NFL Special Team Salaries by College

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Top Conferences

	Conference	#	Salary
1.	Big 12	14	$25.7M
2.	ACC	15	$21.8M
3.	SEC	16	$17.5M
4.	C-USA	8	$12.4M
5.	PAC-12	9	$12.3M
6.	Big East	7	$11.6M
7.	FCS	9	$10.6M
8.	D-II	4	$8.6M
9.	Big Ten	6	$5.6M
10.	MAC	1	$2.7M
11.	WAC	3	$2.6M
12.	Sun Belt	2	$2.2M
13.	MWC	2	$1.8M
14.	Independent	2	$1.6M
15.	International	1	$1.6M
16.	NAIA	1	$932.5K
17.	D-III	1	$525K
18.	AAC	1	$450K

Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Florida State	5	$10.2M
2.	Tennessee	5	$7.8M
3.	Texas	2	$6.6M
4.	Fort Valley State University	1	$5.1M
5.	Baylor	3	$4.4M
6.	Memphis	1	$4.1M
7.	California	3	$4.1M
8.	Cincinnati	2	$3.9M
9.	Central Florida	2	$3.7M
10.	North Carolina State	1	$3.5M
11.	Texas A&M	4	$3.5M
12.	Arizona	1	$3.3M
13.	Miami	2	$3.3M
14.	Oklahoma State	1	$3.3M
15.	Colorado	2	$3.3M
16.	South Dakota State	1	$3.3M
17.	Nebraska	1	$3.1M
18.	Pittsburgh	1	$2.8M
19.	Toledo	1	$2.7M
19.	West Virginia	1	$2.7M
21.	LSU	2	$2.7M
22.	Oregon State	1	$2.6M
23.	Montana	1	$2.6M
24.	South Carolina	1	$2.5M
25.	Ohio State	2	$2.4M
26.	UCLA	4	$2.3M
27.	Wisconsin	1	$2.2M
28.	Maryland	2	$1.9M
29.	Louisiana Tech	1	$1.7M
30.	Regina	1	$1.6M
31.	Rutgers	2	$1.6M
32.	Carson-Newman College	1	$1.5M
33.	Oklahoma	2	$1.4M
34.	Auburn	2	$1.4M
35.	North Carolina	2	$1.3M
36.	Missouri Western	1	$1.3M
37.	Appalachian State	1	$1.2M
38.	Brigham Young	1	$1.2M
39.	Clemson	2	$1.2M
40.	Brown	1	$1.1M
41.	Texas-El Paso	1	$1.1M
42.	Missouri	1	$1.1M
43.	Notre Dame	1	$1M
44.	New Mexico State	1	$970K
45.	Baker	1	$932.5K
46.	Western Washington	1	$800K
47.	Alabama	1	$675K
47.	Florida	1	$675K
49.	Houston	2	$661.8K
50.	Tulane	1	$600.7K
51.	Arkansas	1	$600K
51.	Temple	1	$600K
51.	UC Davis	1	$600K
54.	Navy	1	$587.5K
55.	San Diego State	1	$555.9K
56.	Eastern Kentucky	1	$525K
56.	Marist	1	$525K
56.	Rice	1	$525K
56.	RPI	1	$525K
56.	Utah State	1	$525K
61.	Syracuse	1	$470K
62.	Sam Houston State	1	$468.9K
63.	Georgia State	1	$450K
63.	Iowa	1	$450K
65.	Penn State	1	$388.2K
66.	Fordham	1	$368.8K
67.	Georgia	1	$277.9K
68.	Old Dominion	1	$185.3K
69.	Michigan	1	$158.8K

AAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nolan Frese	Houston	Seahawks	LS	$450K

