2022 NFL Salaries by College

Updated by Dan on Sep 1, 2022

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.	SEC	21	$29.8M
2.	PAC-12	10	$26.4M
3.	ACC	13	$26.4M
4.	AAC	11	$22.4M
5.	Big 12	8	$18M
6.	Big Ten	13	$17.1M
7.	MWC	7	$13.3M
8.	Sun Belt	4	$10.8M
9.	FCS	6	$8.8M
10.	C-USA	3	$8.2M
11.	Independent	2	$1.9M

Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Texas	2	$9.7M
2.	Florida State	2	$7.7M
3.	Oklahoma	4	$6.3M
4.	Auburn	3	$6M
5.	New Mexico	2	$5.9M
6.	Rice	2	$5.8M
7.	Georgia Southern	2	$5.7M
8.	Penn State	3	$5.5M
9.	Georgia Tech	2	$4.9M
10.	Ohio State	3	$4.6M
11.	Memphis	2	$4.5M
12.	UCLA	1	$4.4M
13.	UCF	2	$4.3M
14.	Colorado	1	$4.3M
14.	Temple	1	$4.3M
16.	Georgia State	1	$4.1M
17.	South Carolina	1	$4M
18.	North Carolina State	2	$3.9M
19.	Marist	1	$3.9M
20.	Tulane	2	$3.9M
21.	Mississippi State	2	$3.8M
22.	Georgia	4	$3.6M
23.	Utah	2	$3.4M
24.	LSU	3	$3.3M
25.	Arizona State	2	$3.3M
26.	Texas A&M	2	$3.2M
27.	Stanford	1	$3M
28.	California	1	$3M
29.	Hawaii	1	$2.9M
30.	Missouri Western	1	$2.8M
31.	Florida	3	$2.6M
32.	Oregon State	1	$2.5M
33.	Arizona	1	$2.5M
34.	SMU	2	$2.5M
35.	Florida Atlantic	1	$2.4M
35.	Virginia Tech	1	$2.4M
37.	Rutgers	2	$2.2M
38.	Pittsburgh	2	$2.2M
39.	Iowa	2	$2M
40.	Baylor	2	$2M
41.	Miami	1	$2M
42.	Colorado State	2	$2M
43.	Notre Dame	2	$1.9M
44.	Cincinnati	1	$1.9M
45.	Michigan	2	$1.7M
46.	San Diego State	1	$1.3M
46.	Tennessee	1	$1.3M
46.	Utah State	1	$1.3M
49.	William & Mary	1	$1.2M
50.	Assumption College	1	$1.2M
51.	Clemson	1	$1.1M
51.	Missouri	1	$1.1M
53.	Duke	1	$1.1M
53.	Harvard	1	$1.1M
55.	Navy	1	$1.1M
56.	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1	$1.1M
57.	Michigan State	1	$1M
58.	Syracuse	1	$1M
59.	Old Dominion	1	$990K
60.	Alabama	1	$965K
61.	Azusa Pacific	1	$850K
62.	Duquesne	1	$825K
63.	Northern Colorado	1	$695K

AAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Broncos	K	$4.3M
2.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$3.9M
3.	Matt Prater	UCF	Cardinals	K	$3.3M
4.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Bears	K	$3M
5.	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati	Bengals	P	$1.9M
6.	Thomas Morstead	SMU	Dolphins	P	$1.3M
7.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.2M
8.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$1.1M
9.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$1.1M
10.	Ryan Wright	Tulane	Vikings	P	$855K
11.	Riley Patterson	Memphis	Jaguars	K	$660K

ACC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Giants	K	$4.7M
2.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$4.1M
3.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Rams	K	$3M
3.	A.J. Cole	North Carolina State	Raiders	P	$3M
5.	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	Commanders	K	$2.4M
6.	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	Packers	P	$2M
7.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Cardinals	P	$1.5M
8.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	Falcons	P	$1.1M
9.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.1M
10.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Rams	P	$1M
11.	Trenton Gill	North Carolina State	Bears	P	$934.3K
12.	Jack Coco	Georgia Tech	Packers	LS	$853.3K
13.	Cal Adomitis	Pittsburgh	Bengals	LS	$705K

