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Excel Sports Management NFL clients and what they earn

$2,084,067,599 of career earnings negotiated for 65 clients, led by Jared Goff on $312,127,068.

Excel Sports Management is 4th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 9th 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 $2.08bn
PER CLIENT $32.1m
CLIENTS 65
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 26
STILL CONTRACTED $163.3m

The richest careers on the Excel Sports Management book

Money paid across a whole career

Jared Goff $312.1m

Jared Goff $312m Cooper Kupp $133m Carson Wentz $133m Joel Bitonio $107m Brandin Cooks $106m Brian O'Neill $99m Vita Vea $94m Garett Bolles $79m Marcus Mariota $76m Chidobe Awuzie $62m Dallas Goedert $62m Jonah Williams $60m Dawson Knox $53m Mitchell Trubisky $51m Samuel Cosmi $49m Spencer Brown $46m Bobby Okereke $46m Isaac Seumalo $45m Austin Corbett $38m Sean Bunting $37m

Jared Goff alone holds 15.0% of everything the firm's clients have earned.

Every Excel Sports Management client ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

65 clients

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Jared Goff Quarterback Detroit Lions 13 $87.0m $312,127,068$312.1m
002 Cooper Kupp Wide Receiver Los Angeles Rams 10 $133,498,331$133.5m
003 Carson Wentz Quarterback Kansas City Chiefs 9 $132,754,340$132.8m
004 Joel Bitonio Guard Cleveland Browns 12 $107,196,955$107.2m
005 Brandin Cooks Wide Receiver Dallas Cowboys 11 $106,470,356$106.5m
006 Brian O'Neill Right Tackle Minnesota Vikings 9 $98,746,103$98.7m
007 Vita Vea Defensive Tackle Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 $93,911,596$93.9m
008 Garett Bolles Left Tackle Denver Broncos 8 $79,315,413$79.3m
009 Marcus Mariota Quarterback Washington Commanders 10 $75,541,683$75.5m
010 Chidobe Awuzie Cornerback Tennessee Titans 10 $61,975,315$62.0m
011 Dallas Goedert Tight End Philadelphia Eagles 8 $61,633,876$61.6m
012 Jonah Williams Right Tackle Arizona Cardinals 7 $60,327,818$60.3m
013 Dawson Knox Tight End Buffalo Bills 8 $53,229,674$53.2m
014 Mitchell Trubisky Quarterback Buffalo Bills 9 $51,221,690$51.2m
015 Samuel Cosmi Guard Washington Commanders 8 $32.1m $49,178,082$49.2m
016 Spencer Brown Right Tackle Buffalo Bills 8 $33.2m $45,741,186$45.7m
017 Bobby Okereke Inside Linebacker New York Giants 8 $45,729,405$45.7m
018 Isaac Seumalo Guard Pittsburgh Steelers 10 $44,840,864$44.8m
019 Austin Corbett Center Carolina Panthers 7 $37,909,488$37.9m
020 Sean Bunting Cornerback Arizona Cardinals 8 $37,415,179$37.4m
021 Will Dissly Tight End Los Angeles Chargers 9 $34,190,786$34.2m
022 Michael Danna Defensive End Kansas City Chiefs 7 $29,440,097$29.4m
023 James Conner Running Back Arizona Cardinals 8 $27,418,718$27.4m
024 Andre Dillard Right Tackle Green Bay Packers 7 $23,936,749$23.9m
025 Takkarist McKinley Defensive End New York Jets 11 $15,438,648$15.4m
026 Jack Campbell Outside Linebacker Detroit Lions 4 $14,721,977$14.7m
027 Dalton Kincaid Tight End Buffalo Bills 4 $13,427,022$13.4m
028 Greg Gaines Defensive Tackle Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 $12,309,977$12.3m
029 Nick Vannett Tight End Tennessee Titans 10 $12,282,146$12.3m
030 Adam Trautman Tight End Denver Broncos 6 $12,216,814$12.2m
031 Troy Fautanu Left Tackle Pittsburgh Steelers 4 $2.8m $12,207,300$12.2m