ACC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sebastian Janikowski	Florida State		K	$4M
2.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Panthers	K	$3.9M
3.	Steven Hauschka	North Carolina State	Seahawks	K	$3.5M
4.	Matt Bosher	Miami	Falcons	P	$2.7M
5.	Jon Condo	Maryland		LS	$1.2M
6.	Garrison Sanborn	Florida State	Bills	LS	$1.1M
7.	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	Buccaneers	K	$736.8K
8.	Nick Novak	Maryland	Texans	K	$680K
8.	Greg Warren	North Carolina	Steelers	LS	$680K
10.	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	Bears	P	$626.3K
11.	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	Cardinals	K	$600.5K
12.	Connor Barth	North Carolina	Bears	K	$600K
12.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Redskins	K	$600K
14.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	49ers	P	$573.6K
15.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Broncos	P	$470K

Big 12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$3.5M
2.	Dan Bailey	Oklahoma State	Cowboys	K	$3.3M
3.	Matt Bryant	Baylor	Falcons	K	$3.2M
4.	Phil Dawson	Texas	49ers	K	$3.1M
5.	Sam Koch	Nebraska	Ravens	P	$3.1M
6.	Mason Crosby	Colorado	Packers	K	$2.4M
7.	Shane Lechler	Texas A&M	Texans	P	$1.8M
8.	Beau Brinkley	Missouri	Titans	LS	$1.1M
9.	Justin Drescher	Colorado	Saints	LS	$890K
10.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$875K
11.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Redskins	P	$850K
12.	Don Muhlbach	Texas A&M	Lions	LS	$680K
13.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$525K
14.	Jimmy Landes	Baylor	Lions	LS	$358.1K

Big East

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati	Bengals	P	$3M
2.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Panthers	P	$2.8M
3.	Pat McAfee	West Virginia	Colts	P	$2.7M
4.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	$950K
5.	Mike Windt	Cincinnati	Chargers	LS	$897.5K
6.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Broncos	K	$600K
6.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Buccaneers	LS	$600K

Big Ten

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	Jaguars	P	$2.2M
2.	Mike Nugent	Ohio State	Bengals	K	$1.6M
3.	Jake McQuaide	Ohio State	Rams	LS	$875K
4.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Broncos	LS	$450K
5.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	Giants	K	$388.2K
6.	Matt Wile	Michigan	Falcons	P	$158.8K

C-USA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Stephen Gostkowski	Memphis	Patriots	K	$4.1M
2.	Matt Prater	Central Florida	Lions	K	$3.2M
3.	Thomas Morstead		Saints	P	$3.1M
4.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Chiefs	K	$600.7K
5.	Charley Hughlett	Central Florida	Browns	LS	$525K
5.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$525K
7.	Thomas Gafford	Houston	Broncos	LS	$211.8K
8.	Rick Lovato	Old Dominion	Redskins	LS	$185.3K

D-II

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Marquette King	Fort Valley State University		P	$5.1M
2.	Chris Jones	Carson-Newman College	Cowboys	P	$1.5M
3.	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western	Rams	K	$1.3M
4.	Matt Overton	Western Washington	Colts	LS	$800K

D-III

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

FCS

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Adam Vinatieri	South Dakota State	Colts	K	$3.3M
2.	Dan Carpenter	Montana	Bills	K	$2.6M
3.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Lions	P	$1.2M
4.	Zak DeOssie	Brown	Giants	LS	$1.1M
5.	Colton Schmidt	UC Davis	Bills	P	$600K
6.	Jason Myers	Marist	Jaguars	K	$525K
6.	Jordan Berry	Eastern Kentucky	Steelers	P	$525K
8.	Lac Edwards	Sam Houston State	Jets	P	$468.9K
9.	Patrick Murray	Fordham	Browns	K	$368.8K

Independent

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1M
2.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$587.5K

International

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jon Ryan	Regina	Seahawks	P	$1.6M

MAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brett Kern	Toledo	Titans	P	$2.7M

MWC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	John Denney	Brigham Young	Dolphins	LS	$1.2M
2.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$555.9K

NAIA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tanner Purdum	Baker	Jets	LS	$932.5K

