2024 NFL Salaries by College

Updated by Dan on Sep 1, 2024

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	23	$44.6M
2.	ACC	16	$36.6M
3.	Big 12	10	$23.8M
4.	Big Ten	13	$23.1M
5.	AAC	6	$20.1M
6.	Sun Belt	5	$15.6M
7.	FCS	8	$14.8M
8.	MWC	7	$12.7M
9.	Independent	3	$3M
10.	PAC-12	1	$2.7M

Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Florida State	2	$9.8M
2.	Georgia Southern	2	$9.7M
3.	Texas	3	$9.5M
4.	Utah	2	$8.7M
5.	Rice	2	$8.7M
6.	Florida	3	$7.2M
7.	UCF	3	$7M
8.	Auburn	2	$6.1M
9.	New Mexico	2	$6.1M
10.	Marist	1	$5.5M
11.	Tulane	2	$5.2M
12.	Illinois	1	$5M
13.	Oklahoma	2	$4.9M
14.	Memphis	1	$4.6M
15.	UCLA	1	$4.4M
16.	North Carolina State	2	$4.3M
17.	California	1	$3.8M
18.	Arizona	1	$3.8M
19.	Penn State	3	$3.7M
20.	SMU	2	$3.5M
21.	Georgia Tech	1	$3.4M
22.	Alabama	2	$3.3M
23.	LSU	3	$3.3M
24.	Ohio State	2	$3.1M
25.	Clemson	1	$3M
26.	Notre Dame	3	$3M
27.	Georgia State	1	$2.9M
28.	Oregon State	1	$2.7M
29.	Georgia	2	$2.6M
30.	Mississippi State	1	$2.6M
31.	Stanford	2	$2.5M
32.	Hawaii	1	$2.5M
33.	Baylor	2	$2.4M
34.	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1	$2.4M
35.	Michigan State	2	$2.3M
36.	Duke	2	$2.2M
37.	Colorado State	2	$2.1M
38.	Iowa	2	$2.1M
39.	Appalachian State	1	$2.1M
40.	Syracuse	1	$2M
41.	San Diego State	2	$1.9M
42.	Missouri Western	1	$1.9M
43.	Arkansas	2	$1.7M
44.	Navy	1	$1.6M
45.	William & Mary	1	$1.4M
46.	Harvard	1	$1.4M
47.	Rutgers	1	$1.3M
48.	Texas A&M	1	$1.3M
49.	Michigan	1	$1.2M
50.	Duquesne	1	$1.2M
51.	Tennessee	1	$1.2M
52.	Virginia Tech	1	$1.1M
53.	Azusa Pacific	1	$1.1M
53.	Northern Colorado	1	$1.1M
55.	Old Dominion	1	$1M
56.	Arizona State	1	$985K
56.	Pittsburgh	1	$985K
58.	Wingate University	1	$942K
59.	UC Davis	1	$915K
60.	Vanderbilt	1	$798.3K
61.	Idaho	1	$795.3K
62.	BYU	1	$795K

AAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$4.7M
2.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$4.6M
3.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Bears	K	$4.3M
4.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$4M
5.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Patriots	LS	$1.6M
6.	Ryan Wright	Tulane	Vikings	P	$986.7K

ACC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Giants	K	$7.2M
2.	Bryan Anger	California	Cowboys	P	$3.8M
3.	A.J. Cole	North Carolina State	Raiders	P	$3.5M
4.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$3.4M
5.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	Falcons	P	$3M
6.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Browns	K	$2.6M
7.	Thomas Morstead	SMU	Jets	P	$2.1M
8.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Broncos	P	$2M
9.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Dolphins	P	$1.7M
10.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.4M
11.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.4M
12.	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	Patriots	K	$1.1M
13.	Cal Adomitis	Pittsburgh	Bengals	LS	$985K
14.	Joshua Karty	Stanford	Rams	K	$829.6K
15.	Brayden Narveson	North Carolina State	Packers	K	$795K
15.	Evan Deckers	Duke	Buccaneers	LS	$795K

