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NFL · 253 COLLEGES

NFL career earnings by college

$44,021,539,433 earned by 1,914 players, grouped by where they came from and led by Alabama on $2,536,215,497.

The total is mostly a count of how many men a programme sends. The column worth reading is money per player, and the two rankings disagree: Alabama tops the total and is number 10 on the per player list, where California leads on $73.6m a man.

BIGGEST PROGRAMME $2.54bn
MOST PER PLAYER $73.6m
COLLEGES 253
WITH A PAGE 111
TOP TEN HOLD 32.9%

The twenty biggest college programmes

Everything their players have been paid in the NFL

Top ten hold 32.9%

Alabama $2.54bn Ohio State $1.86bn Oklahoma $1.66bn Louisiana State $1.49bn Clemson $1.29bn Georgia $1.28bn Mississippi State $1.17bn California $1.10bn Texas A&M $1.07bn Southern California $1.00bn Wisconsin $955m Notre Dame $944m Michigan $820m Oregon $813m Florida State $810m Iowa $682m Florida $637m Penn State $635m Stanford $625m Mississippi $600m

Alabama have put 64 men into the league worth $2,536,215,497 between them, which is 5.8% of everything on this page on its own. Ten schools hold 32.9% of it, out of 253 that have sent anybody at all.

Money per player, by college

Schools with at least 8 players in the league

California $73.6m

California $74m Mississippi State $59m Fresno State $52m Wyoming $49m Oklahoma $46m Michigan State $44m Texas Tech $41m Clemson $40m Texas A&M $40m Alabama $40m Wisconsin $37m Louisville $37m Ohio State $36m Louisiana State $36m Boston College $32m Southern California $31m Florida State $30m Oregon $28m North Carolina State $27m Duke $27m

This is the ranking that says what a programme's players are worth rather than how many of them there are. The floor of 8 players is there because a school with three men in the league and one of them a quarterback would top any list, and that is a fact about the quarterback.

