NFL
NFL Colleges
Ranking colleges/universities by active NFL players & earnings.
| Rank | College | Players Active | Combined Earnings Active Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 64 | $539,490,388 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 51 | $293,857,189 |
| 3 | Georgia | 49 | $212,511,353 |
| 4 | Michigan | 45 | $172,918,758 |
| 5 | Louisiana State | 42 | $333,116,957 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 39 | $181,885,211 |
| 7 | Penn State | 37 | $132,967,095 |
| 8 | Texas | 36 | $120,559,037 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 35 | $311,545,137 |
| 10 | Clemson | 32 | $277,703,718 |
| 11 | Florida | 32 | $118,783,462 |
| 12 | Southern California | 32 | $175,358,575 |
| 13 | Washington | 32 | $142,487,092 |
| 14 | Iowa | 30 | $144,532,327 |
| 15 | Oregon | 30 | $169,485,589 |
| 16 | California-Los Angeles | 28 | $97,241,611 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 28 | $67,693,692 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | 28 | $171,414,650 |
| 19 | Florida State | 27 | $135,789,412 |
| 20 | Stanford | 27 | $103,098,414 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 26 | $109,009,514 |
| 22 | Illinois | 25 | $54,472,477 |
| 23 | Mississippi | 24 | $108,677,814 |
| 24 | Auburn | 23 | $110,852,286 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 23 | $87,257,802 |
| 26 | Texas Christian | 22 | $42,870,773 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | 21 | $52,923,647 |
| 28 | Miami (FL) | 20 | $50,866,692 |
| 29 | Utah | 20 | $91,239,562 |
| 30 | Arkansas | 19 | $59,518,771 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 19 | $72,130,408 |
| 32 | Mississippi State | 19 | $161,311,864 |
| 33 | North Carolina | 19 | $50,227,205 |
| 34 | North Carolina State | 19 | $105,121,730 |
| 35 | Minnesota | 18 | $62,040,787 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | 17 | $86,713,500 |
| 37 | Kansas State | 16 | $44,921,985 |
| 38 | Maryland | 16 | $77,179,506 |
| 39 | Missouri | 16 | $41,716,012 |
| 40 | Boston College | 15 | $82,801,986 |
| 41 | Brigham Young | 15 | $60,697,821 |
| 42 | California | 15 | $174,135,612 |
| 43 | Houston | 15 | $39,937,537 |
| 44 | Cincinnati | 14 | $36,542,257 |
| 45 | Duke | 14 | $69,998,414 |
| 46 | Southern Methodist | 14 | $32,980,813 |
| 47 | Michigan State | 13 | $87,901,159 |
| 48 | Wake Forest | 13 | $25,729,056 |
| 49 | Boise State | 12 | $34,251,000 |
| 50 | Central Florida | 12 | $35,587,748 |
| 51 | Louisville | 12 | $72,666,131 |
| 52 | Purdue | 12 | $19,839,542 |
| 53 | Washington State | 12 | $44,943,596 |
| 54 | Iowa State | 11 | $26,029,875 |
| 55 | Memphis | 11 | $44,571,494 |
| 56 | North Dakota State | 11 | $20,273,811 |
| 57 | Oklahoma State | 11 | $20,773,204 |
| 58 | Oregon State | 11 | $37,824,041 |
| 59 | Baylor | 10 | $12,829,424 |
| 60 | Fresno State | 10 | $54,235,000 |
| 61 | Nebraska | 10 | $26,948,705 |
| 62 | San Diego State | 10 | $14,284,931 |
| 63 | Temple | 10 | $23,353,728 |
| 64 | Texas Tech | 10 | $75,522,534 |
| 65 | Virginia | 10 | $21,344,560 |
| 66 | West Virginia | 10 | $48,321,700 |
| 67 | Appalachian State | 9 | $11,860,000 |
| 68 | Rutgers | 9 | $16,436,224 |
| 69 | Tulane | 9 | $27,274,914 |
| 70 | Vanderbilt | 9 | $11,322,389 |
| 71 | Western Michigan | 9 | $33,745,605 |
| 72 | Arizona State | 8 | $31,016,364 |
| 73 | Connecticut | 8 | $12,110,116 |
| 74 | Northwestern | 8 | $13,198,173 |
| 75 | Syracuse | 8 | $22,522,246 |
| 76 | Toledo | 8 | $24,938,296 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 8 | $21,628,572 |
| 78 | Wyoming | 8 | $60,613,283 |
| 79 | Colorado | 7 | $19,087,500 |
| 80 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | $47,545,972 |
