NFL Special Team Salaries by College

What colleges and conferences have the highest paid NFL players at Special Team?
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Top Conferences

	Conference	#	Salary
1.	Big 12	16	$27.1M
2.	SEC	16	$22.6M
3.	ACC	11	$17.7M
4.	FCS	10	$13.4M
5.	C-USA	6	$12.9M
6.	PAC-12	9	$12M
7.	Big East	7	$11.9M
8.	Big Ten	4	$6.9M
9.	MAC	3	$6.7M
10.	WAC	3	$5.5M
11.	D-II	4	$4.5M
12.	MWC	3	$3.1M
13.	Independent	3	$2M
14.	Sun Belt	1	$1.8M
15.	International	1	$1.5M
16.	D-III	2	$1.1M
17.	NAIA	1	$905K

Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Tennessee	4	$9M
2.	Florida State	3	$8M
3.	Texas	2	$5.4M
4.	Louisiana Tech	2	$5.3M
5.	Nebraska	2	$4.5M
6.	Memphis	1	$4.3M
7.	Texas A&M	4	$4M
8.	Baylor	2	$3.8M
9.	Colorado	2	$3.8M
10.	Georgia	2	$3.8M
11.	Penn State	1	$3.8M
12.	Cincinnati	2	$3.6M
13.	Western Illinois	1	$3.6M
14.	UCF	2	$3.5M
15.	Pittsburgh	1	$3.4M
16.	Oklahoma State	1	$3.2M
17.	Miami	2	$3.1M
18.	Arizona	1	$3M
18.	Oregon State	1	$3M
18.	Toledo	1	$3M
21.	West Virginia	1	$2.9M
22.	North Carolina State	1	$2.9M
23.	California	3	$2.8M
24.	UCLA	3	$2.8M
25.	Ohio State	2	$2.6M
26.	South Dakota State	1	$2.5M
27.	Montana	1	$2.5M
28.	South Carolina	1	$2.4M
29.	LSU	2	$2.3M
30.	Oklahoma	3	$1.8M
31.	Fort Valley State University	1	$1.5M
32.	Regina	1	$1.5M
33.	Rutgers	2	$1.5M
34.	Notre Dame	2	$1.4M
35.	Carson-Newman College	1	$1.4M
36.	Kentucky	1	$1.4M
37.	Auburn	2	$1.4M
38.	Arkansas	2	$1.3M
39.	BYU	1	$1.2M
40.	Brown	1	$1.2M
40.	Missouri	1	$1.2M
42.	Clemson	2	$1.1M
43.	Maryland	1	$1.1M
44.	UTEP	1	$1.1M
45.	North Carolina	1	$1.1M
45.	William & Mary	1	$1.1M
47.	New Mexico State	1	$1M
48.	San Diego State	1	$1M
49.	Western Washington	1	$1M
50.	Houston	1	$950K
51.	Baker	1	$905K
52.	TCU	1	$901.7K
53.	Navy	1	$620K
54.	Appalachian State	1	$580.1K
55.	Missouri Western	1	$568.9K
56.	Centre	1	$555K
57.	Wisconsin	1	$544.7K
58.	Eastern Kentucky	1	$525K
58.	Marist	1	$525K
58.	RPI	1	$525K
61.	Tulane	1	$510.7K
62.	Fordham	1	$510K
63.	Alabama	1	$495.8K
64.	Boston College	1	$495K
65.	Buffalo	1	$480K
66.	Temple	1	$465K
66.	UC Davis	1	$465K
68.	Washington	1	$435K

ACC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sebastian Janikowski	Florida State		K	$3.8M
2.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Panthers	K	$3.1M
3.	Steven Hauschka	North Carolina State	Seahawks	K	$2.9M
4.	Matt Bosher	Miami	Falcons	P	$2.5M
5.	Garrison Sanborn	Florida State	Bills	LS	$1.1M
6.	Jon Condo	Maryland		LS	$1.1M
7.	Greg Warren	North Carolina	Steelers	LS	$1.1M
8.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	49ers	P	$618.6K
9.	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	Bears	P	$581.3K
10.	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	Cardinals	K	$510.5K
11.	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	Jets	P	$495K