Every college ranked

Players sent, money earned, and the biggest name

253 colleges

# College Players Per player Top earner Career earnings
001 Alabama 64 $39.6m Tua Tagovailoa $2,536,215,497$2.54bn
002 Ohio State 51 $36.5m Joey Bosa $1,859,271,370$1.86bn
003 Oklahoma 36 $46.1m Trent Williams $1,660,677,059$1.66bn
004 Louisiana State 41 $36.4m Joe Burrow $1,493,616,016$1.49bn
005 Clemson 32 $40.4m Deshaun Watson $1,293,049,283$1.29bn
006 Georgia 49 $26.0m Matthew Stafford $1,275,137,292$1.28bn
007 Mississippi State 20 $58.6m Dak Prescott $1,172,963,334$1.17bn
008 California 15 $73.6m Aaron Rodgers $1,103,696,594$1.10bn
009 Texas A&M 27 $39.8m Von Miller $1,074,160,910$1.07bn
010 Southern California 32 $31.3m Leonard Williams $1,003,156,947$1.00bn
011 Wisconsin 26 $36.7m Russell Wilson $955,114,581$955.1m
012 Notre Dame 40 $23.6m Harrison Smith $943,640,769$943.6m
013 Michigan 45 $18.2m Rashan Gary $820,436,969$820.4m
014 Oregon 29 $28.0m Justin Herbert $812,888,611$812.9m
015 Florida State 27 $30.0m Jalen Ramsey $809,991,869$810.0m
016 Iowa 31 $22.0m Brandon Scherff $682,497,133$682.5m
017 Florida 32 $19.9m Jawaan Taylor $636,505,406$636.5m
018 Penn State 37 $17.2m Saquon Barkley $634,599,964$634.6m
019 Stanford 27 $23.1m Christian McCaffrey $625,007,052$625.0m
020 Mississippi 24 $25.0m Laremy Tunsil $600,017,913$600.0m
021 Michigan State 13 $43.6m Kirk Cousins $567,252,485$567.3m
022 Washington 32 $17.3m Vita Vea $552,320,910$552.3m
023 North Carolina State 20 $27.3m Bradley Chubb $545,846,811$545.8m
024 California-Los Angeles 27 $19.8m Kenny Clark $535,298,241$535.3m
025 Fresno State 10 $52.0m Derek Carr $520,013,109$520.0m
026 South Carolina 24 $20.9m Stephon Gilmore $500,818,487$500.8m
027 Texas 34 $14.6m Justin Tucker $495,757,168$495.8m
028 Boston College 15 $32.4m Harold Landry $486,352,434$486.4m
029 Virginia Tech 18 $26.5m Tremaine Edmunds $476,660,875$476.7m
030 Louisville 13 $36.6m Lamar Jackson $475,513,577$475.5m
031 Auburn 23 $20.4m Derrick Brown $468,851,459$468.9m
032 Texas Tech 11 $40.8m Patrick Mahomes $449,287,940$449.3m
033 Miami (FL) 20 $21.2m Calais Campbell $423,975,748$424.0m
034 Kentucky 20 $20.2m Joshua Hines-Allen $403,769,811$403.8m
035 Tennessee 28 $14.0m Alvin Kamara $392,421,336$392.4m
036 Wyoming 8 $48.6m Josh Allen $388,525,829$388.5m
037 Maryland 16 $24.1m Stefon Diggs $385,764,782$385.8m
038 Duke 14 $26.8m Daniel Jones $375,770,008$375.8m
039 Utah 20 $18.7m Marcus Williams $373,461,790$373.5m
040 Texas Christian 22 $16.2m Andy Dalton $356,790,054$356.8m
041 Brigham Young 15 $23.2m Fred Warner $347,977,994$348.0m
042 Pittsburgh 22 $14.3m Brian O'Neill $314,890,681$314.9m
043 Arkansas 18 $17.1m Hunter Henry $307,477,753$307.5m
044 Oregon State 11 $24.8m Brandin Cooks $272,272,428$272.3m
045 Kansas State 13 $20.4m Tyler Lockett $264,893,449$264.9m
046 Minnesota 18 $13.8m Antoine Winfield Jr. $248,756,058$248.8m
047 Houston 15 $16.0m Ed Oliver $240,566,809$240.6m
048 Boise State 12 $19.9m DeMarcus Lawrence $238,241,731$238.2m
049 Delaware 3 $74.2m Joe Flacco $222,733,440$222.7m
050 North Dakota State 11 $19.9m Carson Wentz $218,998,145$219.0m
051 Eastern Washington 4 $54.6m Cooper Kupp $218,224,607$218.2m
