NFL
NFL Colleges
Ranking colleges/universities by active NFL players & earnings.
| Rank | College | Players Active | Combined Earnings Active Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 64 | $438,941,754 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 53 | $305,943,311 |
| 3 | Georgia | 52 | $175,621,326 |
| 4 | Michigan | 50 | $168,735,727 |
| 5 | Louisiana State | 48 | $303,148,328 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 44 | $192,064,736 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 42 | $288,829,298 |
| 8 | Penn State | 42 | $190,490,800 |
| 9 | Texas | 36 | $88,153,412 |
| 10 | Washington | 36 | $129,620,169 |
| 11 | Southern California | 34 | $178,180,570 |
| 12 | Clemson | 33 | $255,001,936 |
| 13 | Oregon | 33 | $205,876,352 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 33 | $98,129,203 |
| 15 | Florida | 32 | $122,462,513 |
| 16 | California-Los Angeles | 31 | $83,808,999 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 31 | $143,464,610 |
| 18 | Iowa | 30 | $151,822,047 |
| 19 | Auburn | 29 | $127,426,459 |
| 20 | Stanford | 29 | $151,895,406 |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | 28 | $83,020,318 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 28 | $192,891,445 |
| 23 | Florida State | 27 | $125,960,994 |
| 24 | Illinois | 27 | $63,388,341 |
| 25 | Mississippi | 27 | $144,048,907 |
| 26 | Texas Christian | 27 | $58,543,938 |
| 27 | South Carolina | 24 | $121,586,148 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 23 | $62,651,829 |
| 29 | North Carolina State | 23 | $115,874,157 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | 23 | $58,607,350 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 22 | $61,981,935 |
| 32 | Mississippi State | 22 | $171,270,137 |
| 33 | Utah | 22 | $72,538,708 |
| 34 | Maryland | 21 | $71,412,617 |
| 35 | North Carolina | 21 | $42,425,330 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | 20 | $86,182,500 |
| 37 | Minnesota | 19 | $58,107,142 |
| 38 | Brigham Young | 18 | $54,874,387 |
| 39 | Cincinnati | 18 | $53,838,499 |
| 40 | Louisville | 18 | $98,886,856 |
| 41 | Michigan State | 17 | $53,578,923 |
| 42 | Oklahoma State | 17 | $33,703,610 |
| 43 | California | 16 | $72,262,500 |
| 44 | Houston | 16 | $37,948,781 |
| 45 | Missouri | 16 | $33,968,277 |
| 46 | Southern Methodist | 16 | $47,255,473 |
| 47 | Boston College | 15 | $74,609,384 |
| 48 | Iowa State | 15 | $38,272,788 |
| 49 | Nebraska | 15 | $40,359,500 |
| 50 | Oregon State | 15 | $30,671,574 |
| 51 | Wake Forest | 15 | $35,623,105 |
| 52 | Kansas State | 14 | $33,503,053 |
| 53 | Rutgers | 14 | $19,881,514 |
| 54 | Baylor | 13 | $23,968,500 |
| 55 | Boise State | 13 | $46,190,000 |
| 56 | Duke | 13 | $40,366,478 |
| 57 | Fresno State | 13 | $75,956,000 |
| 58 | Purdue | 13 | $23,234,565 |
| 59 | Texas Tech | 13 | $85,938,228 |
| 60 | Tulane | 13 | $25,428,493 |
| 61 | Washington State | 13 | $37,171,766 |
| 62 | Appalachian State | 12 | $20,042,500 |
| 63 | Arizona State | 12 | $41,469,000 |
| 64 | San Diego State | 12 | $15,409,001 |
| 65 | Western Michigan | 12 | $56,367,688 |
| 66 | Central Florida | 11 | $29,462,500 |
| 67 | Central Michigan | 11 | $29,084,000 |
| 68 | Colorado | 11 | $12,930,000 |
| 69 | Memphis | 11 | $40,006,000 |
| 70 | Syracuse | 11 | $28,436,991 |
| 71 | Temple | 11 | $50,750,000 |
| 72 | Western Kentucky | 11 | $18,336,381 |
| 73 | Northwestern | 10 | $44,317,984 |
| 74 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | $14,998,000 |
| 75 | Vanderbilt | 10 | $36,050,000 |
| 76 | Virginia | 10 | $19,920,000 |
| 77 | Arizona | 9 | $11,579,800 |
| 78 | Kansas | 9 | $14,584,116 |
| 79 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | $43,313,000 |
| 80 | North Dakota State | 9 | $16,191,637 |
| 81 | South Dakota State | 9 | $24,913,449 |
| 82 | Toledo | 9 | $11,478,550 |
| 83 | West Virginia | 9 | $42,377,919 |
| 84 | Wyoming | 9 | $80,787,924 |
| 85 | Buffalo | 8 | $35,966,000 |
| 86 | Colorado State | 8 | $13,846,000 |
