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NFL · 4 CAREERS FROM ONE PROGRAMME

Yale NFL player earnings

$81,805,138 earned in the NFL by 4 players from Yale, led by Foyesade Oluokun on $70,896,931.

That is 95th 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 $81.8m
PER PLAYER $20.5m
PLAYERS 4
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 3
FIRST ROUND PICKS 0

The richest Yale careers in the NFL

Money paid across a whole career

Foyesade Oluokun $70.9m

Foyesade Oluokun $71m Kiran Amegadjie $4.3m Rodney Thomas $3.8m Mason Tipton $2.8m

Foyesade Oluokun alone holds 86.7% of everything Yale has earned in the league. None of the 3 with a round on record went in the first.

Every Yale player ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

4 careers

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Foyesade Oluokun Inside Linebacker Jacksonville Jaguars 10 $9.0m $70,896,931$70.9m
002 Kiran Amegadjie Left Tackle Chicago Bears 4 $1.6m $4,312,823$4.3m
003 Rodney Thomas Safety Indianapolis Colts 4 $3,755,384$3.8m
004 Mason Tipton Wide Receiver New Orleans Saints 3 $2,840,000$2.8m

The table holds every one of the 4 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 Yale produces

NFL earnings of its alumni, by position

4 positions

Inside Linebacker $71m Left Tackle $4.3m Safety $3.8m Wide Receiver $2.8m

Inside Linebacker is where the programme's NFL money is, $70,896,931 across one player. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where Yale players are drafted

Career earnings by the round they went in

3 with a round on record

Round Players Per career Earned
Round 3 1 $4.3m $4,312,823$4.3m
Round 6 1 $70.9m $70,896,931$70.9m
Round 7 1 $3.8m $3,755,384$3.8m

None of the 3 with a round on record went in the first. The whole draft is ranked here.

Where the Yale alumni are now

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

4 franchises

# Franchise Players Career earnings
01 Jacksonville Jaguars 1 $70,896,931$70.9m
02 Chicago Bears 1 $4,312,823$4.3m
03 Indianapolis Colts 1 $3,755,384$3.8m
04 New Orleans Saints 1 $2,840,000$2.8m

What Yale 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 $18,706,324 across 4 players. The whole 2024 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid NFL player from Yale?

Foyesade Oluokun, $70,896,931, a sixth-round pick in 2018. Kiran Amegadjie is second on $4,312,823.

How much have Yale players earned in the NFL?

$81,805,138 across 4 careers, which is 95th of the 253 colleges on record and below the 8 players the per man ranking needs.

Which position does Yale send to the NFL?

Inside Linebacker more than any other on money, $70,896,931 across one player. The programme has put men into 4 positions in all.

How many Yale players are in the NFL now?

3 men of the 4 here was on a roster in 2026, with $10,601,499 written into contracts for seasons not yet played.

Which NFL team has the most Yale players?

Jacksonville Jaguars, one player worth $70,896,931 between them.

Where to next

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

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Yale in the NFL

Colleges near this one

By season

Elsewhere in American football