Big 12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Koch	Nebraska	Ravens	P	$3.3M
2.	Dan Bailey	Oklahoma State	Cowboys	K	$3.2M
3.	Phil Dawson	Texas	49ers	K	$3.1M
4.	Mason Crosby	Colorado	Packers	K	$3M
5.	Matt Bryant	Baylor	Falcons	K	$2.8M
6.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$2.4M
7.	Shane Lechler	Texas A&M	Texans	P	$1.8M
8.	Josh Brown	Nebraska	Giants	K	$1.3M
9.	Beau Brinkley	Missouri	Titans	LS	$1.2M
10.	Don Muhlbach	Texas A&M	Lions	LS	$1.1M
11.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$975K
12.	Garret Hartley	Oklahoma	Steelers	K	$870K
13.	Justin Drescher	Colorado	Saints	LS	$846.3K
14.	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	Texans	K	$550.8K
15.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$480K
16.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Redskins	P	$465K

Big East

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Browns	P	$3.4M
2.	Pat McAfee	West Virginia	Colts	P	$2.9M
3.	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati	Bengals	P	$2.8M
4.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	$990K
5.	Mike Windt	Cincinnati	Rams	LS	$841.3K
6.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Broncos	K	$465K
6.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Buccaneers	LS	$465K

Big Ten

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	Bears	K	$3.8M
2.	Mike Nugent	Ohio State	Bengals	K	$1.8M
3.	Jake McQuaide	Ohio State		LS	$861.3K
4.	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	Panthers	P	$544.7K

C-USA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Stephen Gostkowski	Memphis	Patriots	K	$4.3M
2.	Thomas Morstead		Saints	P	$3.6M
3.	Matt Prater	UCF	Lions	K	$3M
4.	Thomas Gafford	Houston	Bears	LS	$950K
5.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Chiefs	K	$510.7K
6.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$465K

D-II

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Marquette King	Fort Valley State University		P	$1.5M
2.	Chris Jones	Carson-Newman College	Cowboys	P	$1.4M
3.	Matt Overton	Western Washington	Colts	LS	$1M
4.	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western		K	$568.9K

D-III

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jordan Gay	Centre	Bills	K	$555K
2.	Andrew Franks	RPI	Dolphins	K	$525K

FCS

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mike Scifres	Western Illinois	Rams	P	$3.6M
2.	Adam Vinatieri	South Dakota State	Colts	K	$2.5M
3.	Dan Carpenter	Montana	Bills	K	$2.5M
4.	Zak DeOssie	Brown	Giants	LS	$1.2M
5.	Mike Leach	William & Mary	Cardinals	LS	$1.1M
6.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Lions	P	$580.1K
7.	Jason Myers	Marist	Jaguars	K	$525K
7.	Jordan Berry	Eastern Kentucky	Steelers	PR	$525K
9.	Patrick Murray	Fordham	Buccaneers	K	$510K
10.	Colton Schmidt	UC Davis	Bills	P	$465K

Independent

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$901.3K
2.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$620K
3.	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	Buccaneers	K	$527.5K

International

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jon Ryan	Regina	Seahawks	P	$1.5M

MAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Shaun Suisham		Steelers	K	$3.2M
2.	Brett Kern	Toledo	Titans	P	$3M
3.	Jake Schum	Buffalo	Buccaneers	P	$480K

MWC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	John Denney	BYU	Dolphins	LS	$1.2M
2.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Broncos	LS	$1M
3.	Clint Gresham	TCU	Seahawks	LS	$901.7K

NAIA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tanner Purdum	Baker	Jets	LS	$905K

