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	15	$26.4M
2.	SEC	21	$21.7M
3.	ACC	13	$19.8M
4.	C-USA	8	$15.5M
5.	FCS	11	$12.4M
6.	Big East	6	$12M
7.	PAC-12	9	$10.1M
8.	D-II	3	$6.9M
9.	Big Ten	8	$6.4M
10.	MWC	6	$3.8M
11.	MAC	1	$3.5M
12.	Sun Belt	2	$2.6M
13.	Independent	2	$1.9M
14.	WAC	2	$1.8M
15.	AAC	1	$555K
15.	NAIA	1	$555K

Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Texas	3	$9.1M
2.	Florida State	4	$7.1M
3.	Tennessee	5	$6.5M
4.	Memphis	2	$5.6M
5.	Auburn	3	$5.3M
6.	Colorado	1	$5.3M
7.	California	3	$4.8M
8.	Miami	3	$4.2M
9.	Nebraska	2	$4M
10.	Central Florida	2	$3.9M
11.	Clemson	2	$3.8M
12.	South Dakota State	1	$3.6M
13.	Missouri Western	1	$3.6M
14.	Temple	1	$3.5M
14.	Toledo	1	$3.5M
16.	Cincinnati	2	$3.4M
17.	Baylor	3	$3.1M
18.	North Carolina State	1	$3M
19.	South Carolina	1	$3M
20.	Appalachian State	1	$2.9M
21.	Rice	1	$2.9M
22.	Texas A&M	5	$2.9M
23.	Oregon State	1	$2.7M
24.	Florida	3	$2.7M
25.	Pittsburgh	1	$2.6M
26.	Oklahoma	2	$2.6M
27.	Rutgers	2	$2.5M
28.	Ohio State	3	$2.5M
29.	Penn State	1	$2.3M
30.	Louisiana Tech	1	$2M
31.	Eastern Kentucky	1	$1.9M
32.	Carson-Newman College	1	$1.7M
33.	Fort Valley State University	1	$1.7M
34.	San Diego State	2	$1.5M
35.	UCLA	3	$1.5M
36.	Alabama	2	$1.4M
37.	Missouri	1	$1.3M
38.	New Mexico State	1	$1.2M
39.	Arizona State	2	$1.1M
40.	Notre Dame	1	$1.1M
41.	Brown	1	$1M
42.	Mississippi State	2	$997.2K
43.	New Mexico	2	$982.8K
44.	Navy	1	$860K
45.	Brigham Young	1	$720K
46.	Marist	1	$705K
47.	Sam Houston State	1	$648.9K
48.	Georgia State	1	$630K
48.	Harvard	1	$630K
48.	Iowa	1	$630K
48.	Old Dominion	1	$630K
48.	Portland State	1	$630K
48.	Syracuse	1	$630K
48.	Utah State	1	$630K
55.	Hawaii	1	$559K
56.	Duke	1	$555K
56.	Georgia Tech	1	$555K
56.	LSU	3	$555K
56.	Michigan	1	$555K
56.	Southern Oregon	1	$555K
61.	Samford	1	$363.7K
62.	Marshall	1	$363K

AAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$555K

ACC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Panthers	K	$3.4M
2.	Steven Hauschka	North Carolina State	Bills	K	$3M
2.	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	Buccaneers	K	$3M
4.	Matt Bosher	Miami	Falcons	P	$2.7M
5.	Sebastian Janikowski	Florida State	Seahawks	K	$1.6M
6.	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	Bears	P	$1.5M
7.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Redskins	K	$1.4M
8.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	49ers	P	$753.6K
9.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Giants	P	$630K
9.	Garrison Sanborn	Florida State	Buccaneers	LS	$630K
11.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$555K
11.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$555K
13.	Michael Badgley	Miami	Colts	K	N/A