| 87 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | $43,167,000 |
| 88 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | $35,825,000 |
| 89 | Georgia Tech | 8 | $15,838,196 |
| 90 | Indiana | 8 | $12,947,500 |
| 91 | Marshall | 8 | $8,500,000 |
| 92 | Georgia Southern | 7 | $13,217,500 |
| 93 | Middle Tennessee State | 7 | $37,775,000 |
| 94 | Old Dominion | 7 | $9,012,500 |
| 95 | Texas-San Antonio | 7 | $14,969,000 |
| 96 | Alabama-Birmingham | 6 | $15,196,000 |
| 97 | Connecticut | 6 | $10,794,762 |
| 98 | Nevada | 6 | $24,116,000 |
| 99 | Northern Iowa | 6 | $27,214,634 |
| 100 | Rice | 6 | $10,249,378 |
| 101 | Texas El-Paso | 6 | $18,620,000 |
| 102 | Army | 5 | $5,540,000 |
| 103 | East Carolina | 5 | $6,260,000 |
| 104 | Florida A&M | 5 | $7,990,000 |
| 105 | Harvard | 5 | $8,150,000 |
| 106 | Hawaii | 5 | $7,850,000 |
| 107 | Holy Cross | 5 | $7,980,000 |
| 108 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | $60,920,000 |
| 109 | Montana State | 5 | $10,557,305 |
| 110 | South Alabama | 5 | $8,881,000 |
| 111 | Troy | 5 | $4,750,000 |
| 112 | Weber State | 5 | $17,827,500 |
| 113 | Charlotte | 4 | $21,566,735 |
| 114 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | $6,306,000 |
| 115 | Florida International | 4 | $10,720,000 |
| 116 | James Madison | 4 | $4,357,500 |
| 117 | MIssouri Western State | 4 | $7,940,000 |
| 118 | New Mexico | 4 | $8,135,000 |
| 119 | San Jose State | 4 | $11,475,000 |
| 120 | South Florida | 4 | $6,640,000 |
| 121 | William & Mary | 4 | $4,240,000 |
| 122 | Yale | 4 | $14,123,833 |
| 123 | Air Force | 3 | $2,880,000 |
| 124 | Alcorn State | 3 | $4,750,000 |
| 125 | Ball State | 3 | $3,587,500 |
| 126 | British Columbia | 3 | $2,900,000 |
| 127 | Campbell | 3 | $2,718,500 |
| 128 | Central Arkansas | 3 | $7,675,000 |
| 129 | Eastern Washington | 3 | $32,000,000 |
| 130 | Ferris State | 3 | $10,885,000 |
| 131 | Idaho | 3 | $13,839,000 |
| 132 | Illinois State | 3 | $6,320,000 |
| 133 | Miami | 3 | $3,879,378 |
| 134 | Miami (OH) | 3 | $3,040,000 |
| 135 | Northern Illinois | 3 | $4,724,118 |
| 136 | Princeton | 3 | $2,900,000 |
| 137 | Sam Houston State | 3 | $5,403,000 |
| 138 | South Dakota | 3 | $5,063,000 |
| 139 | Southeast Missouri State | 3 | $4,155,000 |
| 140 | Stephen F. Austin | 3 | $10,060,000 |
| 141 | Tulsa | 3 | $7,685,789 |
| 142 | Western Illinois | 3 | $5,800,000 |
| 143 | Youngstown State | 3 | $3,090,000 |
| 144 | Arkansas State | 2 | $9,090,000 |
| 145 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2 | $4,755,000 |
| 146 | Bowling Green | 2 | $2,367,500 |
| 147 | Bryant | 2 | $1,940,000 |
| 148 | Central Missouri | 2 | $1,807,000 |
| 149 | Charleston | 2 | $2,060,000 |
| 150 | Colorado State-Pueblo | 2 | $4,422,500 |
| 151 | Eastern Kentucky | 2 | $2,095,000 |
| 152 | Fayetteville State | 2 | $4,436,000 |
| 153 | Furman | 2 | $1,800,000 |
| 154 | Georgia State | 2 | $4,850,000 |
| 155 | Howard | 2 | $1,680,000 |
| 156 | Indiana State | 2 | $2,285,000 |
| 157 | Jacksonville State | 2 | $3,410,000 |
| 158 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 2 | $12,100,000 |
| 159 | Liberty | 2 | $2,438,650 |
| 160 | Maine | 2 | $3,712,500 |
| 161 | Massachusetts | 2 | $7,467,500 |
| 162 | Missouri State | 2 | $1,940,000 |
| 163 | Montana | 2 | $1,990,000 |
| 164 | Morgan State | 2 | $2,130,000 |
| 165 | North Texas | 2 | $2,060,000 |
| 166 | Northern Colorado | 2 | $2,215,000 |
| 167 | Ohio | 2 | $1,920,000 |
| 168 | Pennsylvania | 2 | $5,750,000 |
| 169 | Rhode Island | 2 | $1,680,000 |
| 170 | Sacramento State | 2 | $2,678,291 |
| 171 | Samford | 2 | $4,285,000 |
| 172 | San Diego | 2 | $2,690,000 |
| 173 | Shepherd | 2 | $1,870,000 |
| 174 | South Carolina State | 2 | $18,263,000 |
| 175 | Southern Illinois | 2 | $9,469,000 |
| 176 | Southern Utah | 2 | $6,856,000 |
| 177 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 2 | $3,631,269 |
| 178 | Utah State | 2 | $10,170,000 |
| 179 | Wagner | 2 | $4,223,000 |
| 180 | Washburn | 2 | $4,337,500 |
| 181 | West Florida | 2 | $2,210,000 |