PAC-12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State		P	$3M
1.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Jets	K	$3M
3.	Kai Forbath	UCLA	Redskins	K	$1.5M
4.	L.P. Ladouceur	California	Cowboys	LS	$1.1M
5.	Nick Sundberg	California	Redskins	LS	$1M
6.	Bryan Anger	California	Jaguars	P	$719.3K
7.	Kevin McDermott	UCLA	Vikings	LS	$630K
8.	Jeff Locke	UCLA	Vikings	P	$586K
9.	Travis Coons	Washington	Browns	K	$435K

SEC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Britton Colquitt	Tennessee	Broncos	P	$3.9M
2.	Dustin Colquitt	Tennessee	Chiefs	P	$3.8M
3.	Blair Walsh	Georgia	Vikings	K	$3.3M
4.	Ryan Succop	South Carolina	Titans	K	$2.4M
5.	Donnie Jones	LSU	Eagles	P	$1.8M
6.	Tim Masthay	Kentucky	Packers	P	$1.4M
7.	Brett Goode	Arkansas	Packers	LS	$905K
8.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Falcons	LS	$851.3K
9.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Ravens	LS	$825K
10.	Drew Butler	Georgia	Cardinals	P	$540K
11.	Josh Lambo	Texas A&M	Rams	K	$526.7K
12.	Matt Darr	Tennessee	Dolphins	P	$525.3K
13.	Brad Wing	LSU	Giants	P	$510K
13.	Cody Parkey	Auburn	Eagles	K	$510K
15.	Carson Tinker	Alabama	Jaguars	LS	$495.8K
16.	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	Saints	K	$435K

Sun Belt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	Patriots	P	$1.8M

WAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Josh Scobee	Louisiana Tech	Steelers	K	$3.5M
2.	Jon Dorenbos	UTEP	Eagles	LS	$1.1M
3.	Kyle Nelson	New Mexico State	49ers	LS	$1M

Alabama

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Carson Tinker	Alabama	Jaguars	LS	$495.8K

Appalachian State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Lions	P	$580.1K

Arizona

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Jets	K	$3M

Arkansas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brett Goode	Arkansas	Packers	LS	$905K
2.	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	Saints	K	$435K

Auburn

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Falcons	LS	$851.3K
2.	Cody Parkey	Auburn	Eagles	K	$510K

BYU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	John Denney	BYU	Dolphins	LS	$1.2M

Baker

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tanner Purdum	Baker	Jets	LS	$905K

Baylor

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Bryant	Baylor	Falcons	K	$2.8M
2.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$975K

Boston College

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	Jets	P	$495K

Brown

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zak DeOssie	Brown	Giants	LS	$1.2M

Buffalo

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Schum	Buffalo	Buccaneers	P	$480K

California

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	L.P. Ladouceur	California	Cowboys	LS	$1.1M
2.	Nick Sundberg	California	Redskins	LS	$1M
3.	Bryan Anger	California	Jaguars	P	$719.3K

Carson-Newman College

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Jones	Carson-Newman College	Cowboys	P	$1.4M

Centre

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jordan Gay	Centre	Bills	K	$555K

Cincinnati

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati	Bengals	P	$2.8M
2.	Mike Windt	Cincinnati	Rams	LS	$841.3K

Clemson

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	49ers	P	$618.6K
2.	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	Cardinals	K	$510.5K

Colorado

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mason Crosby	Colorado	Packers	K	$3M
2.	Justin Drescher	Colorado	Saints	LS	$846.3K

Eastern Kentucky

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jordan Berry	Eastern Kentucky	Steelers	PR	$525K

Florida State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sebastian Janikowski	Florida State		K	$3.8M
2.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Panthers	K	$3.1M
3.	Garrison Sanborn	Florida State	Bills	LS	$1.1M

Fordham

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Patrick Murray	Fordham	Buccaneers	K	$510K

Fort Valley State University

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Marquette King	Fort Valley State University		P	$1.5M

Georgia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Blair Walsh	Georgia	Vikings	K	$3.3M
2.	Drew Butler	Georgia	Cardinals	P	$540K

Houston

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Thomas Gafford	Houston	Bears	LS	$950K

Kentucky

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tim Masthay	Kentucky	Packers	P	$1.4M