032 David Quessenberry Right Tackle Minnesota Vikings 12 $10,379,148$10.4m
033 Matthew Bergeron Guard Atlanta Falcons 4 $9,529,427$9.5m
034 Luke Musgrave Tight End Green Bay Packers 4 $8,475,732$8.5m
035 Eric Tomlinson Tight End Los Angeles Chargers 17 $8,132,397$8.1m
036 Easton Stick Quarterback Los Angeles Chargers 6 $7,731,063$7.7m
037 Cody Mauch Guard Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 $7,485,456$7.5m
038 Paulson Adebo Cornerback New Orleans Saints 4 $7,059,037$7.1m
039 Cam Jurgens Center Philadelphia Eagles 4 $6,903,024$6.9m
040 Myles Bryant Cornerback Houston Texans 5 $6,480,807$6.5m
041 Leki Fotu Defensive Tackle New York Jets 5 $6,396,026$6.4m
042 Ben Bartch Guard San Francisco 49ers 8 $6,365,283$6.4m
043 Dillon Radunz Center Tennessee Titans 4 $6,326,874$6.3m
044 John Bates Tight End Washington Commanders 4 $6,263,416$6.3m
045 Troy Andersen Inside Linebacker Atlanta Falcons 4 $6,194,739$6.2m
046 Luke Goedeke Right Tackle Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 $6,178,986$6.2m
047 Nick Harris Center Cleveland Browns 6 $6,121,516$6.1m
048 Kyle Trask Quarterback Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 $5,535,337$5.5m
049 Ben Sinnott Tight End Washington Commanders 4 $1.8m $5,447,321$5.4m
050 Chad Muma Inside Linebacker Jacksonville Jaguars 4 $5,426,109$5.4m
051 Abraham Lucas Right Tackle Seattle Seahawks 4 $5,391,678$5.4m
052 Bernhard Raimann Left Tackle Indianapolis Colts 4 $5,301,962$5.3m
053 Roger Rosengarten Right Tackle Baltimore Ravens 4 $1.7m $4,764,499$4.8m
054 Blake Freeland Right Tackle Indianapolis Colts 4 $4,655,880$4.7m
055 Cade Otton Tight End Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 $4,523,944$4.5m
056 Jaylen Watson Cornerback Kansas City Chiefs 4 $3,745,372$3.7m
057 Joe Bachie Inside Linebacker Cincinnati Bengals 5 $3,660,863$3.7m
058 Jake Browning Quarterback Cincinnati Bengals 7 $3,405,333$3.4m
059 Daniel Scott Safety Indianapolis Colts 4 $3,402,836$3.4m
060 JD Bertrand Inside Linebacker Atlanta Falcons 4 $1.2m $3,180,024$3.2m
061 Edefuan Ulofoshio Outside Linebacker Buffalo Bills 4 $1.2m $3,144,024$3.1m
062 Simi Fehoko Wide Receiver Los Angeles Chargers 6 $3,078,926$3.1m
063 Sataoa Laumea Guard Seattle Seahawks 4 $1.2m $3,046,516$3.0m
064 Jordan Whittington Wide Receiver Los Angeles Rams 4 $1.2m $2,968,388$3.0m
065 Ali Gaye Defensive End Tennessee Titans 2 $1,011,000

The table holds every one of the 65 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 Excel Sports Management splits a contract

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

33.7% signing and option bonus

  • Base salary 51.2%
  • Signing bonus 27.6%
  • Restructured money 7.9%
  • Roster bonus 6.5%
  • Option bonus 6.1%
  • Workout bonus 0.5%
Part of the contract Share on this book Share across the league Negotiated
Base salary 51.2% 52.9% $1,149,481,508$1.15bn
Signing bonus 27.6% 27.6% $620,707,611$620.7m
Restructured money 7.9% 6.3% $177,445,284$177.4m
Roster bonus 6.5% 6.6% $146,927,582$146.9m
Option bonus 6.1% 5.3% $136,804,915$136.8m
Workout bonus 0.5% 0.7% $11,351,155$11.4m
Incentives 0.2% 0.5% $3,647,260$3.6m

Excel Sports Management splits a contract almost exactly the way the league does: 33.7% of its clients' itemised money is signing or option bonus against 33.0% across every career on record. The signing bonus page ranks every career in the league by that part alone.