052 Southern Methodist 15 $14.5m Courtland Sutton $217,055,332$217.1m
053 Cincinnati 14 $15.4m Travis Kelce $215,971,507$216.0m
054 Temple 10 $21.5m Dion Dawkins $215,120,238$215.1m
055 Illinois 25 $8.5m Ted Karras $212,032,869$212.0m
056 Central Florida 12 $16.9m Matt Prater $203,129,557$203.1m
057 Nebraska 10 $19.4m Lavonte David $194,475,563$194.5m
058 Buffalo 6 $31.4m Khalil Mack $188,384,767$188.4m
059 Missouri 17 $11.0m Mitch Morse $187,501,532$187.5m
060 North Carolina 19 $9.8m Mitchell Trubisky $185,748,563$185.7m
061 West Alabama 1 $183.5m Tyreek Hill $183,489,171$183.5m
062 Washington State 13 $13.8m Frankie Luvu $179,144,603$179.1m
063 West Virginia 11 $15.8m Geno Smith $174,150,262$174.2m
064 Memphis 11 $15.7m Bryce Huff $172,860,081$172.9m
065 Eastern Illinois 2 $82.8m Jimmy Garoppolo $165,608,423$165.6m
066 Florida Atlantic 4 $40.8m Trey Hendrickson $163,388,119$163.4m
067 Utah St 1 $162.9m Jordan Love $162,883,455$162.9m
068 Western Michigan 9 $17.2m Taylor Moton $154,769,802$154.8m
069 Nevada 3 $49.8m Joel Bitonio $149,450,359$149.5m
070 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2 $73.6m Terron Armstead $147,276,670$147.3m
071 Virginia 10 $14.7m Morgan Moses $147,194,621$147.2m
072 Louisiana-Lafayette 7 $20.5m Robert Hunt $143,622,373$143.6m
073 Northwestern 8 $17.8m Dean Lowry $142,231,803$142.2m
074 Eastern Michigan 4 $35.5m Maxx Crosby $142,045,112$142.0m
075 South Carolina State 3 $46.8m Javon Hargrave $140,547,055$140.5m
076 Middle Tennessee State 4 $34.4m Kevin Byard $137,725,857$137.7m
077 Georgia Tech 5 $26.5m Shaq Mason $132,561,932$132.6m
078 Wake Forest 13 $10.1m Jessie Bates III $131,227,315$131.2m
079 Oklahoma State 12 $10.6m Emmanuel Ogbah $127,791,041$127.8m
080 Purdue 13 $9.3m Ja'whaun Bentley $121,399,454$121.4m
081 Western Kentucky 8 $14.9m Tyler Higbee $119,465,187$119.5m
082 Louisiana Tech 5 $22.7m L'Jarius Sneed $113,257,169$113.3m
083 East Carolina 6 $18.5m Linval Joseph $111,257,575$111.3m
084 Utah State 2 $55.5m Bobby Wagner $111,051,948$111.1m
085 Charlotte 4 $27.6m Alex Highsmith $110,455,289$110.5m
086 Texas El-Paso 6 $18.3m Roy Robertson-Harris $109,841,753$109.8m
087 Arizona State 8 $13.7m Brandon Aiyuk $109,699,451$109.7m
088 Samford 2 $54.4m James Bradberry $108,722,678$108.7m
089 Iowa State 11 $9.5m Allen Lazard $104,621,602$104.6m
090 Central Michigan 6 $16.6m Sean Bunting $99,805,130$99.8m
091 Colorado 7 $14.0m Chidobe Awuzie $98,063,106$98.1m
092 Tulane 9 $10.7m Darnell Mooney $96,248,801$96.2m
093 Minnesota-Mankato 1 $83.4m Adam Thielen $83,381,941$83.4m
094 Alabama State 2 $41.2m Tytus Howard $82,326,555$82.3m
095 Yale 4 $20.5m Foyesade Oluokun $81,805,138$81.8m
096 Rutgers 10 $8.2m Sebastian Joseph $81,670,300$81.7m
097 South Dakota State 6 $13.6m Dallas Goedert $81,633,280$81.6m
098 Arkansas State 2 $40.7m Demario Davis $81,451,971$81.5m
099 Syracuse 8 $10.1m Zaire Franklin $80,652,721$80.7m
100 Toledo 8 $9.9m Diontae Johnson $78,823,681$78.8m
101 Baylor 12 $6.5m Andrew Billings $78,014,080$78.0m
102 Grand Valley State 1 $74.6m Matt Judon $74,557,512$74.6m
103 Albany State 1 $71.1m Grover Stewart $71,097,386$71.1m
104 Valdosta State 2 $34.9m Kenny Moore $69,876,336$69.9m
105 Rice 5 $13.7m Chris Boswell $68,569,883$68.6m