Big 12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mason Crosby	Colorado	Packers	K	$5.3M
2.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$5M
3.	Sam Koch	Nebraska	Ravens	P	$3.6M
4.	Phil Dawson	Texas	Cardinals	K	$3.5M
5.	Matt Bryant	Baylor	Falcons	K	$2.2M
6.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Redskins	P	$1.8M
7.	Beau Brinkley	Missouri	Titans	LS	$1.3M
8.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$965K
9.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$830K
10.	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	Bengals	K	$790K
11.	Don Muhlbach	Texas A&M	Lions	LS	$720K
12.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$552.5K
13.	Dan Bailey	Oklahoma State	Cowboys	K	N/A
13.	Jimmy Landes	Baylor	Lions	LS	N/A
13.	Shane Lechler	Texas A&M	Texans	P	N/A

Big East

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Broncos	K	$3.5M
2.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Cardinals	P	$2.6M
3.	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati	Bengals	P	$2.3M
4.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers		LS	$1.4M
5.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	$1.1M
5.	Mike Windt	Cincinnati	Rams	LS	$1.1M

Big Ten

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	49ers	K	$2.3M
2.	Jake McQuaide	Ohio State	Rams	LS	$1.4M
3.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Broncos	LS	$630K
3.	Mike Nugent	Ohio State		K	$630K
5.	Matt Wile	Michigan	Vikings	P	$555K
6.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Eagles	P	$487.5K
7.	Brett Maher	Nebraska	Cowboys	K	$480K
8.	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	Jaguars	P	N/A

C-USA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Stephen Gostkowski	Memphis	Patriots	K	$5M
2.	Matt Prater	Central Florida	Lions	K	$3.2M
3.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$2.9M
4.	Thomas Morstead		Saints	P	$2.7M
5.	Charley Hughlett	Central Florida	Browns	LS	$705K
6.	Rick Lovato	Old Dominion	Eagles	LS	$630K
7.	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	Ravens	K	$363K
8.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Jets	K	N/A

D-II

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western	Rams	K	$3.6M
2.	Chris Jones	Carson-Newman College	Cowboys	P	$1.7M
3.	Marquette King	Fort Valley State University	Broncos	P	$1.7M

FCS

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Adam Vinatieri	South Dakota State	Colts	K	$3.6M
2.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Lions	P	$2.9M
3.	Jordan Berry	Eastern Kentucky	Steelers	P	$1.9M
4.	Zak DeOssie	Brown	Giants	LS	$1M
5.	Jason Myers	Marist	Jets	K	$705K
6.	Lac Edwards	Sam Houston State	Jets	P	$648.9K
7.	Kameron Canaday	Portland State	Steelers	LS	$630K
7.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Seahawks	LS	$630K
9.	Austin Barnard	Samford	Titans	P	$363.7K
10.	Colton Schmidt	UC Davis	Bills	P	N/A
10.	Cory Carter	Texas Southern	Bills	P	N/A

Independent

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.1M
2.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$860K

International

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
.	Jon Ryan	Regina	Bills	P	N/A

MAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brett Kern	Toledo	Titans	P	$3.5M

MWC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$883.8K
2.	John Denney	Brigham Young	Dolphins	LS	$720K
3.	Jeff Overbaugh	San Diego State	Falcons	LS	$630K
4.	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawaii	Colts	P	$559K
5.	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	Dolphins	K	$502.8K
6.	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	Bills	P	$480K

NAIA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aldrick Rosas	Southern Oregon	Giants	K	$555K

PAC-12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bryan Anger	California	Buccaneers	P	$3M
2.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	Rams	P	$2.7M
3.	Nick Sundberg	California	Redskins	LS	$1.1M
4.	Kevin McDermott	UCLA	Vikings	LS	$925K
5.	L.P. Ladouceur	California	Cowboys	LS	$720K
6.	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	Browns	K	$577.3K
7.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$557.5K
8.	Matt Haack	Arizona State	Dolphins	P	$556.3K
9.	Kai Forbath	UCLA	Vikings	K	N/A