What Excel Sports Management represents

Client earnings by position

14 positions

Quarterback $588m Right Tackle $260m Wide Receiver $246m Guard $228m Tight End $220m Cornerback $117m Defensive Tackle $113m Left Tackle $97m Inside Linebacker $64m Center $57m Defensive End $46m Running Back $27m Outside Linebacker $18m Safety $3.4m

Quarterback is where the book's money is, $588,316,514 across 7 clients. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the Excel Sports Management clients are

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

28 franchises

# Franchise Clients Career earnings
01 Detroit Lions 2 $326,849,045$326.8m
02 Buffalo Bills 5 $166,763,596$166.8m
03 Kansas City Chiefs 3 $165,939,809$165.9m
04 Los Angeles Rams 2 $136,466,719$136.5m
05 Washington Commanders 4 $136,430,502$136.4m
06 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 $129,945,296$129.9m
07 Arizona Cardinals 3 $125,161,715$125.2m
08 Cleveland Browns 2 $113,318,471$113.3m
09 Minnesota Vikings 2 $109,125,251$109.1m
10 Dallas Cowboys 1 $106,470,356$106.5m
11 Denver Broncos 2 $91,532,227$91.5m
12 Tennessee Titans 4 $81,595,335$81.6m
13 Philadelphia Eagles 2 $68,536,900$68.5m
14 Pittsburgh Steelers 2 $57,048,164$57.0m
15 Los Angeles Chargers 4 $53,133,172$53.1m
16 New York Giants 1 $45,729,405$45.7m
17 Carolina Panthers 1 $37,909,488$37.9m
18 Green Bay Packers 2 $32,412,481$32.4m
19 New York Jets 2 $21,834,674$21.8m
20 Atlanta Falcons 3 $18,904,190$18.9m
21 Indianapolis Colts 3 $13,360,678$13.4m
22 Seattle Seahawks 2 $8,438,194$8.4m
23 Cincinnati Bengals 2 $7,066,196$7.1m
24 New Orleans Saints 1 $7,059,037$7.1m
25 Houston Texans 1 $6,480,807$6.5m
26 San Francisco 49ers 1 $6,365,283$6.4m
27 Jacksonville Jaguars 1 $5,426,109$5.4m
28 Baltimore Ravens 1 $4,764,499$4.8m

What the book is still owed

Money written into seasons that have not been played

$163.3m across 10 clients

Jared Goff $87m Spencer Brown $33m Samuel Cosmi $32m Troy Fautanu $2.8m Ben Sinnott $1.8m Roger Rosengarten $1.7m JD Bertrand $1.2m Edefuan Ulofoshio $1.2m Sataoa Laumea $1.2m Jordan Whittington $1.2m

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 Excel Sports Management recruits

The programmes its clients came out of

38 schools

Washington 10
North Dakota State 4
Utah 4
Oregon State 3
Stanford 3
Central Michigan 3
Washington State 3
California 2
Nevada 2
Pittsburgh 2
Texas 2
Eastern Washington 1
Oregon 1
Colorado 1
South Dakota State 1

The bars count clients rather than dollars, because a firm recruits by the head and the money follows years later. Washington has sent it 10 players. Every college is ranked by NFL earnings here.

What Excel Sports Management 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 $393,463,132. The whole 2024 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Excel Sports Management's highest paid NFL client?

Jared Goff, $312,127,068, a first-round pick in 2016. Cooper Kupp is second on $133,498,331.

How much have Excel Sports Management clients earned in the NFL?

$2,084,067,599 across 65 careers, $32,062,578 a client. Excel Sports Management is 4th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 9th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

How much does Excel Sports Management make from its NFL clients?

An agent's fee is capped at 3% of a player's contract, so a book worth $2,084,067,599 in career earnings is a fee pool of about $62,522,028 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 Excel Sports Management represent?

Quarterback more than any other on money, $588,316,514 across 7 clients. The book covers 14 positions in all.

How many Excel Sports Management clients are in the NFL now?

26 men of the 65 here was on a roster in 2026, and $163,311,440 is written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

Where to next

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