LSU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Donnie Jones	LSU	Eagles	P	$1.8M
2.	Brad Wing	LSU	Giants	P	$510K

Louisiana Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Josh Scobee	Louisiana Tech	Steelers	K	$3.5M
2.	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	Patriots	P	$1.8M

Marist

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Jaguars	K	$525K

Maryland

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jon Condo	Maryland		LS	$1.1M

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Stephen Gostkowski	Memphis	Patriots	K	$4.3M

Miami

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Bosher	Miami	Falcons	P	$2.5M
2.	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	Bears	P	$581.3K

Missouri

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Beau Brinkley	Missouri	Titans	LS	$1.2M

Missouri Western

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western		K	$568.9K

Montana

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Dan Carpenter	Montana	Bills	K	$2.5M

Navy

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$620K

Nebraska

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Koch	Nebraska	Ravens	P	$3.3M
2.	Josh Brown	Nebraska	Giants	K	$1.3M

New Mexico State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kyle Nelson	New Mexico State	49ers	LS	$1M

North Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Warren	North Carolina	Steelers	LS	$1.1M

North Carolina State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Steven Hauschka	North Carolina State	Seahawks	K	$2.9M

Notre Dame

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$901.3K
2.	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	Buccaneers	K	$527.5K

Ohio State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mike Nugent	Ohio State	Bengals	K	$1.8M
2.	Jake McQuaide	Ohio State		LS	$861.3K

Oklahoma

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Garret Hartley	Oklahoma	Steelers	K	$870K
2.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$480K
3.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Redskins	P	$465K

Oklahoma State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Dan Bailey	Oklahoma State	Cowboys	K	$3.2M

Oregon State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State		P	$3M

Penn State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	Bears	K	$3.8M

Pittsburgh

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Browns	P	$3.4M

RPI

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andrew Franks	RPI	Dolphins	K	$525K

Regina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jon Ryan	Regina	Seahawks	P	$1.5M

Rutgers

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	$990K
2.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Buccaneers	LS	$465K

San Diego State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Broncos	LS	$1M

South Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Succop	South Carolina	Titans	K	$2.4M

South Dakota State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Adam Vinatieri	South Dakota State	Colts	K	$2.5M

TCU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Clint Gresham	TCU	Seahawks	LS	$901.7K

Temple

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Broncos	K	$465K

Tennessee

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Britton Colquitt	Tennessee	Broncos	P	$3.9M
2.	Dustin Colquitt	Tennessee	Chiefs	P	$3.8M
3.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Ravens	LS	$825K
4.	Matt Darr	Tennessee	Dolphins	P	$525.3K

Texas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Phil Dawson	Texas	49ers	K	$3.1M
2.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$2.4M

Texas A&M

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Shane Lechler	Texas A&M	Texans	P	$1.8M
2.	Don Muhlbach	Texas A&M	Lions	LS	$1.1M
3.	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	Texans	K	$550.8K
4.	Josh Lambo	Texas A&M	Rams	K	$526.7K

Toledo

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brett Kern	Toledo	Titans	P	$3M

Tulane

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Chiefs	K	$510.7K

UC Davis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Colton Schmidt	UC Davis	Bills	P	$465K

UCF

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Prater	UCF	Lions	K	$3M
2.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$465K

UCLA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kai Forbath	UCLA	Redskins	K	$1.5M
2.	Kevin McDermott	UCLA	Vikings	LS	$630K
3.	Jeff Locke	UCLA	Vikings	P	$586K

UTEP

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jon Dorenbos	UTEP	Eagles	LS	$1.1M

Washington

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Travis Coons	Washington	Browns	K	$435K

West Virginia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Pat McAfee	West Virginia	Colts	P	$2.9M

Western Illinois

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mike Scifres	Western Illinois	Rams	P	$3.6M

Western Washington

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Overton	Western Washington	Colts	LS	$1M

William & Mary

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mike Leach	William & Mary	Cardinals	LS	$1.1M

Wisconsin

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	Panthers	P	$544.7K

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