2016 NFL Salaries by College

Updated by Dan on Sep 1, 2016

Conference USA player salaries in the 2016 NFL season

What Conference USA schools had the most and highest paid NFL players in 2016?
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	College	#	Salary
1.	UCF	11	$29.6M
2.	Memphis	5	$18.6M
3.	Southern Mississippi	11	$13.4M
4.	Houston	4	$12.3M
5.	East Carolina	4	$12M
6.	Rice	9	$10M
7.	Marshall	6	$8.2M
8.	Tulsa	3	$7.3M
9.	Tulane	5	$5.5M
10.	Louisiana Tech	9	$5.4M
11.	Cincinnati	1	$5.1M
12.	UTEP	4	$3.7M
13.	UAB	4	$3M
14.	Florida Atlantic	5	$2.5M
15.	Middle Tennessee State	3	$1.4M
16.	Western Kentucky	2	$1M
17.	Old Dominion	2	$651.2K
18.	North Texas	1	$601K

Cincinnati

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Trent Cole	Cincinnati	Colts	OLB	$5.1M

East Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Linval Joseph	East Carolina	Vikings	DT	$6.4M
2.	Dwayne Harris	East Carolina	Giants	WR	$3.8M
3.	Chris Johnson	East Carolina	Cardinals	RB	$1.5M
4.	C.J. Wilson	East Carolina	Bears	DE	$312.9K

Florida Atlantic

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Keith Reaser	Florida Atlantic	49ers	CB	$641.2K
2.	Adarius Glanton	Florida Atlantic	Buccaneers	OLB	$600K
3.	Lucky Whitehead	Florida Atlantic	Cowboys	WR	$528.3K
4.	Crevon LeBlanc	Florida Atlantic	Bears	CB	$450K
5.	Sharrod Neasman	Florida Atlantic	Falcons	S	$291.2K

Houston

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sebastian Vollmer	Houston	Patriots	RT	$5.2M
2.	Case Keenum	Houston	Rams	QB	$3.6M
3.	D.J. Hayden	Houston		CB	$3.3M
4.	Thomas Gafford	Houston	Broncos	LS	$211.8K

Louisiana Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Vernon Butler	Louisiana Tech	Panthers	DT	$1.5M
2.	Justin Ellis	Louisiana Tech		DE	$718.2K
3.	IK Enemkpali	Louisiana Tech	Bills	OLB	$600K
4.	Kenneth Dixon	Louisiana Tech	Ravens	RB	$545.8K
5.	Houston Bates	Louisiana Tech	Redskins	OLB	$525K
6.	Jeff Driskel	Louisiana Tech	Bengals	QB	$450K
6.	Adairius Barnes	Louisiana Tech	Lions	CB	$450K
6.	Kentrell Brice	Louisiana Tech	Packers	S	$450K
9.	Paul Turner	Louisiana Tech	Eagles	WR	$158.8K

Marshall

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Vinny Curry	Marshall	Eagles	DE	$3M
2.	Lee Smith	Marshall		TE	$2.8M
3.	Albert McClellan	Marshall	Ravens	ILB	$1.1M
4.	Neville Hewitt	Marshall	Dolphins	OLB	$525.3K
5.	Darryl Roberts	Marshall	Jets	CB	$450K
6.	Devon Johnson	Marshall	Panthers	RB	$333K

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Dontari Poe	Memphis	Chiefs	DT	$6.1M
2.	Stephen Gostkowski	Memphis	Patriots	K	$4.1M
3.	Clinton McDonald	Memphis	Buccaneers	DT	$3.3M
4.	DeAngelo Williams	Memphis	Steelers	RB	$2.6M
5.	Ron Leary	Memphis	Cowboys	G	$2.6M

Middle Tennessee State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kevin Byard	Middle Tennessee State	Titans	S	$674.3K
2.	Cavellis Luckett	Middle Tennessee State	Ravens	ILB	$450.8K
3.	Josh Walker	Middle Tennessee State	Texans	G	$247.1K

