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Innovative Sports Management NFL clients and what they earn

$205,955,841 of career earnings negotiated for 7 clients, led by Preston Smith on $104,826,443.

Innovative Sports Management is 23rd of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 12th 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 $206.0m
PER CLIENT $29.4m
CLIENTS 7
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 4
STILL CONTRACTED $3.6m

The richest careers on the Innovative Sports Management book

Money paid across a whole career

Preston Smith $104.8m

Preston Smith $105m Denico Autry $60m Mario Edwards $17m J.T. Gray $15m Nathaniel Watson $3.0m Jaden Crumedy $2.7m Nathan Thomas $2.6m

Preston Smith alone holds 50.9% of everything the firm's clients have earned.

Every Innovative Sports Management client ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

7 clients

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Preston Smith Defensive End Green Bay Packers 12 $104,826,443$104.8m
002 Denico Autry Defensive Tackle Houston Texans 12 $60,177,848$60.2m
003 Mario Edwards Defensive Tackle Houston Texans 10 $17,459,080$17.5m
004 J.T. Gray Safety New Orleans Saints 8 $15,207,350$15.2m
005 Nathaniel Watson Outside Linebacker Cleveland Browns 4 $1.2m $2,992,724$3.0m
006 Jaden Crumedy Defensive Tackle Carolina Panthers 4 $1.2m $2,681,424$2.7m
007 Nathan Thomas Guard Dallas Cowboys 4 $1.2m $2,610,972$2.6m

The table holds every one of the 7 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 Innovative Sports Management splits a contract

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

29.4% signing and option bonus

  • Base salary 54.3%
  • Signing bonus 29.4%
  • Restructured money 9.0%
  • Roster bonus 4.5%
  • Workout bonus 2.1%
  • Incentives 0.7%
Part of the contract Share on this book Share across the league Negotiated
Base salary 54.3% 52.9% $111,254,874$111.3m
Signing bonus 29.4% 27.6% $60,162,302$60.2m
Restructured money 9.0% 6.3% $18,454,539$18.5m
Roster bonus 4.5% 6.6% $9,268,333$9.3m
Option bonus 0.0% 5.3% $0
Workout bonus 2.1% 0.7% $4,373,790$4.4m
Incentives 0.7% 0.5% $1,365,636$1.4m

29.4% 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 Innovative Sports Management represents

Client earnings by position

5 positions

Defensive End $105m Defensive Tackle $80m Safety $15m Outside Linebacker $3.0m Guard $2.6m

Defensive End is where the book's money is, $104,826,443 across one client. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the Innovative Sports Management clients are

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

6 franchises

# Franchise Clients Career earnings
01 Green Bay Packers 1 $104,826,443$104.8m
02 Houston Texans 2 $77,636,928$77.6m
03 New Orleans Saints 1 $15,207,350$15.2m
04 Cleveland Browns 1 $2,992,724$3.0m
05 Carolina Panthers 1 $2,681,424$2.7m
06 Dallas Cowboys 1 $2,610,972$2.6m

What the book is still owed

Money written into seasons that have not been played

$3.6m across 3 clients

Nathaniel Watson $1.2m Jaden Crumedy $1.2m Nathan Thomas $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 Innovative Sports Management recruits

The programmes its clients came out of

3 schools

Mississippi State 5
Florida State 1
Louisiana-Lafayette 1

The bars count clients rather than dollars, because a firm recruits by the head and the money follows years later. Mississippi State has sent it 5 players. Every college is ranked by NFL earnings here.

What Innovative Sports Management clients are paid each season

Every year of every career on the book, added together

Peak in 2025

2025 is the book's biggest year on record at $28,380,000. The whole 2025 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

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

Preston Smith, $104,826,443, a second-round pick in 2015, 38th overall. Denico Autry is second on $60,177,848.

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

$205,955,841 across 7 careers, $29,422,263 a client. Innovative Sports Management is 23rd of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 12th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

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

An agent's fee is capped at 3% of a player's contract, so a book worth $205,955,841 in career earnings is a fee pool of about $6,178,675 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 Innovative Sports Management represent?

Defensive End more than any other on money, $104,826,443 across one client. The book covers 5 positions in all.

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

4 men of the 7 here was on a roster in 2026, and $3,570,000 is written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

Where to next

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