| 182 | Western Carolina | 2 | $1,680,000 |
| 183 | Alabama State | 1 | $16,000,000 |
| 184 | Albany | 1 | $840,000 |
| 185 | Albany State | 1 | $12,250,000 |
| 186 | Augustana | 1 | $2,650,000 |
| 187 | Austin Peay | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 188 | Azusa Pacific | 1 | $1,170,000 |
| 189 | Baldwin-Wallace | 1 | $960,000 |
| 190 | Barton | 1 | $960,000 |
| 191 | Berry College | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 192 | Brown | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 193 | Bucknell | 1 | $1,170,000 |
| 194 | California-Davis | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 195 | Canisius | 1 | $1,422,500 |
| 196 | Chattanooga | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 197 | Cortland | 1 | $840,000 |
| 198 | Culver-Stockton | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 199 | Dayton | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 200 | Delaware | 1 | $5,995,000 |
| 201 | Drake | 1 | $1,422,500 |
| 202 | Duquesne | 1 | $1,170,000 |
| 203 | East Central | 1 | $1,422,500 |
| 204 | Eastern Illinois | 1 | $3,005,000 |
| 205 | Findlay | 1 | $960,000 |
| 206 | Fordham | 1 | $1,100,000 |
| 207 | Fort Hays State | 1 | $4,550,000 |
| 208 | Fort Valley State | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 209 | Garden City CC | 1 | $840,000 |
| 210 | Gardner-Webb | 1 | $840,000 |
| 211 | Grambling State | 1 | $1,422,500 |
| 212 | Humboldt State | 1 | $6,010,000 |
| 213 | Idaho State | 1 | $1,100,000 |
| 214 | Indiana (PA) | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 215 | Jackson State | 1 | $960,000 |
| 216 | Kennesaw State | 1 | $960,000 |
| 217 | Kutztown | 1 | $1,320,000 |
| 218 | Lafayette | 1 | $840,000 |
| 219 | Lane | 1 | $960,000 |
| 220 | Lindenwood | 1 | $1,170,000 |
| 221 | Lock Haven | 1 | $960,000 |
| 222 | Louisiana College | 1 | $840,000 |
| 223 | Malone | 1 | $3,450,000 |
| 224 | Manitoba | 1 | $10,500,000 |
| 225 | Marist | 1 | $4,950,000 |
| 226 | Minnesota State | 1 | $1,100,000 |
| 227 | Minnesota-Mankato | 1 | $8,750,000 |
| 228 | Minot State | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 229 | Missouri Science & Tech | 1 | $16,200,000 |
| 230 | Murray State | 1 | $6,500,000 |
| 231 | Navy | 1 | $1,348,000 |
| 232 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 1 | $840,000 |
| 233 | New Hampshire | 1 | $960,000 |
| 234 | Norfolk State | 1 | $1,170,000 |
| 235 | North Carolina A&T | 1 | $1,170,000 |
| 236 | North Carolina Central | 1 | $960,000 |
| 237 | North Carolina Pembroke | 1 | $840,000 |
| 238 | North Dakota | 1 | $1,100,000 |
| 239 | Northern Arizona | 1 | $1,675,000 |
| 240 | Northwest Missouri State | 1 | $1,100,000 |
| 241 | Ole Miss | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 242 | Ouachita Baptist | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 243 | Pittsburg State | 1 | $960,000 |
| 244 | Pittsburgh State | 1 | $1,100,000 |
| 245 | Prairie View A&M | 1 | $1,505,000 |
| 246 | Sacred Heart | 1 | $1,100,000 |
| 247 | Saginaw Valley State | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 248 | Saint John | 1 | $1,337,500 |
| 249 | Sioux Falls | 1 | $6,750,000 |
| 250 | Southeastern Louisiana | 1 | $960,000 |
| 251 | Southern | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 252 | Southern Arkansas | 1 | $1,255,000 |
| 253 | Stetson | 1 | $1,170,000 |
| 254 | Stony Brook | 1 | $1,100,000 |
| 255 | Tarleton State | 1 | $3,500,000 |
| 256 | Tennessee-Martin | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 257 | Texas A&M University–Commerce | 1 | $960,000 |
| 258 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 1 | $3,263,000 |
| 259 | Texas State | 1 | $7,000,000 |
| 260 | Utah St | 1 | $13,000,000 |
| 261 | Valdosta State | 1 | $8,500,000 |
| 262 | Villanova | 1 | $8,600,000 |
| 263 | Wayne State | 1 | $1,170,000 |
| 264 | West Alabama | 1 | $27,650,000 |
| 265 | Western State Colorado | 1 | $3,610,000 |
| 266 | Wingate | 1 | $1,030,000 |
| 267 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1 | $11,445,000 |
