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NFL · 37 CAREERS FROM ONE PROGRAMME

Penn State NFL player earnings

$634,599,964 earned in the NFL by 37 players from Penn State, led by Saquon Barkley on $86,442,750.

That is 18th of the 253 colleges the file names, and 46th of the 78 schools with 8 players or more on money per man. 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 $634.6m
PER PLAYER $17.2m
PLAYERS 37
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 15
FIRST ROUND PICKS 3

The richest Penn State careers in the NFL

Money paid across a whole career

Saquon Barkley $86.4m

Saquon Barkley $86m Chris Godwin $81m DaQuan Jones $51m Micah Parsons $38m Pat Freiermuth $36m Miles Sanders $31m Connor McGovern $28m Austin Johnson $28m Yetur Gross-Matos $26m Mike Gesicki $25m Odafe Oweh $25m Ryan Bates $22m Olu Fashanu $17m Jahan Dotson $15m Chop Robinson $12m Nick Scott $9.7m Joey Porter Jr. $9.6m Arnold Ebiketie $9.0m Jaquan Brisker $7.4m Kevin Givens $6.6m

Saquon Barkley alone holds 13.6% of everything Penn State has earned in the league. 3 men of the 27 with a round on record went in the first, and they have earned $22.5m a career against $16.7m for everybody else.

Every Penn State player ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

37 careers

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Saquon Barkley Running Back Philadelphia Eagles 9 $86,442,750$86.4m
002 Chris Godwin Wide Receiver Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8 $80,631,664$80.6m
003 DaQuan Jones Defensive Tackle Buffalo Bills 11 $51,263,673$51.3m
004 Micah Parsons Defensive End Dallas Cowboys 5 $38,403,792$38.4m
005 Pat Freiermuth Tight End Pittsburgh Steelers 8 $18.4m $36,031,156$36.0m
006 Miles Sanders Running Back Carolina Panthers 8 $30,751,546$30.8m
007 Connor McGovern Center Buffalo Bills 7 $27,834,868$27.8m
008 Austin Johnson Defensive Tackle Buffalo Bills 9 $27,662,229$27.7m
009 Yetur Gross-Matos Defensive End San Francisco 49ers 6 $26,285,249$26.3m
010 Mike Gesicki Tight End Cincinnati Bengals 7 $25,116,886$25.1m
011 Odafe Oweh Outside Linebacker Baltimore Ravens 5 $24,593,390$24.6m
012 Ryan Bates Center Chicago Bears 7 $22,011,849$22.0m
013 Olu Fashanu Left Tackle New York Jets 4 $3.6m $16,918,795$16.9m
014 Jahan Dotson Wide Receiver Philadelphia Eagles 4 $15,048,358$15.0m
015 Chop Robinson Outside Linebacker Miami Dolphins 4 $2.8m $12,139,014$12.1m
016 Nick Scott Safety Carolina Panthers 6 $9,676,312$9.7m
017 Joey Porter Jr. Cornerback Pittsburgh Steelers 4 $9,618,344$9.6m
018 Arnold Ebiketie Outside Linebacker Atlanta Falcons 4 $9,018,835$9.0m
019 Jaquan Brisker Safety Chicago Bears 4 $7,355,540$7.4m
020 Kevin Givens Defensive Tackle San Francisco 49ers 6 $6,598,051$6.6m
021 Blake Gillikin Punter Arizona Cardinals 6 $6,542,524$6.5m
022 Brenton Strange Tight End Jacksonville Jaguars 4 $6,114,333$6.1m
023 Juice Scruggs Center Houston Texans 4 $6,099,104$6.1m
024 Will Fries Guard Indianapolis Colts 4 $5,626,375$5.6m
025 Ji'Ayir Brown Safety San Francisco 49ers 4 $4,944,488$4.9m
026 Cameron Brown Inside Linebacker Miami Dolphins 5 $4,691,420$4.7m
027 Caedan Wallace Right Tackle New England Patriots 4 $1.6m $4,424,216$4.4m
028 Jordan Stout Punter Baltimore Ravens 4 $4,357,836$4.4m
029 Adisa Isaac Outside Linebacker Baltimore Ravens 4 $1.6m $4,082,847$4.1m
030 Parker Washington Wide Receiver Jacksonville Jaguars 4 $3,932,264$3.9m
031 Rasheed Walker Left Tackle Green Bay Packers 4 $3,740,872$3.7m
032 Theo Johnson Tight End New York Giants 4 $1.2m $3,661,436$3.7m
033 Hunter Nourzad Center Kansas City Chiefs 4 $1.2m $3,131,832$3.1m
034 Jesse Luketa Outside Linebacker Arizona Cardinals 3 $2,846,615$2.8m
035 Chris Stoll Long Snapper Seattle Seahawks 3 $2,701,500$2.7m
036 Curtis Jacobs Inside Linebacker New England Patriots 3 $2,310,000$2.3m
037 Tariq Castro-Fields Cornerback Carolina Panthers 3 $1,990,001$2.0m