| 81 | Old Dominion | 7 | $8,393,000 |
| 82 | Arizona | 6 | $16,978,560 |
| 83 | Buffalo | 6 | $24,940,540 |
| 84 | East Carolina | 6 | $7,618,333 |
| 85 | Georgia Southern | 6 | $10,967,500 |
| 86 | Georgia Tech | 6 | $21,629,098 |
| 87 | Indiana | 6 | $7,985,000 |
| 88 | Kansas | 6 | $22,104,992 |
| 89 | Marshall | 6 | $6,448,868 |
| 90 | South Dakota State | 6 | $20,245,896 |
| 91 | Texas El-Paso | 6 | $18,020,948 |
| 92 | Central Michigan | 5 | $21,703,723 |
| 93 | Colorado State | 5 | $5,476,069 |
| 94 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | $38,241,000 |
| 95 | Rice | 5 | $10,690,044 |
| 96 | South Alabama | 5 | $12,736,884 |
| 97 | Alabama-Birmingham | 4 | $9,896,234 |
| 98 | Charlotte | 4 | $22,193,000 |
| 99 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | $33,842,000 |
| 100 | Eastern Washington | 4 | $31,980,000 |
| 101 | Ferris State | 4 | $11,630,000 |
| 102 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | $37,500,000 |
| 103 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | $26,335,000 |
| 104 | Northern Iowa | 4 | $7,835,584 |
| 105 | San Jose State | 4 | $9,105,000 |
| 106 | Troy | 4 | $3,350,712 |
| 107 | Tulsa | 4 | $12,387,193 |
| 108 | William & Mary | 4 | $3,525,000 |
| 109 | Yale | 4 | $18,706,324 |
| 110 | Army | 3 | $2,500,000 |
| 111 | Bowling Green | 3 | $3,192,500 |
| 112 | Delaware | 3 | $14,630,000 |
| 113 | Florida A&M | 3 | $2,375,000 |
| 114 | Holy Cross | 3 | $5,964,784 |
| 115 | Idaho | 3 | $8,531,000 |
| 116 | Liberty | 3 | $2,559,100 |
| 117 | Miami | 3 | $4,750,044 |
| 118 | Miami (OH) | 3 | $3,025,000 |
| 119 | Montana State | 3 | $8,174,870 |
| 120 | Nevada | 3 | $23,235,000 |
| 121 | New Mexico | 3 | $6,270,000 |
| 122 | South Carolina State | 3 | $17,973,382 |
| 123 | South Florida | 3 | $4,320,000 |
| 124 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | $5,785,000 |
| 125 | Stephen F. Austin | 3 | $8,830,000 |
| 126 | Texas-San Antonio | 3 | $7,775,000 |
| 127 | Weber State | 3 | $12,895,000 |
| 128 | Air Force | 2 | $1,383,728 |
| 129 | Alcorn State | 2 | $2,207,500 |
| 130 | Arkansas State | 2 | $9,480,000 |
| 131 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2 | $11,910,000 |
| 132 | Ball State | 2 | $2,019,000 |
| 133 | Campbell | 2 | $1,395,000 |
| 134 | Central Arkansas | 2 | $6,345,000 |
| 135 | Charleston | 2 | $3,795,000 |
| 136 | Colorado State-Pueblo | 2 | $4,710,000 |
| 137 | Eastern Illinois | 2 | $4,421,805 |
| 138 | Fayetteville State | 2 | $1,505,000 |
| 139 | Florida International | 2 | $5,435,000 |
| 140 | Fordham | 2 | $2,485,000 |
| 141 | Georgia State | 2 | $5,476,380 |
| 142 | Harvard | 2 | $6,185,000 |
| 143 | Hawaii | 2 | $10,000,000 |
| 144 | Jacksonville State | 2 | $2,914,912 |
| 145 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 2 | $21,985,000 |
| 146 | MIssouri Western State | 2 | $6,800,000 |
| 147 | North Texas | 2 | $2,735,000 |
| 148 | Northern Arizona | 2 | $1,870,000 |
| 149 | Sacramento State | 2 | $2,202,896 |
| 150 | Sam Houston State | 2 | $1,900,000 |
| 151 | Samford | 2 | $10,350,000 |
| 152 | San Diego | 2 | $2,670,000 |
| 153 | Sioux Falls | 2 | $9,350,000 |
| 154 | South Dakota | 2 | $1,890,332 |
| 155 | Southern Illinois | 2 | $5,365,000 |
| 156 | Southern Utah | 2 | $4,285,000 |
| 157 | Utah State | 2 | $7,877,500 |
| 158 | Valdosta State | 2 | $12,020,000 |
| 159 | Villanova | 2 | $3,485,000 |
| 160 | Washburn | 2 | $3,085,000 |
| 161 | Youngstown State | 2 | $1,830,000 |
| 162 | Alabama State | 1 | $14,500,000 |
| 163 | Albany State | 1 | $14,500,000 |
| 164 | Assumption | 1 | $1,292,500 |
| 165 | Augustana | 1 | $2,500,000 |
| 166 | Azusa Pacific | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 167 | Barton | 1 | $805,000 |
