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SES LLC NFL clients and what they earn

Q: Who is SES LLC's highest paid NFL client?

Chris Manhertz, $15,590,121. Andrew DePaola is second on $10,033,770.

Q: How much have SES LLC clients earned in the NFL?

$42,839,674 across 7 careers, $6,119,953 a client. SES LLC is 64th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 44th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

Q: What kind of players does SES LLC represent?

Tight End more than any other on money, $15,590,121 across one client. The book covers 6 positions in all.

$42,839,674 of career earnings negotiated for 7 clients, led by Chris Manhertz on $15,590,121.

SES LLC is 64th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 44th 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 $42.8m

PER CLIENT $6.1m

CLIENTS 7

IN THE LEAGUE NOW 1

STILL CONTRACTED $0

The richest careers on the SES LLC book

Money paid across a whole career

Chris Manhertz $15.6m

Chris Manhertz $16m Andrew DePaola $10m Cam Lewis $6.1m Ifeatu Melifonwu $4.5m Elias Neal $2.8m Nick Thurman $2.5m Tommy DeVito $1.3m

Chris Manhertz alone holds 36.4% of everything the firm's clients have earned.

Every SES LLC client ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

7 clients

#	Player	Position	Franchise	Seasons	Career earnings
001	Chris Manhertz	Tight End	New York Giants	10	$15,590,121$15.6m
002	Andrew DePaola	Long Snapper	Minnesota Vikings	12	$10,033,770$10.0m
003	Cam Lewis	Cornerback	Buffalo Bills	7	$6,106,384$6.1m
004	Ifeatu Melifonwu	Cornerback	Detroit Lions	4	$4,472,457$4.5m
005	Elias Neal	Inside Linebacker	Los Angeles Rams	3	$2,839,000$2.8m
006	Nick Thurman	Defensive Tackle	Carolina Panthers	6	$2,466,276$2.5m
007	Tommy DeVito	Quarterback	New York Giants	2	$1,331,666

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 SES LLC splits a contract

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

17.3% signing and option bonus

Base salary 75.8%
Signing bonus 17.2%
Restructured money 3.5%
Roster bonus 0.5%
Workout bonus 2.0%
Incentives 0.9%

Part of the contract	Share on this book	Share across the league	Negotiated
Base salary	75.8%	52.9%	$32,996,736$33.0m
Signing bonus	17.2%	27.6%	$7,474,265$7.5m
Restructured money	3.5%	6.3%	$1,525,952$1.5m
Roster bonus	0.5%	6.6%	$208,282
Option bonus	0.1%	5.3%	$38,400
Workout bonus	2.0%	0.7%	$885,007
Incentives	0.9%	0.5%	$398,464

17.3% 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 SES LLC represents

Client earnings by position

6 positions

Tight End $16m Cornerback $11m Long Snapper $10m Inside Linebacker $2.8m Defensive Tackle $2.5m Quarterback $1.3m

Tight End is where the book's money is, $15,590,121 across one client. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the SES LLC clients are

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

6 franchises

#	Franchise	Clients	Career earnings
01	New York Giants	2	$16,921,787$16.9m
02	Minnesota Vikings	1	$10,033,770$10.0m
03	Buffalo Bills	1	$6,106,384$6.1m
04	Detroit Lions	1	$4,472,457$4.5m
05	Los Angeles Rams	1	$2,839,000$2.8m
06	Carolina Panthers	1	$2,466,276$2.5m

Where SES LLC recruits

The programmes its clients came out of

7 schools

Canisius 1

Rutgers 1

Buffalo 1

Syracuse 1

Marshall 1

Houston 1

Illinois 1

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

What SES LLC clients are paid each season

Every year of every career on the book, added together

Peak in 2023

$420k

$656k

$891k

$1.2m

$2.0m

$1.6m

$2.2m

$6.5m

$5.9m

$8.4m

$8.2m

$3.6m

$1.1m

2023 is the book's biggest year on record at $8,416,744. The whole 2023 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is SES LLC's highest paid NFL client?

Chris Manhertz, $15,590,121. Andrew DePaola is second on $10,033,770.

How much have SES LLC clients earned in the NFL?

$42,839,674 across 7 careers, $6,119,953 a client. SES LLC is 64th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 44th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

How much does SES LLC make from its NFL clients?

An agent's fee is capped at 3% of a player's contract, so a book worth $42,839,674 in career earnings is a fee pool of about $1,285,190 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 SES LLC represent?

Tight End more than any other on money, $15,590,121 across one client. The book covers 6 positions in all.

How many SES LLC clients are in the NFL now?

one man of the 7 here was on a roster in 2026.

Where to next

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