The table holds every one of the 37 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 Penn State produces

NFL earnings of its alumni, by position

15 positions

Running Back $117m Wide Receiver $100m Defensive Tackle $86m Tight End $71m Defensive End $65m Center $59m Outside Linebacker $53m Safety $22m Left Tackle $21m Cornerback $12m Punter $11m Inside Linebacker $7.0m Guard $5.6m Right Tackle $4.4m Long Snapper $2.7m

Running Back is where the programme's NFL money is, $117,194,296 across 2 players. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where Penn State players are drafted

Career earnings by the round they went in

27 with a round on record

Round Players Per career Earned
Round 1 3 $22.5m $67,461,601$67.5m
Round 2 9 $17.7m $158,936,336$158.9m
Round 3 5 $24.4m $121,918,083$121.9m
Round 4 2 $27.8m $55,621,509$55.6m
Round 5 1 $3.1m $3,131,832$3.1m
Round 6 3 $3.5m $10,613,685$10.6m
Round 7 4 $5.5m $21,890,174$21.9m

3 men of the 27 with a round on record went in the first, and they have earned $22.5m a career against $16.7m for everybody else. The whole draft is ranked here.

Where the Penn State alumni are now

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

22 franchises

# Franchise Players Career earnings
01 Buffalo Bills 3 $106,760,770$106.8m
02 Philadelphia Eagles 2 $101,491,108$101.5m
03 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 $80,631,664$80.6m
04 Pittsburgh Steelers 2 $45,649,500$45.6m
05 Carolina Panthers 3 $42,417,859$42.4m
06 Dallas Cowboys 1 $38,403,792$38.4m
07 San Francisco 49ers 3 $37,827,788$37.8m
08 Baltimore Ravens 3 $33,034,073$33.0m
09 Chicago Bears 2 $29,367,389$29.4m
10 Cincinnati Bengals 1 $25,116,886$25.1m
11 New York Jets 1 $16,918,795$16.9m
12 Miami Dolphins 2 $16,830,434$16.8m
13 Jacksonville Jaguars 2 $10,046,597$10.0m
14 Arizona Cardinals 2 $9,389,139$9.4m
15 Atlanta Falcons 1 $9,018,835$9.0m
16 New England Patriots 2 $6,734,216$6.7m
17 Houston Texans 1 $6,099,104$6.1m
18 Indianapolis Colts 1 $5,626,375$5.6m
19 Green Bay Packers 1 $3,740,872$3.7m
20 New York Giants 1 $3,661,436$3.7m
21 Kansas City Chiefs 1 $3,131,832$3.1m
22 Seattle Seahawks 1 $2,701,500$2.7m

What Penn State alumni are paid each season

Every year of every career, added together

Peak in 2024

2024 is the programme's biggest year on record at $142,565,070 across 37 players. The whole 2024 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid NFL player from Penn State?

Saquon Barkley, $86,442,750. Chris Godwin is second on $80,631,664.

How much have Penn State players earned in the NFL?

$634,599,964 across 37 careers, which is 18th of the 253 colleges on record and 46th of the 78 schools with 8 players or more on money per man.

Which position does Penn State send to the NFL?

Running Back more than any other on money, $117,194,296 across 2 players. The programme has put men into 15 positions in all.

How many Penn State players are in the NFL now?

15 men of the 37 here was on a roster in 2026, with $30,390,428 written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

Which NFL team has the most Penn State players?

Buffalo Bills, 3 players worth $106,760,770 between them.

Where to next

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

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Penn State in the NFL

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By season

Elsewhere in American football