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Georgia Southern NFL player earnings

$58,234,651 earned in the NFL by 6 players from Georgia Southern, led by Younghoe Koo on $26,499,890.

That is 115th of the 253 colleges the file names, and below the 8 players the per man ranking needs. Nothing here is college money: it is what these men were paid once they reached the league, grouped by where they came from.

EARNED IN THE NFL $58.2m
PER PLAYER $9.7m
PLAYERS 6
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 3
FIRST ROUND PICKS 0

The richest Georgia Southern careers in the NFL

Money paid across a whole career

Younghoe Koo $26.5m

Younghoe Koo $26m Tyler Bass $20m Kindle Vildor $4.9m Shemar Bartholomew $2.8m NaJee Thompson $2.3m Darrell Baker Jr. $2.0m

Younghoe Koo alone holds 45.5% of everything Georgia Southern has earned in the league. None of the 2 with a round on record went in the first.

Every Georgia Southern player ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

6 careers

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Younghoe Koo Kicker Atlanta Falcons 9 $26,499,890$26.5m
002 Tyler Bass Kicker Buffalo Bills 8 $4.3m $19,705,800$19.7m
003 Kindle Vildor Cornerback Detroit Lions 7 $4,886,461$4.9m
004 Shemar Bartholomew Cornerback Carolina Panthers 4 $2,840,000$2.8m
005 NaJee Thompson Cornerback Minnesota Vikings 3 $2,275,000$2.3m
006 Darrell Baker Jr. Cornerback Tennessee Titans 3 $2,027,500$2.0m

The table holds every one of the 6 careers the programme has put into the league. Money still written into a future season is in its own column and is not counted in the career figure beside it.

What Georgia Southern produces

NFL earnings of its alumni, by position

2 positions

Kicker $46m Cornerback $12m

Kicker is where the programme's NFL money is, $46,205,690 across 2 players. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where Georgia Southern players are drafted

Career earnings by the round they went in

2 with a round on record

Round Players Per career Earned
Round 5 1 $4.9m $4,886,461$4.9m
Round 6 1 $19.7m $19,705,800$19.7m

None of the 2 with a round on record went in the first. The whole draft is ranked here.

Where the Georgia Southern alumni are now

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

6 franchises

# Franchise Players Career earnings
01 Atlanta Falcons 1 $26,499,890$26.5m
02 Buffalo Bills 1 $19,705,800$19.7m
03 Detroit Lions 1 $4,886,461$4.9m
04 Carolina Panthers 1 $2,840,000$2.8m
05 Minnesota Vikings 1 $2,275,000$2.3m
06 Tennessee Titans 1 $2,027,500$2.0m

What Georgia Southern alumni are paid each season

Every year of every career, added together

Peak in 2023

2023 is the programme's biggest year on record at $12,117,782 across 7 players. The whole 2023 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid NFL player from Georgia Southern?

Younghoe Koo, $26,499,890. Tyler Bass is second on $19,705,800.

How much have Georgia Southern players earned in the NFL?

$58,234,651 across 6 careers, which is 115th of the 253 colleges on record and below the 8 players the per man ranking needs.

Which position does Georgia Southern send to the NFL?

Kicker more than any other on money, $46,205,690 across 2 players. The programme has put men into 2 positions in all.

How many Georgia Southern players are in the NFL now?

3 men of the 6 here was on a roster in 2026, with $4,300,000 written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

Which NFL team has the most Georgia Southern players?

Atlanta Falcons, one player worth $26,499,890 between them.

Where to next

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

Weber State · Vanderbilt · San Jose State · Alabama-Birmingham · Ferris State · South Alabama · Old Dominion · Arizona · Every college · NFL career earnings

Georgia Southern in the NFL

Colleges near this one

By season

Elsewhere in American football