Big 12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Gay	Utah	Colts	K	$5.9M
2.	Matt Prater	UCF	Cardinals	K	$4.8M
3.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Titans	K	$3.8M
4.	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	49ers	P	$2.8M
5.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$1.4M
6.	Ross Matiscik	Baylor	Jaguars	LS	$1.3M
7.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$1.2M
8.	Mitchell Fraboni	Arizona State	Broncos	LS	$985K
9.	Alex Ward	UCF	Rams	LS	$916.7K
10.	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	Bengals	P	$795K

Big Ten

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	Buccaneers	K	$5M
2.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$4.4M
3.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Steelers	P	$2.1M
4.	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	Cardinals	P	$1.6M
5.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$1.3M
6.	Taybor Pepper	Michigan State	49ers	LS	$1.3M
7.	Jake Moody	Michigan	49ers	K	$1.2M
8.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Ravens	P	$1.2M
9.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Giants	LS	$1.2M
10.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$985K
11.	Tory Taylor	Iowa	Bears	P	$982K
12.	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	Patriots	P	$959.6K
13.	Chris Stoll	Penn State	Seahawks	LS	$917.2K

FCS

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Seahawks	K	$5.5M
2.	Jamie Gillan	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Giants	P	$2.4M
3.	Luke Rhodes	William & Mary	Colts	LS	$1.4M
4.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Commanders	LS	$1.4M
5.	Christian Kuntz	Duquesne	Steelers	LS	$1.2M
6.	Jacob Bobenmoyer	Northern Colorado	Raiders	LS	$1.1M
7.	Daniel Whelan	UC Davis	Packers	P	$915K
8.	Hogan Hatten	Idaho	Lions	LS	$795.3K

Independent

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.2M
2.	Blake Grupe	Notre Dame	Saints	K	$915.8K
3.	Brandon Aubrey	Notre Dame	Cowboys	K	$915K

MWC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	Dolphins	K	$4.5M
2.	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawaii	Colts	P	$2.5M
3.	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	Browns	P	$1.6M
4.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$1.2M
4.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Cowboys	LS	$1.2M
6.	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	Titans	P	$988.3K
7.	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	Chiefs	P	$795K

PAC-12

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

SEC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Raiders	K	$4.7M
2.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$4.1M
3.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$3.9M
4.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Commanders	P	$3.8M
5.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$2.6M
6.	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	Panthers	K	$2.5M
7.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$2.5M
8.	Evan McPherson	Florida	Bengals	K	$2.4M
9.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Texans	P	$2.2M
10.	Cameron Dicker	Texas	Rams	K	$1.6M
11.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Rams	LS	$1.5M
12.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$1.5M
13.	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	Eagles	P	$1.3M
14.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$1.2M
15.	Jake Camarda	Georgia	Buccaneers	P	$1.2M
16.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$1.2M
16.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Titans	LS	$1.2M
18.	Blake Ferguson	LSU	Dolphins	LS	$1.1M
19.	Cade York	LSU	Commanders	K	$985K
20.	Jake Bates	Arkansas	Lions	K	$895K
21.	Will Reichard	Alabama	Vikings	K	$837.7K
22.	Cam Little	Arkansas	Jaguars	K	$829.6K
23.	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	Saints	P	$798.3K

Sun Belt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	Falcons	K	$5.3M
2.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$4.4M
3.	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	Broncos	K	$2.9M
4.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Bills	P	$2.1M
5.	Rick Lovato	Old Dominion	Eagles	LS	$1M

Alabama

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$2.5M
2.	Will Reichard	Alabama	Vikings	K	$837.7K

Appalachian State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Bills	P	$2.1M

Arizona

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Titans	K	$3.8M

Arizona State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mitchell Fraboni	Arizona State	Broncos	LS	$985K

Arkansas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Bates	Arkansas	Lions	K	$895K
2.	Cam Little	Arkansas	Jaguars	K	$829.6K

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jamie Gillan	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Giants	P	$2.4M

Auburn

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Raiders	K	$4.7M
2.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Rams	LS	$1.5M

Azusa Pacific

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matthew Orzech	Azusa Pacific	Packers	LS	$1.1M

BYU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	Bengals	P	$795K

Baylor

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ross Matiscik	Baylor	Jaguars	LS	$1.3M
2.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	Texans	LS	$1.2M

