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Independent Sports & Entertainment NFL clients and what they earn

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

Dante Fowler Jr., $64,431,466, a first-round pick in 2015, 3rd overall. Mike Onwenu is second on $63,848,351.

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

$138,212,603 across 5 careers, $27,642,521 a client. Independent Sports & Entertainment is 35th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 14th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

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

Defensive End more than any other on money, $66,183,840 across 2 clients. The book covers 4 positions in all.

$138,212,603 of career earnings negotiated for 5 clients, led by Dante Fowler Jr. on $64,431,466.

Independent Sports & Entertainment is 35th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 14th 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 $138.2m

PER CLIENT $27.6m

CLIENTS 5

IN THE LEAGUE NOW 2

STILL CONTRACTED $0

The richest careers on the Independent Sports & Entertainment book

Money paid across a whole career

Dante Fowler Jr. $64.4m

Dante Fowler Jr. $64m Mike Onwenu $64m YaYa Diaby $5.5m Ivan Pace $2.7m Daniel Hardy $1.8m

Dante Fowler Jr. alone holds 46.6% of everything the firm's clients have earned.

Every Independent Sports & Entertainment client ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

5 clients

#	Player	Position	Franchise	Seasons	Career earnings
001	Dante Fowler Jr.	Defensive End	Washington Commanders	10	$64,431,466$64.4m
002	Mike Onwenu	Right Tackle	New England Patriots	7	$63,848,351$63.8m
003	YaYa Diaby	Outside Linebacker	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4	$5,465,412$5.5m
004	Ivan Pace	Inside Linebacker	Minnesota Vikings	3	$2,715,000$2.7m
005	Daniel Hardy	Defensive End	Chicago Bears	3	$1,752,374$1.8m

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 Independent Sports & Entertainment splits a contract

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

43.0% signing and option bonus

Base salary 52.3%
Signing bonus 43.0%
Restructured money 2.5%
Workout bonus 1.1%
Incentives 1.0%

Part of the contract	Share on this book	Share across the league	Negotiated
Base salary	52.3%	52.9%	$71,215,541$71.2m
Signing bonus	43.0%	27.6%	$58,545,291$58.5m
Restructured money	2.5%	6.3%	$3,470,576$3.5m
Roster bonus	0.0%	6.6%	$0
Option bonus	0.1%	5.3%	$100,000
Workout bonus	1.1%	0.7%	$1,555,053$1.6m
Incentives	1.0%	0.5%	$1,367,875$1.4m

43.0% of the book's itemised money is signing or option bonus against 33.0% across the league, which is the part a club pays up front and cannot recover when it cuts a player. The signing bonus page ranks every career in the league by that part alone.

What Independent Sports & Entertainment represents

Client earnings by position

4 positions

Defensive End $66m Right Tackle $64m Outside Linebacker $5.5m Inside Linebacker $2.7m

Defensive End is where the book's money is, $66,183,840 across 2 clients. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the Independent Sports & Entertainment clients are

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

5 franchises

#	Franchise	Clients	Career earnings
01	Washington Commanders	1	$64,431,466$64.4m
02	New England Patriots	1	$63,848,351$63.8m
03	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	$5,465,412$5.5m
04	Minnesota Vikings	1	$2,715,000$2.7m
05	Chicago Bears	1	$1,752,374$1.8m

Where Independent Sports & Entertainment recruits

The programmes its clients came out of

5 schools

Florida 1

Michigan 1

Louisville 1

Cincinnati 1

Montana State 1

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

What Independent Sports & Entertainment clients are paid each season

Every year of every career on the book, added together

Peak in 2024

$16m

$1.5m

$2.6m

$1.4m

$12m

$17m

$6.8m

$5.3m

$8.7m

$32m

$16m

$19m

2024 is the book's biggest year on record at $32,078,428. The whole 2024 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

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

Dante Fowler Jr., $64,431,466, a first-round pick in 2015, 3rd overall. Mike Onwenu is second on $63,848,351.

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

$138,212,603 across 5 careers, $27,642,521 a client. Independent Sports & Entertainment is 35th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 14th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

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

An agent's fee is capped at 3% of a player's contract, so a book worth $138,212,603 in career earnings is a fee pool of about $4,146,378 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 Independent Sports & Entertainment represent?

Defensive End more than any other on money, $66,183,840 across 2 clients. The book covers 4 positions in all.

How many Independent 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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