2015 NFL Salaries by College

Updated by Dan on Sep 1, 2015

Conference USA player salaries in the 2015 NFL season

What Conference USA schools had the most and highest paid NFL players in 2015?
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	College	#	Salary
1.	UCF	12	$25.6M
2.	Memphis	6	$13.2M
3.	East Carolina	3	$11.8M
4.	Tulane	6	$10.3M
5.	Tulsa	4	$10M
6.	Southern Mississippi	9	$9.4M
7.	UAB	6	$9.1M
8.	Houston	5	$8.9M
9.	Marshall	7	$7.8M
10.	Cincinnati	1	$7M
11.	Rice	9	$6.2M
12.	UTEP	4	$2.6M
13.	Florida Atlantic	5	$2.6M
14.	Old Dominion	2	$1.1M
15.	Western Kentucky	2	$1.1M
16.	Louisiana Tech	4	$1M
17.	North Texas	3	$735.4K
18.	Middle Tennessee State	3	$704.4K
19.	Florida International	1	$112.2K

Cincinnati

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Trent Cole	Cincinnati	Colts	OLB	$7M

East Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Linval Joseph	East Carolina	Vikings	DT	$6.3M
2.	Dwayne Harris	East Carolina	Giants	WR	$3.5M
3.	Chris Johnson	East Carolina	Cardinals	RB	$2M

Florida Atlantic

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	D'Joun Smith	Florida Atlantic	Colts	CB	$828.4K
2.	Keith Reaser	Florida Atlantic	49ers	CB	$596.2K
3.	Randell Johnson	Florida Atlantic	Bills	OLB	$570.9K
4.	Lucky Whitehead	Florida Atlantic	Cowboys	WR	$528.3K
5.	Adarius Glanton	Florida Atlantic	Panthers	OLB	$112.2K

Florida International

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Isame Faciane III	Florida International	Vikings	DE	$112.2K

Houston

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sebastian Vollmer	Houston	Patriots	RT	$4.2M
2.	D.J. Hayden	Houston		CB	$2.6M
3.	Thomas Gafford	Houston	Bears	LS	$950K
4.	Phillip Hunt	Houston	Lions	OLB	$585K
4.	Case Keenum	Houston		QB	$585K

Louisiana Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Justin Ellis	Louisiana Tech		DT	$673.2K
2.	IK Enemkpali	Louisiana Tech	Bills	OLB	$112.2K
2.	Mitchell Bell	Louisiana Tech		G	$112.2K
2.	Houston Bates	Louisiana Tech	Redskins	OLB	$112.2K

Marshall

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Lee Smith	Marshall		TE	$3.1M
2.	Albert McClellan	Marshall	Ravens	ILB	$1.1M
3.	Aaron Dobson	Marshall	Patriots	WR	$857.1K
4.	Vinny Curry	Marshall	Eagles	DE	$845.5K
5.	Doug Legursky	Marshall	Steelers	C	$745K
6.	Darryl Roberts	Marshall	Patriots	CB	$583.6K
7.	Neville Hewitt	Marshall	Dolphins	LB	$525.3K

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Stephen Gostkowski	Memphis	Patriots	K	$4.3M
2.	Clinton McDonald	Memphis	Buccaneers	DT	$3M
3.	Dontari Poe	Memphis	Chiefs	DT	$2.8M
4.	DeAngelo Williams	Memphis	Steelers	RB	$2M
5.	Ron Leary	Memphis	Cowboys	G	$585K
6.	Jordan Devey	Memphis	49ers	G	$465K

Middle Tennessee State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Josh Walker	Middle Tennessee State	Packers	G	$480K
2.	Jimmy Staten	Middle Tennessee State	Patriots	DT	$112.2K
2.	Sammy Seamster	Middle Tennessee State	Saints	CB	$112.2K

North Texas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zach Orr	North Texas	Ravens	ILB	$511K
2.	Dere Akunne	North Texas	Falcons	OLB	$112.2K
2.	Cyril Lemon	North Texas	Saints	G	$112.2K

