2023 NFL Salaries by College

Updated by Dan on Sep 1, 2023

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.	ACC	14	$27.2M
2.	Big 12	12	$25.6M
3.	AAC	11	$25.5M
4.	SEC	14	$23.7M
5.	PAC-12	8	$23M
6.	Big Ten	16	$17.1M
7.	Sun Belt	5	$17M
8.	MWC	7	$13.6M
9.	FCS	7	$12.9M
10.	Independent	4	$4.1M

Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Texas	3	$10.5M
2.	Georgia Southern	2	$10M
3.	Rice	2	$8.5M
4.	Florida State	2	$8.5M
5.	Utah	2	$8.4M
6.	Auburn	3	$7M
7.	New Mexico	2	$6.1M
8.	UCF	3	$6.1M
9.	Florida	3	$5.6M
10.	Marist	1	$5.3M
11.	Georgia Tech	2	$4.9M
12.	Oklahoma	2	$4.8M
13.	Memphis	2	$4.7M
14.	UCLA	1	$4.4M
15.	Notre Dame	4	$4.1M
16.	Georgia State	1	$4.1M
17.	North Carolina State	2	$3.9M
18.	Tulane	2	$3.9M
19.	Ohio State	2	$3.5M
20.	Michigan	3	$3.3M
21.	California	1	$3M
21.	Mississippi State	1	$3M
23.	Hawaii	1	$2.9M
24.	SMU	2	$2.9M
25.	Clemson	1	$2.9M
26.	Missouri Western	1	$2.6M
27.	Baylor	2	$2.6M
28.	Oregon State	1	$2.5M
29.	Arizona	1	$2.5M
29.	Syracuse	2	$2.5M
31.	LSU	2	$2.4M
32.	Michigan State	2	$2.3M
33.	Georgia	2	$2.3M
34.	Colorado State	2	$2.1M
35.	Alabama	1	$2M
35.	Appalachian State	1	$2M
35.	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1	$2M
35.	Florida Atlantic	1	$2M
35.	Temple	1	$2M
40.	Penn State	3	$2M
41.	William & Mary	1	$1.6M
42.	Navy	1	$1.6M
43.	Duke	1	$1.5M
44.	Rutgers	2	$1.3M
45.	Iowa	1	$1.3M
45.	Tennessee	1	$1.3M
45.	Utah State	1	$1.3M
48.	Northern Colorado	1	$1.3M
49.	Stanford	1	$1.2M
50.	Azusa Pacific	1	$1.2M
51.	Virginia Tech	1	$1.2M
52.	Assumption College	1	$1.2M
53.	San Diego State	1	$1.2M
54.	Maryland	1	$1.2M
55.	Illinois	1	$1.1M
56.	Harvard	1	$1.1M
56.	Nebraska	1	$1.1M
58.	Old Dominion	1	$990K
59.	Wingate University	1	$987K
60.	Duquesne	1	$940K
61.	Oklahoma State	1	$900.7K
62.	Miami	1	$900K
63.	Pittsburgh	2	$870K
64.	Arizona State	1	$853.3K
65.	Kansas State	1	$750K
65.	UC Davis	1	$750K

AAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$5M
2.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$3.9M
3.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$3.5M
4.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Bears	K	$3M
5.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Jaguars	K	$2M
5.	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	Vikings	K	$2M
7.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.6M
8.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$1.6M
9.	Thomas Morstead	SMU	Jets	P	$1.3M
10.	Ryan Wright	Tulane	Vikings	P	$855K
11.	Riley Patterson	Memphis	Lions	K	$823.3K

ACC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Giants	K	$5.5M
2.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$4.1M
3.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Browns	K	$3M
3.	A.J. Cole	North Carolina State	Raiders	P	$3M
5.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	Falcons	P	$2.9M
6.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Broncos	P	$1.8M
7.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.5M
8.	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	Commanders	K	$1.2M
9.	Trenton Gill	North Carolina State	Bears	P	$934.3K
10.	Lou Hedley	Miami	Saints	P	$900K
11.	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	Steelers	P	$890.2K
12.	Cal Adomitis	Pittsburgh	Bengals	LS	$870K
13.	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	Cardinals	P	$750K
14.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Cardinals	P	N/A