PAC-12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Jets	K	$3.3M
2.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	Rams	P	$2.6M
3.	Bryan Anger	California	Buccaneers	P	$1.8M
4.	L.P. Ladouceur	California	Cowboys	LS	$1.2M
5.	Nick Sundberg	California	Redskins	LS	$1.2M
6.	Kevin McDermott	UCLA	Vikings	LS	$775K
7.	Jeff Locke	UCLA	Vikings	P	$721K
8.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$450K
9.	Kai Forbath	UCLA	Vikings	K	$312.9K

SEC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Dustin Colquitt	Tennessee	Chiefs	P	$4.5M
2.	Ryan Succop	South Carolina	Titans	K	$2.5M
3.	Donnie Jones	LSU	Eagles	P	$2.1M
4.	Britton Colquitt	Tennessee	Browns	P	$1.7M
5.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Ravens	LS	$940K
6.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Falcons	LS	$860K
7.	Carson Tinker	Alabama	Jaguars	LS	$675K
7.	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	Eagles	K	$675K
9.	Brett Goode	Arkansas	Packers	LS	$600K
9.	Brad Wing	LSU	Giants	P	$600K
11.	Josh Lambo	Texas A&M	Chargers	K	$526.7K
12.	Matt Darr	Tennessee	Dolphins	P	$525.3K
13.	Cody Parkey	Auburn	Browns	K	$494.1K
14.	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	Chargers	P	$488.5K
15.	Drew Butler	Georgia	Cardinals	P	$277.9K
16.	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	Panthers	K	$185.3K

Sun Belt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	Patriots	P	$1.7M
2.	Will Lutz	Georgia State	Saints	K	$450K

WAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jon Dorenbos	Texas-El Paso	Eagles	LS	$1.1M
2.	Kyle Nelson	New Mexico State	49ers	LS	$970K
3.	Patrick Scales	Utah State	Bears	LS	$525K

Alabama

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Carson Tinker	Alabama	Jaguars	LS	$675K

Appalachian State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Lions	P	$1.2M

Arizona

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Jets	K	$3.3M

Arkansas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brett Goode	Arkansas	Packers	LS	$600K

Auburn

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Falcons	LS	$860K
2.	Cody Parkey	Auburn	Browns	K	$494.1K

Baker

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tanner Purdum	Baker	Jets	LS	$932.5K

Baylor

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Bryant	Baylor	Falcons	K	$3.2M
2.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$875K
3.	Jimmy Landes	Baylor	Lions	LS	$358.1K

Brigham Young

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

Brown

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zak DeOssie	Brown	Giants	LS	$1.1M

California

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bryan Anger	California	Buccaneers	P	$1.8M
2.	L.P. Ladouceur	California	Cowboys	LS	$1.2M
3.	Nick Sundberg	California	Redskins	LS	$1.2M

Carson-Newman College

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Jones	Carson-Newman College	Cowboys	P	$1.5M

Central Florida

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Prater	Central Florida	Lions	K	$3.2M
2.	Charley Hughlett	Central Florida	Browns	LS	$525K

Cincinnati

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati	Bengals	P	$3M
2.	Mike Windt	Cincinnati	Chargers	LS	$897.5K

Clemson

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	Cardinals	K	$600.5K
2.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	49ers	P	$573.6K

Colorado

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mason Crosby	Colorado	Packers	K	$2.4M
2.	Justin Drescher	Colorado	Saints	LS	$890K

Eastern Kentucky

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

Florida

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	Eagles	K	$675K

Florida State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sebastian Janikowski	Florida State		K	$4M
2.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Panthers	K	$3.9M
3.	Garrison Sanborn	Florida State	Bills	LS	$1.1M
4.	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	Buccaneers	K	$736.8K
5.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Redskins	K	$600K

Fordham

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Patrick Murray	Fordham	Browns	K	$368.8K

Fort Valley State University

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Marquette King	Fort Valley State University		P	$5.1M

Georgia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Drew Butler	Georgia	Cardinals	P	$277.9K