106 Northern Iowa 4 $16.8m Spencer Brown $67,226,859$67.2m
107 Kansas 6 $11.0m Dorance Armstrong $65,843,260$65.8m
108 Northern Illinois 1 $65.5m Jimmie Ward $65,497,558$65.5m
109 Manitoba 1 $65.1m David Onyemata $65,050,714$65.1m
110 Appalachian State 9 $7.1m Sam Martin $63,976,427$64.0m
111 Weber State 4 $15.8m Taron Johnson $63,326,405$63.3m
112 Vanderbilt 9 $6.8m Adam Butler $61,064,532$61.1m
113 San Jose State 4 $15.1m Josh Oliver $60,338,688$60.3m
114 Alabama-Birmingham 4 $14.7m Darious Williams $58,785,885$58.8m
115 Georgia Southern 6 $9.7m Younghoe Koo $58,234,651$58.2m
116 Harvard 2 $29.0m Kyle Juszczyk $58,033,757$58.0m
117 Lenoir-Rhyne 2 $28.8m Kyle Dugger $57,613,557$57.6m
118 Ferris State 4 $14.3m Zach Sieler $57,171,788$57.2m
119 South Alabama 4 $14.0m Gerald Everett $55,927,247$55.9m
120 Florida International 2 $27.3m Jonnu Smith $54,687,473$54.7m
121 Old Dominion 7 $7.7m Taylor Heinicke $53,859,936$53.9m
122 Arizona 6 $9.0m Nick Folk $53,754,868$53.8m
123 Connecticut 8 $6.6m Foley Fatukasi $52,562,103$52.6m
124 Tulsa 4 $12.8m Zaven Collins $51,167,416$51.2m
125 Stephen F. Austin 3 $17.0m John Franklin-Myers $51,064,587$51.1m
126 Texas-San Antonio 4 $12.7m Marcus Davenport $50,852,471$50.9m
127 Indiana 6 $8.0m Dan Feeney $47,829,288$47.8m
128 San Diego State 9 $4.8m Damontae Kazee $43,538,429$43.5m
129 Wisconsin-Whitewater 1 $42.8m Quinn Meinerz $42,839,236$42.8m
130 Sioux Falls 2 $20.8m Trey Pipkins $41,647,470$41.6m
131 Humboldt State 1 $39.7m Alex Cappa $39,733,476$39.7m
132 Hawaii 2 $19.5m Jahlani Tavai $39,058,511$39.1m
133 Illinois State 1 $38.9m Shelby Harris $38,896,611$38.9m
134 Marist 1 $38.4m Jason Myers $38,432,056$38.4m
135 New Mexico 3 $12.2m Jason Sanders $36,666,994$36.7m
136 Western State Colorado 1 $35.6m Austin Ekeler $35,646,224$35.6m
137 North Carolina Charlotte 1 $35.6m Nate Davis $35,641,730$35.6m
138 Missouri Western State 2 $16.5m Greg Zuerlein $32,908,868$32.9m
139 South Florida 3 $10.6m Marquez Valdes-Scantling $31,892,465$31.9m
140 Southern Mississippi 3 $10.6m Rakeem Nunez-Roches $31,891,133$31.9m
141 Georgia State 2 $15.7m Wil Lutz $31,329,769$31.3m
142 Idaho 3 $10.0m Kaden Elliss $29,873,994$29.9m
143 Montana State 3 $9.7m Alex Singleton $29,001,611$29.0m
144 Central Arkansas 2 $13.7m George Odum $27,360,172$27.4m
145 Texas State 1 $27.3m Aaron Brewer $27,334,554$27.3m
146 Colorado State-Pueblo 2 $13.5m Morgan Fox $27,036,197$27.0m
147 Marshall 6 $4.4m Neville Hewitt $26,584,425$26.6m
148 Murray State 1 $23.6m Quincy Williams $23,629,388$23.6m
149 Holy Cross 3 $7.8m Kalif Raymond $23,508,639$23.5m
150 Miami 3 $7.7m Braxton Berrios $23,155,830$23.2m
151 Pennsylvania 2 $11.5m Greg Van Roten $22,995,658$23.0m
152 Virginia Commonwealth 1 $23.0m Mo Alie-Cox $22,980,713$23.0m
153 Southern Illinois 2 $11.5m Jeremy Chinn $22,906,828$22.9m
154 Colorado State 5 $4.4m Trey McBride $21,902,422$21.9m
155 Southern Utah 2 $10.2m Miles Killebrew $20,479,098$20.5m
156 William & Mary 4 $5.1m Luke Rhodes $20,423,437$20.4m
157 Maine 1 $20.4m Patrick Ricard $20,421,849$20.4m
158 Fort Hays State 1 $20.1m Nathan Shepherd $20,142,044$20.1m
159 Augustana 1 $19.6m C.J. Ham $19,551,253$19.6m
160 Texas-El Paso 1 $18.6m Will Hernandez $18,559,034$18.6m