Big 12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$6M
2.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$3.7M
3.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Commanders	P	$3.4M
4.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$1.4M
5.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$1.3M
6.	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	Packers	K	$853.3K
7.	Ross Matiscik	Baylor	Jaguars	LS	$762K
8.	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	Lions	K	$695.1K

Big Ten

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	49ers	K	$3.6M
2.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Texans	P	$2.7M
3.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	$1.3M
3.	Jake McQuaide	Ohio State	Cowboys	LS	$1.3M
5.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Giants	LS	$1.2M
6.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Ravens	P	$1.1M
7.	Taybor Pepper	Michigan State	49ers	LS	$1M
8.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$950K
9.	Camaron Cheeseman	Michigan	Commanders	LS	$902.7K
10.	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	Titans	K	$856.7K
11.	Quinn Nordin	Michigan	Patriots	K	$808.3K
12.	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	Saints	P	$762.2K
13.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$705K

C-USA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$5M
2.	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	Vikings	K	$2.4M
3.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$780K

FCS

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Seahawks	K	$3.9M
2.	Luke Rhodes	William & Mary	Colts	LS	$1.2M
3.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Seahawks	LS	$1.1M
4.	Jamie Gillan	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Giants	P	$1.1M
5.	Christian Kuntz	Duquesne	Steelers	LS	$825K
6.	Jacob Bobenmoyer	Northern Colorado	Broncos	LS	$695K

Independent

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.3M
2.	Scott Daly	Notre Dame	Lions	LS	$660K

MWC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	Dolphins	K	$4.4M
2.	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawaii	Colts	P	$2.9M
3.	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	Browns	P	$1.5M
4.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$1.3M
4.	Patrick Scales	Utah State	Bears	LS	$1.3M
6.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Raiders	LS	$1.1M
7.	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	Titans	P	$856.7K

PAC-12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$4.4M
2.	Mason Crosby	Colorado	Packers	K	$4.3M
3.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Patriots	P	$3M
4.	Bryan Anger	California	Cowboys	P	$3M
5.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	Panthers	P	$2.5M
5.	Matt Gay	Utah	Rams	K	$2.5M
7.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Patriots	K	$2.5M
8.	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	Panthers	K	$2.3M
9.	Matt Haack	Arizona State	Colts	P	$1M
10.	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	49ers	P	$821K

SEC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Raiders	K	$4.6M
2.	Ryan Succop	South Carolina	Buccaneers	K	$4M
3.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$3M
4.	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	Titans	K	$2.3M
5.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Rams	LS	$1.4M
6.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$1.3M
7.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Titans	LS	$1.3M
8.	Beau Brinkley	Missouri	Falcons	LS	$1.1M
9.	Cade York	LSU	Browns	K	$1.1M
10.	Jake Camarda	Georgia	Buccaneers	P	$1.1M
11.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$965K
12.	Evan McPherson	Florida	Bengals	K	$955.9K
13.	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	Panthers	K	$895K
14.	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia	Steelers	P	$890.2K
15.	Blake Ferguson	LSU	Dolphins	LS	$871.4K
16.	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	Jets	P	$868K
17.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$825K
18.	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	Colts	K	$768.3K
19.	Corliss Waitman	Mississippi State	Broncos	P	$764.7K
20.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Chiefs	P	$764.2K
21.	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	Eagles	P	N/A

Sun Belt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	Falcons	K	$4.9M
2.	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	Saints	K	$4.1M
3.	Rick Lovato	Old Dominion	Eagles	LS	$990K
4.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$869.8K

Alabama

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$965K

Arizona

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Patriots	K	$2.5M

Arizona State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	Panthers	K	$2.3M
2.	Matt Haack	Arizona State	Colts	P	$1M

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jamie Gillan	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Giants	P	$1.1M

Assumption College

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zach Triner	Assumption College	Buccaneers	LS	$1.2M

Auburn

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Raiders	K	$4.6M
2.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Rams	LS	$1.4M
3.	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	Eagles	P	N/A

Azusa Pacific

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matthew Orzech	Azusa Pacific	Rams	LS	$850K

Baylor

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$1.3M
2.	Ross Matiscik	Baylor	Jaguars	LS	$762K

California

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bryan Anger	California	Cowboys	P	$3M

Cincinnati

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati	Bengals	P	$1.9M

Clemson

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	Falcons	P	$1.1M

Colorado

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mason Crosby	Colorado	Packers	K	$4.3M