Big 12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$6M
2.	Matt Prater	UCF	Cardinals	K	$3.8M
3.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$3.7M
4.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Commanders	P	$3.4M
5.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$1.4M
6.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$1.4M
7.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$1.3M
8.	Ross Matiscik	Baylor	Jaguars	LS	$1.3M
9.	Matt Hembrough	Oklahoma State	Cardinals	LS	$900.7K
10.	Alex Ward	UCF	Rams	LS	$900K
11.	Cameron Dicker	Texas	Rams	P	$870K
12.	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	Texans	P	$750K

Big Ten

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Texans	P	$2.7M
2.	Jake Moody	Michigan	49ers	K	$1.4M
3.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$1.3M
4.	Taybor Pepper	Michigan State	49ers	LS	$1.3M
5.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Giants	LS	$1.3M
6.	Chad Ryland	Maryland	Patriots	K	$1.2M
7.	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	Buccaneers	K	$1.1M
8.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Ravens	P	$1.1M
9.	Brett Maher	Nebraska	Rams	K	$1.1M
10.	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	Patriots	P	$1M
11.	Brad Robbins	Michigan	Bengals	P	$993.3K
12.	Camaron Cheeseman	Michigan	Commanders	LS	$902.7K
13.	Chris Stoll	Penn State	Seahawks	LS	$900.5K
14.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$870K
15.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	N/A
15.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	49ers	K	N/A

FCS

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Seahawks	K	$5.3M
2.	Jamie Gillan	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Giants	P	$2M
3.	Luke Rhodes	William & Mary	Colts	LS	$1.6M
4.	Jacob Bobenmoyer	Northern Colorado	Raiders	LS	$1.3M
5.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Ravens	LS	$1.1M
6.	Christian Kuntz	Duquesne	Steelers	LS	$940K
7.	Daniel Whelan	UC Davis	Packers	P	$750K

Independent

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.3M
2.	Scott Daly	Notre Dame	Lions	LS	$940K
3.	Blake Grupe	Notre Dame	Saints	K	$899.2K
4.	Brandon Aubrey	Notre Dame	Cowboys	K	$898.3K

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	$1.7M
4.	Patrick Scales	Utah State	Bears	LS	$1.3M
5.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Cowboys	LS	$1.2M
6.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$1.2M
7.	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	Titans	P	$856.7K

PAC-12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Gay	Utah	Colts	K	$5.6M
2.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$4.4M
3.	Bryan Anger	California	Cowboys	P	$3M
4.	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	49ers	P	$2.8M
5.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	Panthers	P	$2.5M
6.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Titans	K	$2.5M
7.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Dolphins	P	$1.2M
8.	Mitchell Fraboni	Arizona State	Broncos	LS	$853.3K

SEC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Raiders	K	$4.6M
2.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$3M
3.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Chiefs	P	$2.6M
4.	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	Panthers	K	$2.1M
5.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$2M
6.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Rams	LS	$1.4M
7.	Blake Ferguson	LSU	Dolphins	LS	$1.4M
8.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Titans	LS	$1.3M
9.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$1.2M
10.	Jake Camarda	Georgia	Buccaneers	P	$1.1M
11.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$1.1M
12.	Anders Carlson	Auburn	Packers	K	$999.2K
13.	Evan McPherson	Florida	Bengals	K	$955.9K
14.	Beau Brinkley	Missouri	Falcons	LS	N/A

Sun Belt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$5.1M
2.	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	Falcons	K	$4.9M
3.	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	Broncos	K	$4.1M
4.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Bills	P	$2M
5.	Rick Lovato	Old Dominion	Eagles	LS	$990K

Alabama

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$2M

Appalachian State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Bills	P	$2M

Arizona

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

Arizona State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mitchell Fraboni	Arizona State	Broncos	LS	$853.3K

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jamie Gillan	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Giants	P	$2M

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.	Anders Carlson	Auburn	Packers	K	$999.2K

Azusa Pacific

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matthew Orzech	Azusa Pacific	Packers	LS	$1.2M