SEC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cody Parkey	Auburn	Bears	K	$3.8M
2.	Ryan Succop	South Carolina	Titans	K	$3M
3.	Britton Colquitt	Tennessee	Browns	P	$2.6M
4.	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	Rams	K	$1.8M
5.	Dustin Colquitt	Tennessee	Chiefs	P	$1.7M
6.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Ravens	LS	$1.1M
7.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Falcons	LS	$905K
8.	Carson Tinker	Alabama	Jaguars	LS	$825K
9.	Josh Lambo	Texas A&M	Jaguars	K	$705K
10.	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	Rams	P	$668.5K
11.	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	Panthers	K	$630K
12.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$555K
13.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Vikings	K	$542K
14.	JK Scott	Alabama	Packers	P	$534.4K
14.	Johnny Townsend	Florida		P	$534.4K
16.	Hunter Bradley	Mississippi State	Packers	LS	$499.3K
17.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$497.9K
18.	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	Texans	P	$480.7K
19.	Eddy Piniero	Florida		K	$371.3K
20.	Brad Wing	LSU	Giants	P	N/A
20.	Donnie Jones	LSU	Eagles	P	N/A

Sun Belt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	Patriots	P	$2M
2.	Will Lutz	Georgia State	Saints	K	$630K

WAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kyle Nelson	New Mexico State	49ers	LS	$1.2M
2.	Patrick Scales	Utah State	Bears	LS	$630K

Alabama

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Carson Tinker	Alabama	Jaguars	LS	$825K
2.	JK Scott	Alabama	Packers	P	$534.4K

Appalachian State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Lions	P	$2.9M

Arizona State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	Browns	K	$577.3K
2.	Matt Haack	Arizona State	Dolphins	P	$556.3K

Auburn

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cody Parkey	Auburn	Bears	K	$3.8M
2.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Falcons	LS	$905K
3.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Vikings	K	$542K

Baylor

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Bryant	Baylor	Falcons	K	$2.2M
2.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$965K
3.	Jimmy Landes	Baylor	Lions	LS	N/A

Brigham Young

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	John Denney	Brigham Young	Dolphins	LS	$720K

Brown

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

California

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bryan Anger	California	Buccaneers	P	$3M
2.	Nick Sundberg	California	Redskins	LS	$1.1M
3.	L.P. Ladouceur	California	Cowboys	LS	$720K

Carson-Newman College

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Jones	Carson-Newman College	Cowboys	P	$1.7M

Central Florida

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Prater	Central Florida	Lions	K	$3.2M
2.	Charley Hughlett	Central Florida	Browns	LS	$705K

Cincinnati

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati	Bengals	P	$2.3M
2.	Mike Windt	Cincinnati	Rams	LS	$1.1M

Clemson

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	Buccaneers	K	$3M
2.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	49ers	P	$753.6K

Colorado

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mason Crosby	Colorado	Packers	K	$5.3M

Duke

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$555K

Eastern Kentucky

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jordan Berry	Eastern Kentucky	Steelers	P	$1.9M

Florida

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	Rams	K	$1.8M
2.	Johnny Townsend	Florida		P	$534.4K
3.	Eddy Piniero	Florida		K	$371.3K

Florida State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Panthers	K	$3.4M
2.	Sebastian Janikowski	Florida State	Seahawks	K	$1.6M
3.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Redskins	K	$1.4M
4.	Garrison Sanborn	Florida State	Buccaneers	LS	$630K

Fort Valley State University

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Marquette King	Fort Valley State University	Broncos	P	$1.7M

Georgia State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Will Lutz	Georgia State	Saints	K	$630K

Georgia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$555K

Harvard

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Seahawks	LS	$630K

Hawaii

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawaii	Colts	P	$559K

Iowa

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Broncos	LS	$630K

LSU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$555K
2.	Brad Wing	LSU	Giants	P	N/A
2.	Donnie Jones	LSU	Eagles	P	N/A