Georgia State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Will Lutz	Georgia State	Saints	K	$450K

Houston

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nolan Frese	Houston	Seahawks	LS	$450K
2.	Thomas Gafford	Houston	Broncos	LS	$211.8K

Iowa

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Broncos	LS	$450K

LSU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Donnie Jones	LSU	Eagles	P	$2.1M
2.	Brad Wing	LSU	Giants	P	$600K

Louisiana Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	Patriots	P	$1.7M

Marist

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

Maryland

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jon Condo	Maryland		LS	$1.2M
2.	Nick Novak	Maryland	Texans	K	$680K

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Stephen Gostkowski	Memphis	Patriots	K	$4.1M

Miami

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Bosher	Miami	Falcons	P	$2.7M
2.	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	Bears	P	$626.3K

Michigan

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Wile	Michigan	Falcons	P	$158.8K

Missouri

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Beau Brinkley	Missouri	Titans	LS	$1.1M

Missouri Western

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western	Rams	K	$1.3M

Montana

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Dan Carpenter	Montana	Bills	K	$2.6M

Navy

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$587.5K

Nebraska

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Koch	Nebraska	Ravens	P	$3.1M

New Mexico State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kyle Nelson	New Mexico State	49ers	LS	$970K

North Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Warren	North Carolina	Steelers	LS	$680K
2.	Connor Barth	North Carolina	Bears	K	$600K

North Carolina State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Steven Hauschka	North Carolina State	Seahawks	K	$3.5M

Notre Dame

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1M

Ohio State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mike Nugent	Ohio State	Bengals	K	$1.6M
2.	Jake McQuaide	Ohio State	Rams	LS	$875K

Oklahoma

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Redskins	P	$850K
2.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$525K

Oklahoma State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Dan Bailey	Oklahoma State	Cowboys	K	$3.3M

Old Dominion

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rick Lovato	Old Dominion	Redskins	LS	$185.3K

Oregon State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	Rams	P	$2.6M

Penn State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	Giants	K	$388.2K

Pittsburgh

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Panthers	P	$2.8M

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	$1.6M

Rice

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$525K

Rutgers

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	$950K
2.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Buccaneers	LS	$600K

Sam Houston State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Lac Edwards	Sam Houston State	Jets	P	$468.9K

San Diego State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$555.9K

South Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Succop	South Carolina	Titans	K	$2.5M

South Dakota State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Adam Vinatieri	South Dakota State	Colts	K	$3.3M

Syracuse

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Broncos	P	$470K

Temple

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Broncos	K	$600K

Tennessee

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Dustin Colquitt	Tennessee	Chiefs	P	$4.5M
2.	Britton Colquitt	Tennessee	Browns	P	$1.7M
3.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Ravens	LS	$940K
4.	Matt Darr	Tennessee	Dolphins	P	$525.3K
5.	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	Panthers	K	$185.3K

Texas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$3.5M
2.	Phil Dawson	Texas	49ers	K	$3.1M

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	$680K
3.	Josh Lambo	Texas A&M	Chargers	K	$526.7K
4.	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	Chargers	P	$488.5K

Texas-El Paso

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jon Dorenbos	Texas-El Paso	Eagles	LS	$1.1M

Toledo

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brett Kern	Toledo	Titans	P	$2.7M

Tulane

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Chiefs	K	$600.7K

UC Davis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Colton Schmidt	UC Davis	Bills	P	$600K

UCLA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kevin McDermott	UCLA	Vikings	LS	$775K
2.	Jeff Locke	UCLA	Vikings	P	$721K
3.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$450K
4.	Kai Forbath	UCLA	Vikings	K	$312.9K

Utah State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Patrick Scales	Utah State	Bears	LS	$525K

West Virginia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Pat McAfee	West Virginia	Colts	P	$2.7M

Western Washington

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Overton	Western Washington	Colts	LS	$800K

Wisconsin

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	Jaguars	P	$2.2M

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