NFL Colleges
Ranking colleges/universities by active NFL players & earnings.
Rank | College | Players Active | Combined Earnings Active Players |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alabama | 67 | $504,893,840 |
2 | Louisiana State | 44 | $323,552,895 |
3 | Oklahoma | 39 | $312,532,196 |
4 | Ohio State | 55 | $300,241,072 |
5 | Clemson | 33 | $261,039,472 |
6 | Georgia | 49 | $212,245,616 |
7 | Mississippi State | 20 | $205,603,460 |
8 | Oregon | 32 | $182,123,294 |
9 | Notre Dame | 42 | $181,186,109 |
10 | Southern California | 32 | $175,385,520 |
11 | California | 15 | $174,154,500 |
12 | Michigan | 45 | $169,773,476 |
13 | Texas A&M | 29 | $166,567,143 |
14 | Florida State | 27 | $158,844,518 |
15 | Washington | 35 | $154,506,255 |
16 | Iowa | 31 | $143,730,380 |
17 | Penn State | 39 | $143,718,959 |
18 | Texas | 37 | $119,019,485 |
19 | Florida | 35 | $116,727,515 |
20 | North Carolina State | 21 | $115,373,394 |
21 | Auburn | 28 | $112,465,620 |
22 | Wisconsin | 26 | $110,467,850 |
23 | Mississippi | 25 | $108,223,883 |
24 | Stanford | 26 | $103,837,312 |
25 | Utah | 22 | $97,149,471 |
26 | California-Los Angeles | 27 | $94,146,695 |
27 | Michigan State | 19 | $90,306,994 |
28 | Wyoming | 8 | $89,078,838 |
29 | Virginia Tech | 21 | $88,313,862 |
30 | South Carolina | 21 | $84,354,758 |
31 | Boston College | 15 | $82,805,689 |
32 | Utah St | 1 | $79,000,000 |
33 | Tennessee | 32 | $77,526,963 |
34 | Maryland | 20 | $76,893,665 |
35 | Texas Tech | 11 | $76,651,237 |
36 | Louisville | 13 | $73,113,711 |
37 | Minnesota | 18 | $61,839,120 |
38 | Brigham Young | 17 | $61,693,654 |
39 | Pittsburgh | 21 | $58,633,704 |
40 | Arkansas | 20 | $58,565,238 |
41 | Kentucky | 20 | $56,156,049 |
42 | Illinois | 26 | $54,207,201 |
43 | North Carolina | 20 | $50,451,929 |
44 | Miami (FL) | 23 | $48,213,846 |
45 | Fresno State | 11 | $47,888,333 |
46 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | $47,545,972 |
47 | Washington State | 12 | $44,996,096 |
48 | Texas Christian | 24 | $44,380,853 |
49 | West Virginia | 11 | $43,518,102 |
50 | Memphis | 11 | $43,165,382 |
51 | Missouri | 17 | $41,555,552 |
52 | Kansas State | 12 | $41,306,985 |
53 | Houston | 16 | $40,225,040 |
54 | Oregon State | 13 | $39,504,480 |
55 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | $38,923,333 |
56 | Temple | 11 | $38,409,065 |
57 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | $38,241,000 |
58 | Cincinnati | 16 | $36,302,536 |
59 | Central Florida | 11 | $34,765,693 |
60 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | $34,592,000 |
61 | Western Michigan | 10 | $33,970,327 |
62 | Duke | 14 | $33,948,416 |
63 | Boise State | 12 | $33,895,163 |
64 | Southern Methodist | 13 | $32,243,317 |
65 | Eastern Washington | 4 | $31,980,000 |
66 | Arizona State | 7 | $29,618,864 |
67 | Iowa State | 12 | $29,579,545 |
68 | Oklahoma State | 11 | $28,728,240 |
69 | Nebraska | 12 | $27,413,261 |
70 | West Alabama | 1 | $26,450,000 |
71 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | $26,335,000 |
72 | Tulane | 8 | $26,219,914 |
73 | Buffalo | 7 | $25,319,404 |
74 | Wake Forest | 12 | $23,692,017 |
75 | Nevada | 3 | $23,240,985 |
76 | Central Michigan | 6 | $22,846,500 |
77 | Georgia Tech | 8 | $22,154,933 |
78 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 2 | $21,985,000 |
79 | Charlotte | 4 | $21,976,335 |
80 | Syracuse | 7 | $21,537,246 |