Baylor

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

California

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

Clemson

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	Falcons	P	$2.9M

Colorado State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Cowboys	LS	$1.2M
2.	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	Titans	P	$856.7K

Duke

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.5M

Duquesne

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Christian Kuntz	Duquesne	Steelers	LS	$940K

Florida

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Chiefs	P	$2.6M
2.	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	Panthers	K	$2.1M
3.	Evan McPherson	Florida	Bengals	K	$955.9K

Florida Atlantic

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	Vikings	K	$2M

Florida State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Giants	K	$5.5M
2.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Browns	K	$3M

Georgia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$1.2M
2.	Jake Camarda	Georgia	Buccaneers	P	$1.1M

Georgia Southern

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$5.1M
2.	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	Falcons	K	$4.9M

Georgia State

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

Georgia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$4.1M
2.	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	Steelers	P	$890.2K

Harvard

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

Hawaii

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

Illinois

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	Buccaneers	K	$1.1M

Iowa

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Giants	LS	$1.3M

Kansas State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	Texans	P	$750K

LSU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Blake Ferguson	LSU	Dolphins	LS	$1.4M
2.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$1.1M

Marist

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Seahawks	K	$5.3M

Maryland

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chad Ryland	Maryland	Patriots	K	$1.2M

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$3.9M
2.	Riley Patterson	Memphis	Lions	K	$823.3K

Miami

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Lou Hedley	Miami	Saints	P	$900K

Michigan

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Moody	Michigan	49ers	K	$1.4M
2.	Brad Robbins	Michigan	Bengals	P	$993.3K
3.	Camaron Cheeseman	Michigan	Commanders	LS	$902.7K

Michigan State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Taybor Pepper	Michigan State	49ers	LS	$1.3M
2.	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	Patriots	P	$1M

Mississippi State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$3M

Missouri

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
.	Beau Brinkley	Missouri	Falcons	LS	N/A

Missouri Western

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western	Jets	K	$2.6M

Navy

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$1.6M

Nebraska

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brett Maher	Nebraska	Rams	K	$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	$1.7M

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	Raiders	LS	$1.3M

Notre Dame

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.3M
2.	Scott Daly	Notre Dame	Lions	LS	$940K
3.	Blake Grupe	Notre Dame	Saints	K	$899.2K
4.	Brandon Aubrey	Notre Dame	Cowboys	K	$898.3K

Ohio State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Texans	P	$2.7M
2.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$870K

Oklahoma

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Commanders	P	$3.4M
2.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$1.4M

Oklahoma State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Hembrough	Oklahoma State	Cardinals	LS	$900.7K

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.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Ravens	P	$1.1M
2.	Chris Stoll	Penn State	Seahawks	LS	$900.5K
3.	Robbie Gould	Penn State	49ers	K	N/A

Pittsburgh

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cal Adomitis	Pittsburgh	Bengals	LS	$870K
2.	Andy Lee	Pittsburgh	Cardinals	P	N/A

Rice

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$5M
2.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$3.5M

Rutgers

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$1.3M
2.	Clark Harris	Rutgers	Bengals	LS	N/A

SMU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.6M
2.	Thomas Morstead	SMU	Jets	P	$1.3M

San Diego State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$1.2M

Stanford

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Dolphins	P	$1.2M

Syracuse

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Broncos	P	$1.8M
2.	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	Cardinals	P	$750K

Temple

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Jaguars	K	$2M

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
3.	Cameron Dicker	Texas	Rams	P	$870K

Tulane

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

UC Davis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Whelan	UC Davis	Packers	P	$750K

UCF

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Prater	UCF	Cardinals	K	$3.8M
2.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$1.4M
3.	Alex Ward	UCF	Rams	LS	$900K

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	Colts	K	$5.6M
2.	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	49ers	P	$2.8M

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	$1.2M

Western Washington

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
.	Matt Overton	Western Washington	Cowboys	LS	N/A

William & Mary

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Luke Rhodes	William & Mary	Colts	LS	$1.6M

Wingate University

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ethan Evans	Wingate University	Rams	P	$987K

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