California

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bryan Anger	California	Cowboys	P	$3.8M

Clemson

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	Falcons	P	$3M

Colorado State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Cowboys	LS	$1.2M
2.	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	Titans	P	$988.3K

Duke

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.4M
2.	Evan Deckers	Duke	Buccaneers	LS	$795K

Duquesne

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Christian Kuntz	Duquesne	Steelers	LS	$1.2M

Florida

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	Panthers	K	$2.5M
2.	Evan McPherson	Florida	Bengals	K	$2.4M
3.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Texans	P	$2.2M

Florida State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Giants	K	$7.2M
2.	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Browns	K	$2.6M

Georgia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$1.5M
2.	Jake Camarda	Georgia	Buccaneers	P	$1.2M

Georgia Southern

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	Falcons	K	$5.3M
2.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$4.4M

Georgia State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	Broncos	K	$2.9M

Georgia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$3.4M

Harvard

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Commanders	LS	$1.4M

Hawaii

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawaii	Colts	P	$2.5M

Idaho

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Hogan Hatten	Idaho	Lions	LS	$795.3K

Illinois

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	Buccaneers	K	$5M

Iowa

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Giants	LS	$1.2M
2.	Tory Taylor	Iowa	Bears	P	$982K

LSU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$1.2M
2.	Blake Ferguson	LSU	Dolphins	LS	$1.1M
3.	Cade York	LSU	Commanders	K	$985K

Marist

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Seahawks	K	$5.5M

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$4.6M

Michigan

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Moody	Michigan	49ers	K	$1.2M

Michigan State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Taybor Pepper	Michigan State	49ers	LS	$1.3M
2.	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	Patriots	P	$959.6K

Mississippi State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$2.6M

Missouri Western

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western	Jets	K	$1.9M

Navy

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

New Mexico

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	Dolphins	K	$4.5M
2.	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	Browns	P	$1.6M

North Carolina State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	A.J. Cole	North Carolina State	Raiders	P	$3.5M
2.	Brayden Narveson	North Carolina State	Packers	K	$795K

Northern Colorado

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jacob Bobenmoyer	Northern Colorado	Raiders	LS	$1.1M

Notre Dame

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.2M
2.	Blake Grupe	Notre Dame	Saints	K	$915.8K
3.	Brandon Aubrey	Notre Dame	Cowboys	K	$915K

Ohio State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Steelers	P	$2.1M
2.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$985K

Oklahoma

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Commanders	P	$3.8M
2.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$1.2M

Old Dominion

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

Oregon State

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

Penn State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	Cardinals	P	$1.6M
2.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Ravens	P	$1.2M
3.	Chris Stoll	Penn State	Seahawks	LS	$917.2K

Pittsburgh

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cal Adomitis	Pittsburgh	Bengals	LS	$985K

Rice

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$4.7M
2.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$4M

Rutgers

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$1.3M

SMU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Thomas Morstead	SMU	Jets	P	$2.1M
2.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.4M

San Diego State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$1.2M
2.	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	Chiefs	P	$795K

Stanford

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Dolphins	P	$1.7M
2.	Joshua Karty	Stanford	Rams	K	$829.6K

Syracuse

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Broncos	P	$2M

Tennessee

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Titans	LS	$1.2M

Texas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Justin Tucker	Texas	Ravens	K	$4.1M
2.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$3.9M
3.	Cameron Dicker	Texas	Rams	K	$1.6M

Texas A&M

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	Eagles	P	$1.3M

Tulane

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Bears	K	$4.3M
2.	Ryan Wright	Tulane	Vikings	P	$986.7K

UC Davis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Whelan	UC Davis	Packers	P	$915K

UCF

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Prater	UCF	Cardinals	K	$4.8M
2.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Browns	LS	$1.4M
3.	Alex Ward	UCF	Rams	LS	$916.7K

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	$5.9M
2.	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	49ers	P	$2.8M

Vanderbilt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	Saints	P	$798.3K

Virginia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	Patriots	K	$1.1M

William & Mary

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Luke Rhodes	William & Mary	Colts	LS	$1.4M

Wingate University

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ethan Evans	Wingate University	Rams	P	$942K

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