| 168 | Bemidji State | 1 | $1,292,500 |
| 169 | British Columbia | 1 | $1,520,656 |
| 170 | Brown | 1 | $2,985,000 |
| 171 | California-Davis | 1 | $915,000 |
| 172 | Canisius | 1 | $1,377,500 |
| 173 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | $985,000 |
| 174 | Culver-Stockton | 1 | $915,000 |
| 175 | Dayton | 1 | $4,500,000 |
| 176 | Drake | 1 | $1,263,162 |
| 177 | Duquesne | 1 | $1,380,000 |
| 178 | East Central | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 179 | Eastern Kentucky | 1 | $495,000 |
| 180 | Elon | 1 | $2,000,000 |
| 181 | Findlay | 1 | $955,060 |
| 182 | Fort Hays State | 1 | $4,600,000 |
| 183 | Fort Valley State | 1 | $915,000 |
| 184 | Framingham State | 1 | $470,000 |
| 185 | Furman | 1 | $495,000 |
| 186 | Grambling State | 1 | $1,380,000 |
| 187 | Grand Valley State | 1 | $7,500,000 |
| 188 | Greenville | 1 | $1,500,000 |
| 189 | Houston Baptist | 1 | $1,350,000 |
| 190 | Howard | 1 | $477,500 |
| 191 | Humboldt State | 1 | $7,000,000 |
| 192 | Idaho State | 1 | $985,000 |
| 193 | Illinois State | 1 | $4,500,000 |
| 194 | Indiana (PA) | 1 | $915,000 |
| 195 | Jackson State | 1 | $915,000 |
| 196 | James Madison | 1 | $1,292,500 |
| 197 | Kutztown | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 198 | Lafayette | 1 | $470,000 |
| 199 | Maine | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 200 | Malone | 1 | $3,190,000 |
| 201 | Manitoba | 1 | $8,500,000 |
| 202 | Marist | 1 | $3,635,000 |
| 203 | Massachusetts | 1 | $1,055,000 |
| 204 | Minnesota-Mankato | 1 | $8,250,000 |
| 205 | Missouri Science & Tech | 1 | $2,742,500 |
| 206 | Missouri State | 1 | $985,000 |
| 207 | Monmouth | 1 | $470,000 |
| 208 | Montana | 1 | $915,000 |
| 209 | Morgan State | 1 | $915,000 |
| 210 | Murray State | 1 | $6,250,000 |
| 211 | Navy | 1 | $1,303,000 |
| 212 | New Hampshire | 1 | $950,192 |
| 213 | Norfolk State | 1 | $495,000 |
| 214 | North Carolina A&T | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 215 | North Carolina Central | 1 | $795,000 |
| 216 | North Carolina Charlotte | 1 | $9,500,000 |
| 217 | North Dakota | 1 | $915,000 |
| 218 | Northern Colorado | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 219 | Northern Illinois | 1 | $7,258,000 |
| 220 | Ole Miss | 1 | $915,000 |
| 221 | Pennsylvania | 1 | $2,400,000 |
| 222 | Pittsburg State | 1 | $810,000 |
| 223 | Pittsburgh State | 1 | $985,000 |
| 224 | Prairie View A&M | 1 | $985,000 |
| 225 | Princeton | 1 | $915,000 |
| 226 | Richmond | 1 | $470,000 |
| 227 | Sacred Heart | 1 | $985,000 |
| 228 | Saginaw Valley State | 1 | $915,000 |
| 229 | Saint John | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 230 | Shepherd | 1 | $915,000 |
| 231 | Southeast Missouri State | 1 | $933,388 |
| 232 | Southern Arkansas | 1 | $1,292,500 |
| 233 | Tarleton State | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 234 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1 | $1,819,179 |
| 235 | Tennessee-Martin | 1 | $495,000 |
| 236 | Texas A&M University–Commerce | 1 | $900,988 |
| 237 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 1 | $985,000 |
| 238 | Texas State | 1 | $7,000,000 |
| 239 | Texas-El Paso | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 240 | Tusculum | 1 | $985,000 |
| 241 | Utah St | 1 | $79,000,000 |
| 242 | Virginia Commonwealth | 1 | $5,920,000 |
| 243 | Virginia State | 1 | $915,000 |
| 244 | Wagner | 1 | $985,000 |
| 245 | West Alabama | 1 | $26,250,000 |
| 246 | West Florida | 1 | $985,000 |
| 247 | Western Carolina | 1 | $495,000 |
| 248 | Western Illinois | 1 | $3,700,000 |
| 249 | Western State Colorado | 1 | $4,820,000 |
| 250 | Wingate | 1 | $915,000 |
| 251 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1 | $12,555,000 |
