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NC Sports NFL clients and what they earn

Q: Who is NC Sports's highest paid NFL client?

Brandon Scherff, $110,726,076. T.J. Hockenson is second on $77,233,996.

Q: How much have NC Sports clients earned in the NFL?

$220,316,922 across 6 careers, $36,719,487 a client. NC Sports is 22nd of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 5th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

Q: What kind of players does NC Sports represent?

Guard more than any other on money, $110,726,076 across one client. The book covers 5 positions in all.

Q: How many NC Sports clients are in the NFL now?

one man of the 6 here was on a roster in 2026, and $18,000,000 is written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

$220,316,922 of career earnings negotiated for 6 clients, led by Brandon Scherff on $110,726,076.

NC Sports is 22nd of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 5th 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 $220.3m

PER CLIENT $36.7m

CLIENTS 6

IN THE LEAGUE NOW 1

STILL CONTRACTED $18.0m

The richest careers on the NC Sports book

Money paid across a whole career

Brandon Scherff $110.7m

Brandon Scherff $111m T.J. Hockenson $77m Tyler Linderbaum $13m Casey Kreiter $8.6m Ben Niemann $6.7m Ko Kieft $3.8m

Brandon Scherff alone holds 50.3% of everything the firm's clients have earned.

Every NC Sports client ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

6 clients

#	Player	Position	Franchise	Seasons	Contracted	Career earnings
001	Brandon Scherff	Guard	Jacksonville Jaguars	10		$110,726,076$110.7m
002	T.J. Hockenson	Tight End	Minnesota Vikings	9	$18.0m	$77,233,996$77.2m
003	Tyler Linderbaum	Center	Baltimore Ravens	4		$13,238,286$13.2m
004	Casey Kreiter	Long Snapper	New York Giants	10		$8,605,962$8.6m
005	Ben Niemann	Outside Linebacker	Detroit Lions	7		$6,720,586$6.7m
006	Ko Kieft	Tight End	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4		$3,792,016$3.8m

The table holds every one of the 6 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 NC Sports splits a contract

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

28.6% signing and option bonus

Base salary 52.9%
Signing bonus 28.6%
Restructured money 4.7%
Roster bonus 12.4%
Workout bonus 0.8%
Incentives 0.6%

Part of the contract	Share on this book	Share across the league	Negotiated
Base salary	52.9%	52.9%	$124,578,831$124.6m
Signing bonus	28.6%	27.6%	$67,384,651$67.4m
Restructured money	4.7%	6.3%	$11,141,291$11.1m
Roster bonus	12.4%	6.6%	$29,145,000$29.1m
Option bonus	0.0%	5.3%	$0
Workout bonus	0.8%	0.7%	$1,801,533$1.8m
Incentives	0.6%	0.5%	$1,463,433$1.5m

28.6% 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 NC Sports represents

Client earnings by position

5 positions

Guard $111m Tight End $81m Center $13m Long Snapper $8.6m Outside Linebacker $6.7m

Guard is where the book's money is, $110,726,076 across one client. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the NC Sports clients are

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

6 franchises

#	Franchise	Clients	Career earnings
01	Jacksonville Jaguars	1	$110,726,076$110.7m
02	Minnesota Vikings	1	$77,233,996$77.2m
03	Baltimore Ravens	1	$13,238,286$13.2m
04	New York Giants	1	$8,605,962$8.6m
05	Detroit Lions	1	$6,720,586$6.7m
06	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	$3,792,016$3.8m

What the book is still owed

Money written into seasons that have not been played

$18.0m across one client

T.J. Hockenson $18m

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.

What NC Sports clients are paid each season

Every year of every career on the book, added together

Peak in 2023

$1,500

$14m

$1.8m

$2.9m

$4.5m

$27m

$19m

$23m

$32m

$39m

$26m

$15m

$16m

2023 is the book's biggest year on record at $38,652,224. The whole 2023 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is NC Sports's highest paid NFL client?

Brandon Scherff, $110,726,076. T.J. Hockenson is second on $77,233,996.

How much have NC Sports clients earned in the NFL?

$220,316,922 across 6 careers, $36,719,487 a client. NC Sports is 22nd of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 5th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

How much does NC Sports make from its NFL clients?

An agent's fee is capped at 3% of a player's contract, so a book worth $220,316,922 in career earnings is a fee pool of about $6,609,508 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 NC Sports represent?

Guard more than any other on money, $110,726,076 across one client. The book covers 5 positions in all.

How many NC Sports clients are in the NFL now?

one man of the 6 here was on a roster in 2026, and $18,000,000 is written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

Where to next

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

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