is ranked by contracted money here.

Where Apex Sports Group recruits

The programmes its clients came out of

6 schools

Texas A&M 3
Louisville 1
Texas Christian 1
Georgia 1
Colorado State 1
East Carolina 1

The bars count clients rather than dollars, because a firm recruits by the head and the money follows years later. Texas A&M has sent it 3 players. Every college is ranked by NFL earnings here.

What Apex Sports Group clients are paid each season

Every year of every career on the book, added together

Peak in 2024

2024 is the book's biggest year on record at $38,780,000. The whole 2024 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Apex Sports Group's highest paid NFL client?

Sheldon Rankins, $65,359,273, a first-round pick in 2016. Erik McCoy is second on $55,554,463.

How much have Apex Sports Group clients earned in the NFL?

$190,419,909 across 8 careers, $23,802,489 a client. Apex Sports Group is 25th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 17th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

How much does Apex Sports Group make from its NFL clients?

An agent's fee is capped at 3% of a player's contract, so a book worth $190,419,909 in career earnings is a fee pool of about $5,712,597 spread across the firm and the whole length of those careers. Every figure on this page is what the players were paid.

What kind of players does Apex Sports Group represent?

Defensive Tackle more than any other on money, $65,359,273 across one client. The book covers 7 positions in all.

How many Apex Sports Group clients are in the NFL now?

4 men of the 8 here was on a roster in 2026, and $12,000,000 is written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

Where to next

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