North Texas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zach Orr	North Texas	Ravens	ILB	$601K

Old Dominion

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Taylor Heinicke	Old Dominion	Vikings	QB	$465.9K
2.	Rick Lovato	Old Dominion	Redskins	LS	$185.3K

Rice

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andrew Sendejo	Rice	Vikings	SS	$4M
2.	Luke Willson	Rice	Seahawks	TE	$1.7M
3.	Vance McDonald	Rice	49ers	TE	$1.1M
4.	Phillip Gaines	Rice	Chiefs	CB	$755.8K
5.	Christian Covington	Rice	Texans	DT	$547.6K
6.	Bryce Callahan	Rice	Bears	CB	$525K
6.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$525K
8.	Jordan Taylor	Rice	Broncos	WR	$450K
9.	Dennis Parks	Rice	Browns	WR	$333K

Southern Mississippi

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Demar Dotson	Southern Mississippi	Buccaneers	RT	$4.3M
2.	Chris Clark	Southern Mississippi	Texans	RT	$2.8M
3.	Tom Johnson	Southern Mississippi	Vikings	DT	$2.4M
4.	Austin Davis	Southern Mississippi	Broncos	QB	$1.3M
5.	Khyri Thornton	Southern Mississippi	Lions	DT	$623K
6.	Jamie Collins	Southern Mississippi	Browns	OLB	$485.9K
7.	Mike Thomas	Southern Mississippi	Rams	WR	$479K
8.	Jalen Richard	Southern Mississippi		RB	$450K
8.	Rashod Hill	Southern Mississippi	Vikings	T	$450K
10.	Rakeem Nunez-Roches	Southern Mississippi	Chiefs	DE	$339.7K
11.	Cordarro Law	Southern Mississippi	Rams	OLB	N/A

Tulane

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Forte	Tulane	Jets	RB	$3M
2.	Ryan Grant	Tulane	Redskins	WR	$653.4K
3.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Chiefs	K	$600.7K
4.	Orleans Darkwa	Tulane	Giants	RB	$600K
4.	Ryan Griffin	Tulane	Buccaneers	QB	$600K

Tulsa

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Charles Clay	Tulsa	Bills	TE	$6M
2.	Tyrunn Walker	Tulsa	Lions	DT	$1.3M
3.	Trey Watts	Tulsa	Rams	RB	N/A

UAB

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt McCants	UAB		RT	$1M
2.	Joe Webb	UAB	Panthers	QB	$860K
3.	Chris Hubbard	UAB	Steelers	G	$600K
4.	J.J. Nelson	UAB	Cardinals	WR	$577.5K

UCF

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon Marshall	UCF	Jets	WR	$9.5M
2.	Josh Sitton	UCF	Bears	G	$5.4M
3.	Matt Prater	UCF	Lions	K	$3.2M
4.	Kamar Aiken	UCF	Ravens	WR	$2.6M
5.	Josh Robinson	UCF	Buccaneers	CB	$2M
6.	Jah Reid	UCF	Chiefs	RT	$1.8M
7.	Kemal Ishmael	UCF	Falcons	SS	$1.7M
8.	A.J. Bouye	UCF	Texans	CB	$1.7M
9.	Latavius Murray	UCF		RB	$701.6K
10.	Leger Douzable	UCF	Bills	DT	$600K
11.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$525K

UTEP

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Antwon Blake	UTEP	Titans	CB	$1.5M
2.	Quintin Demps	UTEP	Texans	SS	$1.5M
3.	Roy Robertson-Harris	UTEP	Bears	DE	$450K
4.	Eric Tomlinson	UTEP	Jets	TE	$238.2K

Western Kentucky

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tyler Higbee	Western Kentucky	Rams	TE	$595.2K
2.	George Fant	Western Kentucky	Seahawks	T	$450K

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