161 San Diego 2 $9.2m Josh Johnson $18,315,622$18.3m
162 Villanova 2 $9.0m Tanoh Kpassagnon $18,047,252$18.0m
163 Fordham 2 $8.0m Chase Edmonds $16,094,690$16.1m
164 Western Illinois 1 $16.1m Khalen Saunders $16,072,728$16.1m
165 Canisius 1 $15.6m Chris Manhertz $15,590,121$15.6m
166 Greenville 1 $14.6m Nicholas Morrow $14,641,386$14.6m
167 Jacksonville State 2 $7.2m Siran Neal $14,427,588$14.4m
168 Navy 1 $13.6m Joe Cardona $13,556,454$13.6m
169 Troy 4 $3.3m Jake Andrews $13,189,056$13.2m
170 Assumption 1 $13.0m Deonte Harty $12,994,381$13.0m
171 Bowling Green 3 $4.2m Scotty Miller $12,664,100$12.7m
172 Tennessee-Chattanooga 1 $12.3m Cole Strange $12,255,970$12.3m
173 Dayton 1 $12.2m Adam Trautman $12,216,814$12.2m
174 Tarleton State 1 $11.9m E.J. Speed $11,892,736$11.9m
175 Sacramento State 2 $5.8m Deandre Carter $11,619,791$11.6m
176 Malone 1 $11.5m Ashton Dulin $11,536,952$11.5m
177 Charleston 2 $5.6m John Cominsky $11,121,067$11.1m
178 Liberty 3 $3.7m Malik Willis $10,968,532$11.0m
179 North Carolina A&T 1 $10.6m Brandon Parker $10,559,358$10.6m
180 Army 3 $3.4m Jon Rhattigan $10,085,218$10.1m
181 Southeast Missouri State 2 $4.9m Michael Ford $9,735,269$9.7m
182 Alcorn State 2 $4.7m Khadarel Hodge $9,496,428$9.5m
183 Miami (OH) 3 $3.2m Dominique Robinson $9,463,099$9.5m
184 Drake 1 $9.2m Eric Saubert $9,220,788$9.2m
185 North Texas 1 $9.0m Jeff Wilson $9,001,905$9.0m
186 Bemidji State 1 $8.2m Gunner Olszewski $8,193,989$8.2m
187 Ball State 2 $3.9m Danny Pinter $7,774,950$7.8m
188 Elon 1 $7.7m Oli Udoh $7,747,215$7.7m
189 Grambling State 1 $7.6m Trenton Scott $7,581,550$7.6m
190 Washburn 2 $3.7m Corey Ballentine $7,453,637$7.5m
191 Missouri Science & Tech 1 $7.0m Tershawn Wharton $7,045,677$7.0m
192 Florida A&M 3 $2.3m Markquese Bell $7,035,000$7.0m
193 James Madison 1 $6.8m Aaron Stinnie $6,812,203$6.8m
194 Azusa Pacific 1 $6.6m Matthew Orzech $6,566,424$6.6m
195 Saint John 1 $6.4m Ben Bartch $6,365,283$6.4m
196 Sam Houston State 2 $3.2m Zyon McCollum $6,349,732$6.3m
197 Duquesne 1 $6.2m Christian Kuntz $6,238,800$6.2m
198 Northern Colorado 1 $6.2m Jacob Bobenmoyer $6,163,699$6.2m
199 Fayetteville State 2 $3.1m Joshua Williams $6,106,360$6.1m
200 Youngstown State 2 $3.0m Andrew Ogletree $6,083,188$6.1m
201 Southern Arkansas 1 $5.9m Tanner Hudson $5,875,338$5.9m
202 Brown 1 $5.6m Mike Hoecht $5,552,800$5.6m
203 South Dakota 2 $2.7m Myles Harden $5,443,109$5.4m
204 Campbell 2 $2.6m Julian Hill $5,222,500$5.2m
205 Virginia State 1 $4.6m Chamarri Conner $4,591,368$4.6m
206 East Central 1 $4.6m David Moore $4,574,406$4.6m
207 Ole Miss 1 $4.6m Tavius Robinson $4,560,564$4.6m
208 Coastal Carolina 1 $4.2m Isaiah Likely $4,164,340$4.2m
209 Princeton 1 $4.0m Andrei Iosivas $3,999,384$4.0m
210 Missouri State 1 $4.0m Eric Johnson $3,980,740$4.0m
211 Wingate 1 $3.9m Ethan Evans $3,948,004$3.9m
212 Air Force 2 $1.9m Trey Taylor $3,841,728$3.8m
213 Houston Baptist 1 $3.8m Caleb Johnson $3,782,000$3.8m
214 Massachusetts 1 $3.6m Isaiah Rodgers $3,597,620$3.6m
215 Northern Arizona 2 $1.8m Khalil Dorsey $3,556,833$3.6m
216 British Columbia 1 $3.6m Giovanni Manu $3,555,656$3.6m
217 Tennessee-Martin 1 $3.5m Colton Dowell $3,522,696$3.5m
218 Kutztown 1 $3.4m Craig Reynolds $3,420,300$3.4m