Louisiana Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	Patriots	P	$2M

Marist

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Jets	K	$705K

Marshall

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	Ravens	K	$363K

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Stephen Gostkowski	Memphis	Patriots	K	$5M
2.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$555K

Miami

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Bosher	Miami	Falcons	P	$2.7M
2.	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	Bears	P	$1.5M
3.	Michael Badgley	Miami	Colts	K	N/A

Michigan

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Wile	Michigan	Vikings	P	$555K

Mississippi State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Hunter Bradley	Mississippi State	Packers	LS	$499.3K
2.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$497.9K

Missouri

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Beau Brinkley	Missouri	Titans	LS	$1.3M

Missouri Western

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western	Rams	K	$3.6M

Navy

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$860K

Nebraska

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Koch	Nebraska	Ravens	P	$3.6M
2.	Brett Maher	Nebraska	Cowboys	K	$480K

New Mexico

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	Dolphins	K	$502.8K
2.	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	Bills	P	$480K

New Mexico State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kyle Nelson	New Mexico State	49ers	LS	$1.2M

North Carolina State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Steven Hauschka	North Carolina State	Bills	K	$3M

Notre Dame

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.1M

Ohio State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake McQuaide	Ohio State	Rams	LS	$1.4M
2.	Mike Nugent	Ohio State		K	$630K
3.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Eagles	P	$487.5K

Oklahoma

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Redskins	P	$1.8M
2.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$830K

Oklahoma State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
.	Dan Bailey	Oklahoma State	Cowboys	K	N/A

Old Dominion

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rick Lovato	Old Dominion	Eagles	LS	$630K

Oregon State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	Rams	P	$2.7M

Penn State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	49ers	K	$2.3M

Pittsburgh

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Cardinals	P	$2.6M

Portland State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kameron Canaday	Portland State	Steelers	LS	$630K

Regina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
.	Jon Ryan	Regina	Bills	P	N/A

Rice

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$2.9M

Rutgers

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers		LS	$1.4M
2.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	$1.1M

Sam Houston State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Lac Edwards	Sam Houston State	Jets	P	$648.9K

Samford

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Austin Barnard	Samford	Titans	P	$363.7K

San Diego State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$883.8K
2.	Jeff Overbaugh	San Diego State	Falcons	LS	$630K

South Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Succop	South Carolina	Titans	K	$3M

South Dakota State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Adam Vinatieri	South Dakota State	Colts	K	$3.6M

Southern Oregon

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aldrick Rosas	Southern Oregon	Giants	K	$555K

Syracuse

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Giants	P	$630K

Temple

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Broncos	K	$3.5M

Tennessee

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Britton Colquitt	Tennessee	Browns	P	$2.6M
2.	Dustin Colquitt	Tennessee	Chiefs	P	$1.7M
3.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Ravens	LS	$1.1M
4.	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	Panthers	K	$630K
5.	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	Texans	P	$480.7K

Texas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$5M
2.	Phil Dawson	Texas	Cardinals	K	$3.5M
3.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$552.5K

Texas A&M

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	Bengals	K	$790K
2.	Don Muhlbach	Texas A&M	Lions	LS	$720K
3.	Josh Lambo	Texas A&M	Jaguars	K	$705K
4.	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	Rams	P	$668.5K
5.	Shane Lechler	Texas A&M	Texans	P	N/A

Texas Southern

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
.	Cory Carter	Texas Southern	Bills	P	N/A

Toledo

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brett Kern	Toledo	Titans	P	$3.5M

Tulane

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Jets	K	N/A

UC Davis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
.	Colton Schmidt	UC Davis	Bills	P	N/A

UCLA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kevin McDermott	UCLA	Vikings	LS	$925K
2.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$557.5K
3.	Kai Forbath	UCLA	Vikings	K	N/A

Utah State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Patrick Scales	Utah State	Bears	LS	$630K

Wisconsin

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
.	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	Jaguars	P	N/A

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