Old Dominion

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Taylor Heinike	Old Dominion	Vikings	QB	$528.3K
2.	Larry Pinkard	Old Dominion	Packers	WR	$526K

Rice

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	James Casey	Rice	Broncos	TE	$1.3M
2.	Andrew Sendejo	Rice	Vikings	SS	$1M
3.	Vance McDonald	Rice	49ers	TE	$899.8K
4.	Phillip Gaines	Rice	Chiefs	CB	$706K
5.	Christian Covington	Rice	Texans	DT	$592.6K
6.	Luke Willson	Rice	Seahawks	TE	$584.6K
7.	Bryce Callahan	Rice	Bears	CB	$527.5K
8.	Scott Solomon	Rice	Browns	OLB	$525K
9.	Jordan Taylor	Rice	Broncos	WR	$112.2K

Southern Mississippi

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tom Johnson	Southern Mississippi	Vikings	DE	$2.3M
2.	Chris Clark	Southern Mississippi	Texans	RT	$1.7M
3.	Demar Dotson	Southern Mississippi	Buccaneers	RT	$1.5M
4.	Jamie Collins	Southern Mississippi	Patriots	OLB	$940.3K
5.	Khyri Thornton	Southern Mississippi	Patriots	DT	$713.6K
6.	Lamar Holmes	Southern Mississippi	Falcons	RT	$658.4K
7.	Rakeem Nunez-Roches	Southern Mississippi	Chiefs	DT	$592.6K
8.	Jason Weaver	Southern Mississippi	Bears	LT	$480K
9.	Cordarro Law	Southern Mississippi	Rams	OLB	$465K

Tulane

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Forte	Tulane	Bears	RB	$7.6M
2.	Ryan Grant	Tulane	Redskins	WR	$608.4K
3.	Dezman Moses	Tulane	Chiefs	OLB	$585K
4.	Ryan Griffin	Tulane	Buccaneers	QB	$550K
5.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Chiefs	K	$510.7K
6.	Orleans Darkwa	Tulane	Giants	RB	$465K

Tulsa

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Charles Clay	Tulsa	Bills	TE	$7.6M
2.	Tyrunn Walker	Tulsa	Lions	DT	$1.8M
3.	Trey Watts	Tulsa		RB	$512K
4.	G.J. Kinne	Tulsa	Giants	QB	$112.2K

UAB

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Roddy White	UAB	Falcons	WR	$6M
2.	Joe Webb	UAB	Panthers	QB	$825K
3.	J.J. Nelson	UAB	Cardinals	WR	$622.5K
4.	Kennard Backman	UAB	Packers	TE	$592.6K
5.	Matt McCants	UAB		C	$585K
6.	Chris Hubbard	UAB	Steelers	G	$465K

UCF

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon Marshall	UCF	Jets	WR	$8.7M
2.	Josh Sitton	UCF	Packers	G	$6.8M
3.	Matt Prater	UCF	Lions	K	$3M
4.	Bruce Miller	UCF	49ers	FB	$1.8M
5.	Leger Douzable	UCF	Jets	DE	$1.2M
6.	Josh Robinson	UCF	Vikings	CB	$753.8K
7.	Jah Reid	UCF	Chiefs	G	$745K
8.	Kamar Aiken	UCF	Ravens	WR	$585K
9.	Latavius Murray	UCF		RB	$566.6K
10.	Kemal Ishmael	UCF	Falcons	SS	$551.5K
11.	A.J. Bouye	UCF	Texans	CB	$496.7K
12.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$465K

UTEP

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Antwon Blake	UTEP	Steelers	CB	$1.5M
2.	Quintin Demps	UTEP	Texans	SS	$870K
3.	Jameill Showers	UTEP	Cowboys	QB	$112.2K
3.	Eric Tomlinson	UTEP	Texans	TE	$112.2K

Western Kentucky

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mitchell Henry	Western Kentucky	Broncos	TE	$526.7K
2.	Cam Thomas	Western Kentucky	Bills	CB	$525.7K

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