Colorado State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Raiders	LS	$1.1M
2.	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	Titans	P	$856.7K

Duke

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.1M

Duquesne

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Christian Kuntz	Duquesne	Steelers	LS	$825K

Florida

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Evan McPherson	Florida	Bengals	K	$955.9K
2.	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	Panthers	K	$895K
3.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Chiefs	P	$764.2K

Florida Atlantic

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	Vikings	K	$2.4M

Florida State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Giants	K	$4.7M
2.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Rams	K	$3M

Georgia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Camarda	Georgia	Buccaneers	P	$1.1M
2.	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia	Steelers	P	$890.2K
3.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$825K
4.	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	Colts	K	$768.3K

Georgia Southern

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	Falcons	K	$4.9M
2.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$869.8K

Georgia State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	Saints	K	$4.1M

Georgia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$4.1M
2.	Jack Coco	Georgia Tech	Packers	LS	$853.3K

Harvard

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Seahawks	LS	$1.1M

Hawaii

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawaii	Colts	P	$2.9M

Iowa

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Giants	LS	$1.2M
2.	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	Titans	K	$856.7K

LSU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$1.3M
2.	Cade York	LSU	Browns	K	$1.1M
3.	Blake Ferguson	LSU	Dolphins	LS	$871.4K

Marist

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Seahawks	K	$3.9M

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$3.9M
2.	Riley Patterson	Memphis	Jaguars	K	$660K

Miami

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	Packers	P	$2M

Michigan

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Camaron Cheeseman	Michigan	Commanders	LS	$902.7K
2.	Quinn Nordin	Michigan	Patriots	K	$808.3K

Michigan State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Taybor Pepper	Michigan State	49ers	LS	$1M

Mississippi State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$3M
2.	Corliss Waitman	Mississippi State	Broncos	P	$764.7K

Missouri

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

Missouri Western

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western	Jets	K	$2.8M

Navy

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$1.1M

New Mexico

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	Dolphins	K	$4.4M
2.	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	Browns	P	$1.5M

North Carolina State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	A.J. Cole	North Carolina State	Raiders	P	$3M
2.	Trenton Gill	North Carolina State	Bears	P	$934.3K

Northern Colorado

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jacob Bobenmoyer	Northern Colorado	Broncos	LS	$695K

Notre Dame

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.3M
2.	Scott Daly	Notre Dame	Lions	LS	$660K

Ohio State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Texans	P	$2.7M
2.	Jake McQuaide	Ohio State	Cowboys	LS	$1.3M
3.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$705K

Oklahoma

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Commanders	P	$3.4M
2.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$1.4M
3.	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	Packers	K	$853.3K
4.	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	Lions	K	$695.1K

Old Dominion

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rick Lovato	Old Dominion	Eagles	LS	$990K

Oregon State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	Panthers	P	$2.5M

Penn State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	49ers	K	$3.6M
2.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Ravens	P	$1.1M
3.	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	Saints	P	$762.2K

Pittsburgh

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Cardinals	P	$1.5M
2.	Cal Adomitis	Pittsburgh	Bengals	LS	$705K

Rice

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$5M
2.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$780K

Rutgers

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	$1.3M
2.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$950K

SMU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Thomas Morstead	SMU	Dolphins	P	$1.3M
2.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.2M

San Diego State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$1.3M

South Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Succop	South Carolina	Buccaneers	K	$4M

Stanford

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Patriots	P	$3M

Syracuse

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Rams	P	$1M

Temple

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Broncos	K	$4.3M

Tennessee

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Titans	LS	$1.3M

Texas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$6M
2.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$3.7M

Texas A&M

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	Titans	K	$2.3M
2.	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	Jets	P	$868K

Tulane

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Bears	K	$3M
2.	Ryan Wright	Tulane	Vikings	P	$855K

UCF

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Prater	UCF	Cardinals	K	$3.3M
2.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$1.1M

UCLA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$4.4M

Utah

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Gay	Utah	Rams	K	$2.5M
2.	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	49ers	P	$821K

Utah State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Patrick Scales	Utah State	Bears	LS	$1.3M

Virginia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	Commanders	K	$2.4M

William & Mary

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Luke Rhodes	William & Mary	Colts	LS	$1.2M

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