81 | Virginia | 10 | $21,354,640 |
82 | Western Kentucky | 8 | $20,987,182 |
83 | Kansas | 6 | $20,916,756 |
84 | Purdue | 13 | $20,523,207 |
85 | North Dakota State | 11 | $20,273,811 |
86 | South Dakota State | 6 | $20,245,896 |
87 | Yale | 4 | $18,706,324 |
88 | Colorado | 7 | $18,023,425 |
89 | South Carolina State | 3 | $17,973,382 |
90 | Rutgers | 10 | $17,158,666 |
91 | Arizona | 6 | $16,978,560 |
92 | Toledo | 10 | $16,774,961 |
93 | Delaware | 3 | $14,630,000 |
94 | Alabama State | 1 | $14,500,000 |
95 | Albany State | 1 | $14,500,000 |
96 | Northwestern | 9 | $14,068,451 |
97 | Weber State | 5 | $13,997,499 |
98 | Valdosta State | 3 | $12,840,555 |
99 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1 | $12,555,000 |
100 | Baylor | 10 | $12,479,553 |
101 | Appalachian State | 10 | $12,446,110 |
102 | Tulsa | 4 | $12,397,273 |
103 | San Diego State | 9 | $12,143,749 |
104 | South Alabama | 5 | $12,118,552 |
105 | Connecticut | 8 | $12,110,116 |
106 | Northern Iowa | 4 | $11,964,349 |
107 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2 | $11,910,000 |
108 | Texas El-Paso | 5 | $11,703,104 |
109 | Alabama-Birmingham | 6 | $11,409,566 |
110 | Georgia Southern | 6 | $10,967,500 |
111 | Ferris State | 3 | $10,715,000 |
112 | Samford | 2 | $10,350,000 |
113 | Hawaii | 2 | $10,006,300 |
114 | Arkansas State | 2 | $9,480,000 |
115 | Vanderbilt | 8 | $9,447,389 |
116 | Sioux Falls | 2 | $9,210,080 |
117 | Utah State | 4 | $9,201,663 |
118 | Stephen F. Austin | 3 | $8,830,000 |
119 | San Jose State | 3 | $8,635,000 |
120 | Rice | 5 | $8,531,987 |
121 | Idaho | 3 | $8,531,000 |
122 | Texas-San Antonio | 5 | $8,515,835 |
123 | Manitoba | 1 | $8,500,000 |
124 | Old Dominion | 7 | $8,393,000 |
125 | Minnesota-Mankato | 1 | $8,250,000 |
126 | Montana State | 3 | $8,174,870 |
127 | Northern Illinois | 2 | $8,133,000 |
128 | Indiana | 8 | $8,098,330 |
129 | East Carolina | 6 | $7,673,376 |
130 | Grand Valley State | 1 | $7,500,000 |
131 | MIssouri Western State | 3 | $7,020,830 |
132 | Humboldt State | 1 | $7,000,000 |
133 | Texas State | 1 | $7,000,000 |
134 | Central Arkansas | 3 | $6,813,888 |
135 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | $6,700,836 |
136 | New Mexico | 3 | $6,526,666 |
137 | Murray State | 1 | $6,250,000 |
138 | Harvard | 2 | $6,185,000 |
139 | Virginia Commonwealth | 1 | $5,920,000 |
140 | Marshall | 5 | $5,879,589 |
141 | Colorado State | 6 | $5,839,485 |
142 | Holy Cross | 3 | $5,642,284 |
143 | Georgia State | 2 | $5,476,380 |
144 | Florida International | 2 | $5,435,000 |
145 | Southern Illinois | 2 | $5,365,000 |
146 | Colorado State-Pueblo | 2 | $4,887,265 |
147 | Illinois State | 2 | $4,853,336 |
148 | Western State Colorado | 1 | $4,820,000 |
149 | Miami | 3 | $4,750,044 |
150 | Fort Hays State | 1 | $4,600,000 |
151 | Dayton | 1 | $4,500,000 |
152 | Eastern Illinois | 2 | $4,421,805 |
153 | Southern Utah | 2 | $4,285,000 |
154 | Texas-El Paso | 1 | $4,085,080 |
155 | Maine | 1 | $4,000,000 |
156 | Tarleton State | 1 | $4,000,000 |
157 | Western Illinois | 1 | $3,700,000 |
158 | Marist | 1 | $3,635,000 |
159 | William & Mary | 4 | $3,525,000 |
160 | Villanova | 2 | $3,494,450 |
161 | Troy | 4 | $3,350,712 |
162 | Bowling Green | 3 | $3,192,500 |
163 | Malone | 1 | $3,190,000 |
164 | Washburn | 2 | $3,085,000 |
165 | Florida A&M | 5 | $3,037,505 |
166 | Miami (OH) | 3 | $3,025,000 |