219 North Dakota 1 $3.4m Matt Waletzko $3,379,048$3.4m
220 Texas A&M–Commerce 1 $3.3m Kader Kohou $3,295,584$3.3m
221 Tusculum 1 $3.1m Dee Alford $3,144,631$3.1m
222 Idaho State 1 $3.0m Tanner Conner $3,011,000$3.0m
223 Findlay 1 $3.0m Michael Jerrell $2,990,060$3.0m
224 New Hampshire 1 $3.0m Dylan Laube $2,985,192$3.0m
225 Texas A&M University–Commerce 1 $2.9m Levi Drake Rodriguez $2,935,988$2.9m
226 Pittsburg State 1 $2.8m Rico Payton $2,845,000$2.8m
227 Barton 1 $2.8m Kameron Johnson $2,840,000$2.8m
228 North Carolina Central 1 $2.8m Brandon Codrington $2,830,000$2.8m
229 Shepherd 1 $2.7m Tyson Bagent $2,720,000$2.7m
230 West Florida 1 $2.6m D'Anthony Bell $2,567,500$2.6m
231 Furman 1 $2.5m Jake Johanning $2,530,000$2.5m
232 Western Carolina 1 $2.5m David White Jr. $2,530,000$2.5m
233 Howard 1 $2.5m Ian Wheeler $2,512,500$2.5m
234 Southern 1 $2.5m Camron Peterson $2,505,000$2.5m
235 Prairie View A&M 1 $2.3m Quinton Bell $2,343,133$2.3m
236 Saginaw Valley State 1 $2.3m Trevor Nowaske $2,278,336$2.3m
237 Stony Brook 1 $2.3m Sam Kamara $2,257,882$2.3m
238 Pittsburgh State 1 $2.3m Dallis Flowers $2,257,776$2.3m
239 Wagner 1 $2.2m Chris Williams $2,203,225$2.2m
240 Lafayette 1 $2.0m Malik Hamm $1,970,000$2.0m
241 Montana 1 $1.8m Dylan Cook $1,814,500$1.8m
242 Morgan State 1 $1.8m Tyrone Wheatley Jr. $1,797,935$1.8m
243 Jackson State 1 $1.8m James Houston $1,768,890$1.8m
244 Sacred Heart 1 $1.7m Julius Chestnut $1,729,166$1.7m
245 California-Davis 1 $1.7m Daniel Whelan $1,670,000$1.7m
246 Indiana (PA) 1 $1.7m Irvin Charles $1,652,167$1.7m
247 Fort Valley State 1 $1.6m Emanuel Wilson $1,565,004$1.6m
248 Norfolk State 1 $1.4m De’Shaan Dixon $1,428,000$1.4m
249 Culver-Stockton 1 $1.3m Andrew Rupcich $1,302,000
250 Framingham State 1 $1.1m Joshua Onujiogu $1,115,500
251 Eastern Kentucky 1 $1.0m TK McLendon Jr. $1,010,003
252 Monmouth 1 $686k Owen Wright $686,000
253 Richmond 1 $486k Ryan Coll $486,000

A college links to a page of its own once it has 4 players on record. The other 142 are here in full and link to their players instead, which is where the money actually is.

Frequently asked questions

Which college produces the highest paid NFL players?

Alabama, $2,536,215,497 across 64 careers. Ohio State are second on $1,859,271,370 and Oklahoma third on $1,660,677,059.

Which college earns the most per NFL player?

California, $73,579,773 a man across 15 of them. That list only counts schools with at least 8 players in the league, because below that one quarterback decides the answer.

How concentrated is NFL money by college?

The ten biggest schools hold 32.9% of everything on this page, out of 253 that have put a player in the league at all. 90 of them have sent exactly one.

How many colleges have a page on this site?

111, the ones with at least 4 players. Below that a college page is one career with a crest on it, so those schools sit on the table here and link to their players instead.

Do NFL players get paid at college?

Not by the NFL, and nothing on this site is college money. Everything here is what a player was paid after he arrived in the league, grouped by where he came from.

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