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Day 1 Sports & Entertainment NFL clients and what they earn

Q: Who is Day 1 Sports & Entertainment's highest paid NFL client?

Shaq Mason, $84,310,656, a fourth-round pick in 2015, 131st overall. Chandler Zavala is second on $4,511,736.

Q: How much have Day 1 Sports & Entertainment clients earned in the NFL?

$97,019,332 across 5 careers, $19,403,866 a client. Day 1 Sports & Entertainment is 46th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 27th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

Q: What kind of players does Day 1 Sports & Entertainment represent?

Guard more than any other on money, $88,822,392 across 2 clients. The book covers 4 positions in all.

$97,019,332 of career earnings negotiated for 5 clients, led by Shaq Mason on $84,310,656.

Day 1 Sports & Entertainment is 46th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 27th 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 $97.0m

PER CLIENT $19.4m

CLIENTS 5

IN THE LEAGUE NOW 2

STILL CONTRACTED $0

The richest careers on the Day 1 Sports & Entertainment book

Money paid across a whole career

Shaq Mason $84.3m

Shaq Mason $84m Chandler Zavala $4.5m Hakeem Adeniji $3.8m Joey Blount $2.5m Ja’Quan McMillian $1.9m

Shaq Mason alone holds 86.9% of everything the firm's clients have earned.

Every Day 1 Sports & Entertainment client ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

5 clients

#	Player	Position	Franchise	Seasons	Career earnings
001	Shaq Mason	Guard	Houston Texans	12	$84,310,656$84.3m
002	Chandler Zavala	Guard	Carolina Panthers	4	$4,511,736$4.5m
003	Hakeem Adeniji	Left Tackle	Cleveland Browns	5	$3,799,719$3.8m
004	Joey Blount	Safety	Arizona Cardinals	3	$2,536,721$2.5m
005	Ja’Quan McMillian	Cornerback	Denver Broncos	3	$1,860,500$1.9m

The table holds every one of the 5 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 Day 1 Sports & Entertainment splits a contract

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

24.7% signing and option bonus

Base salary 54.0%
Signing bonus 24.7%
Restructured money 3.7%
Roster bonus 16.1%
Workout bonus 0.3%
Incentives 1.1%

Part of the contract	Share on this book	Share across the league	Negotiated
Base salary	54.0%	52.9%	$51,568,609$51.6m
Signing bonus	24.7%	27.6%	$23,561,545$23.6m
Restructured money	3.7%	6.3%	$3,573,513$3.6m
Roster bonus	16.1%	6.6%	$15,334,167$15.3m
Option bonus	0.0%	5.3%	$0
Workout bonus	0.3%	0.7%	$308,475
Incentives	1.1%	0.5%	$1,083,592

24.7% 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 Day 1 Sports & Entertainment represents

Client earnings by position

4 positions

Guard $89m Left Tackle $3.8m Safety $2.5m Cornerback $1.9m

Guard is where the book's money is, $88,822,392 across 2 clients. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the Day 1 Sports & Entertainment clients are

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

5 franchises

#	Franchise	Clients	Career earnings
01	Houston Texans	1	$84,310,656$84.3m
02	Carolina Panthers	1	$4,511,736$4.5m
03	Cleveland Browns	1	$3,799,719$3.8m
04	Arizona Cardinals	1	$2,536,721$2.5m
05	Denver Broncos	1	$1,860,500$1.9m

Where Day 1 Sports & Entertainment recruits

The programmes its clients came out of

5 schools

Georgia Tech 1

North Carolina State 1

Kansas 1

Virginia 1

East Carolina 1

The bars count clients rather than dollars, because a firm recruits by the head and the money follows years later. Georgia Tech has sent it one player. Every college is ranked by NFL earnings here.

What Day 1 Sports & Entertainment clients are paid each season

Every year of every career on the book, added together

Peak in 2023

$1.1m

$802k

$1.0m

$13m

$4.8m

$6.8m

$7.5m

$9.2m

$16m

$13m

$12m

2023 is the book's biggest year on record at $15,980,932. The whole 2023 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Day 1 Sports & Entertainment's highest paid NFL client?

Shaq Mason, $84,310,656, a fourth-round pick in 2015, 131st overall. Chandler Zavala is second on $4,511,736.

How much have Day 1 Sports & Entertainment clients earned in the NFL?

$97,019,332 across 5 careers, $19,403,866 a client. Day 1 Sports & Entertainment is 46th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 27th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

How much does Day 1 Sports & Entertainment make from its NFL clients?

An agent's fee is capped at 3% of a player's contract, so a book worth $97,019,332 in career earnings is a fee pool of about $2,910,580 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 Day 1 Sports & Entertainment represent?

Guard more than any other on money, $88,822,392 across 2 clients. The book covers 4 positions in all.

How many Day 1 Sports & Entertainment clients are in the NFL now?

2 men of the 5 here was on a roster in 2026.

Where to next

The firms either side of this one, and the rest of the money

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