167 | Charleston | 1 | $3,000,000 |
168 | Brown | 1 | $2,985,000 |
169 | South Florida | 3 | $2,757,500 |
170 | Missouri Science & Tech | 1 | $2,742,500 |
171 | Jacksonville State | 2 | $2,698,247 |
172 | San Diego | 2 | $2,670,000 |
173 | Army | 4 | $2,652,500 |
174 | Augustana | 1 | $2,500,000 |
175 | Fordham | 2 | $2,485,000 |
176 | Pennsylvania | 1 | $2,400,000 |
177 | Alcorn State | 3 | $2,360,000 |
178 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 2 | $2,319,179 |
179 | North Texas | 3 | $2,297,220 |
180 | Youngstown State | 3 | $2,271,670 |
181 | Sacramento State | 2 | $2,202,896 |
182 | Air Force | 3 | $2,104,282 |
183 | Liberty | 2 | $2,089,100 |
184 | Massachusetts | 2 | $2,063,333 |
185 | Elon | 1 | $2,000,000 |
186 | Wagner | 3 | $1,985,555 |
187 | Southeast Missouri State | 2 | $1,929,777 |
188 | Sam Houston State | 2 | $1,900,000 |
189 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | $1,691,672 |
190 | South Dakota | 2 | $1,655,611 |
191 | British Columbia | 1 | $1,520,656 |
192 | Princeton | 2 | $1,512,500 |
193 | Fayetteville State | 2 | $1,505,000 |
194 | Northern Arizona | 1 | $1,400,000 |
195 | Campbell | 2 | $1,395,000 |
196 | Duquesne | 1 | $1,380,000 |
197 | Grambling State | 1 | $1,380,000 |
198 | Canisius | 1 | $1,377,500 |
199 | Houston Baptist | 1 | $1,350,000 |
200 | Navy | 1 | $1,303,000 |
201 | Assumption | 1 | $1,292,500 |
202 | Bemidji State | 1 | $1,292,500 |
203 | James Madison | 1 | $1,292,500 |
204 | Southern Arkansas | 1 | $1,292,500 |
205 | Drake | 1 | $1,263,162 |
206 | Ball State | 1 | $1,222,500 |
207 | Azusa Pacific | 1 | $1,125,000 |
208 | East Central | 1 | $1,125,000 |
209 | Kutztown | 1 | $1,125,000 |
210 | Northern Colorado | 1 | $1,125,000 |
211 | Saint John | 1 | $1,125,000 |
212 | North Carolina A&T | 1 | $1,062,500 |
213 | Idaho State | 1 | $985,000 |
214 | Missouri State | 1 | $985,000 |
215 | Prairie View A&M | 1 | $985,000 |
216 | Sacred Heart | 1 | $985,000 |
217 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 1 | $985,000 |
218 | Tusculum | 1 | $985,000 |
219 | West Florida | 1 | $985,000 |
220 | Furman | 2 | $980,837 |
221 | Jackson State | 2 | $967,503 |
222 | Findlay | 1 | $955,060 |
223 | New Hampshire | 1 | $950,192 |
224 | California-Davis | 1 | $915,000 |
225 | Culver-Stockton | 1 | $915,000 |
226 | Fort Valley State | 1 | $915,000 |
227 | Indiana (PA) | 1 | $915,000 |
228 | North Dakota | 1 | $915,000 |
229 | Ole Miss | 1 | $915,000 |
230 | Saginaw Valley State | 1 | $915,000 |
231 | Shepherd | 1 | $915,000 |
232 | Wingate | 1 | $915,000 |
233 | Texas A&M University–Commerce | 1 | $900,988 |
234 | Pittsburg State | 1 | $810,000 |
235 | North Carolina Central | 1 | $795,000 |
236 | Ohio | 1 | $795,000 |
237 | Eastern Kentucky | 2 | $745,000 |
238 | Barton | 1 | $606,391 |
239 | Norfolk State | 1 | $495,000 |
240 | Tennessee-Martin | 1 | $495,000 |
241 | Western Carolina | 1 | $495,000 |
242 | Minnesota State | 1 | $492,498 |
243 | Howard | 1 | $477,500 |
244 | Framingham State | 1 | $470,000 |
245 | Lafayette | 1 | $470,000 |
246 | Monmouth | 1 | $470,000 |
247 | Richmond | 1 | $470,000 |
248 | Southern | 1 | $470,000 |
249 | Stony Brook | 1 | $437,776 |
250 | Montana | 1 | $304,998 |
251 | Berry College | 1 | $254,165 |
252 | Northwest Missouri State | 1 | $218,888 |
253 | Wayne State | 1 | $175,833 |
254 | Bryant | 1 | $164,166 |
255 | Lock Haven | 1 | $132,501 |