FCS player salaries in the 2025 NFL season

What FCS schools had the most and highest paid NFL players in 2025?
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	College	#	Salary
1.	Eastern Washington	3	$20.7M
2.	South Dakota State	5	$15.4M
3.	Northern Iowa	4	$15M
4.	Yale	4	$14.9M
5.	Idaho	3	$14.3M
6.	Albany	1	$14.3M
7.	North Dakota State	8	$14.1M
8.	Weber State	2	$12.5M
9.	Alabama State	1	$11.6M
10.	South Carolina State	2	$11.4M
11.	Stephen F Austin	2	$11M
12.	Montana State	3	$9M
13.	Murray State	1	$8.4M
14.	Southern Utah	2	$8M
15.	Southern Illinois	2	$7.5M
16.	Holy Cross	1	$7M
17.	Marist	1	$6.8M
18.	Penn	2	$6.3M
19.	South Dakota	3	$5.6M
20.	Dayton	1	$4.5M
21.	Harvard	2	$4M
22.	Illinois State	2	$3.8M
23.	Sacramento State	3	$3.7M
24.	Wagner	1	$3.3M
25.	Florida A&M	2	$3.3M
26.	Alcorn State	2	$3.2M
27.	Youngstown State	3	$3.2M
28.	Eastern Illinois	1	$3.1M
29.	Central Arkansas	1	$3M
30.	San Diego	2	$2.9M
31.	William & Mary	2	$2.7M
32.	Villanova	1	$2.7M
33.	Maine	2	$2.3M
34.	Western Illinois	2	$2.3M
35.	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1	$2.1M
36.	Southeast Missouri State	1	$1.9M
37.	Northern Arizona	1	$1.5M
38.	VCU	1	$1.4M
39.	Duquesne	1	$1.3M
40.	Northern Colorado	1	$1.3M
41.	Canisius	1	$1.2M
41.	Drake	1	$1.2M
41.	Grambling State	1	$1.2M
44.	Idaho State	1	$1.1M
44.	Sacred Heart	1	$1.1M
46.	Princeton	1	$1.1M
47.	Indiana State	1	$1M
48.	Elon	1	$1M
48.	UC Davis	1	$1M
50.	Campbell	1	$1M
51.	Jackson State	1	$1M
52.	New Hampshire	1	$998.8K
53.	North Carolina Central	1	$968.5K
54.	Alabama A&M	1	$962.6K
55.	Furman	1	$960K
56.	Tennessee-Chattanooga	1	$845.2K
57.	Cal Poly	1	$845K
58.	Morgan State	1	$840K

Alabama A&M

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Carson Vinson	Alabama A&M	Ravens	RT	$962.6K

Alabama State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tytus Howard	Alabama State	Texans	RT	$11.6M

Albany

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Grover Stewart	Albany	Colts	DL	$14.3M

Alcorn State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Khadarel Hodge	Alcorn State	Falcons	WR	$2.1M
2.	Claudin Cherelus	Alcorn State	Panthers	LB	$1M

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jamie Gillan	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Giants	P	$2.1M

Cal Poly

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Elijah Ponder	Cal Poly	Patriots	ED	$845K

Campbell

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Julian Hill	Campbell	Dolphins	TE	$1M

Canisius

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Manhertz	Canisius	Giants	TE	$1.2M

Central Arkansas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tremon Smith	Central Arkansas	Texans	CB	$3M

Dayton

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Adam Trautman	Dayton	Broncos	TE	$4.5M

Drake

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Eric Saubert	Drake	Seahawks	TE	$1.2M

Duquesne

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Christian Kuntz	Duquesne	Steelers	LS	$1.3M

Eastern Illinois

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jimmy Garoppolo	Eastern Illinois	Rams	QB	$3.1M

Eastern Washington

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Samson Ebukam	Eastern Washington	Colts	ED	$10.5M
2.	Cooper Kupp	Eastern Washington	Seahawks	WR	$9.4M
3.	Efton Chism III	Eastern Washington	Patriots	WR	$848.3K

Elon

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Olisaemeka Udoh	Elon	Titans	LT	$1M

Florida A&M

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Markquese Bell	Florida A&M	Cowboys	S	$2.3M
2.	Xavier Smith	Florida A&M	Rams	WR	$960K

Furman

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Miller	Furman	Buccaneers	WR	$960K

Grambling State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Trenton Scott	Grambling State	Commanders	RT	$1.2M

Harvard

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kyle Juszczyk	Harvard	49ers	FB	$2.5M
2.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Commanders	LS	$1.5M

Holy Cross

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kalif Raymond	Holy Cross	Lions	WR	$7M

Idaho

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kaden Elliss	Idaho	Falcons	LB	$8.5M
2.	Christian Elliss	Idaho	Patriots	LB	$4.8M
3.	Hogan Hatten	Idaho	Lions	LS	$967.9K

Idaho State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tanner Conner	Idaho State	Dolphins	WR	$1.1M

Illinois State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Shelby Harris	Illinois State	Browns	DL	$2.8M
2.	Cam Grandy	Illinois State	Bengals	TE	$980K

Indiana State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Robert Tonyan Jr.	Indiana State	Chiefs	TE	$1M

Jackson State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	James Houston	Jackson State	Cowboys	ED	$1M

Maine

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Patrick Ricard	Maine	Ravens	FB	$1.4M
2.	Zavier Scott	Maine	Vikings	WR	$840K

Marist

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Seahawks	K	$6.8M

Montana State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Alex Singleton	Montana State	Broncos	LB	$6.9M
2.	Daniel Hardy	Montana State	Bears	ED	$1M
3.	Ty Okada	Montana State	Seahawks	S	$1M

Morgan State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Elijah Williams	Morgan State	Vikings	DL	$840K

Murray State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Quincy Williams	Murray State	Jets	LB	$8.4M

New Hampshire

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Dylan Laube	New Hampshire	Raiders	RB	$998.8K

North Carolina Central

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon Codrington	North Carolina Central	Bills	CB	$968.5K

North Dakota State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Grey Zabel	North Dakota State	Seahawks	G	$3.4M
2.	Chris Board	North Dakota State	Giants	LB	$2.4M
3.	Dillon Radunz	North Dakota State	Saints	G	$2.3M
4.	Trey Lance	North Dakota State	Rams	QB	$2M
5.	Cody Mauch	North Dakota State	Buccaneers	G	$2M
6.	Hunter Luepke	North Dakota State	Cowboys	FB	$1M
7.	Jalen Sundell	North Dakota State	Seahawks	C	$960K
8.	Carson Wentz	North Dakota State	Vikings	QB	N/A

Northern Arizona

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Khalil Dorsey	Northern Arizona	Lions	CB	$1.5M

Northern Colorado

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jacob Bobenmoyer	Northern Colorado	Raiders	LS	$1.3M

Northern Iowa

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Spencer Brown	Northern Iowa	Bills	RT	$8.2M
2.	Trevor Penning	Northern Iowa	Saints	LT	$4.5M
3.	Elijah Campbell	Northern Iowa	Dolphins	S	$1.3M
4.	Khristian Boyd	Northern Iowa	Saints	DL	$1M

Penn

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Greg Van Roten	Penn	Giants	G	$3.8M
2.	Justin Watson	Penn	Texans	WR	$2.5M

Princeton

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andrei Iosivas	Princeton	Bengals	WR	$1.1M

Sacramento State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Marte Mapu	Sacramento State	Patriots	LB	$1.5M
2.	Deandre Carter	Sacramento State	Browns	WR	$1.2M
3.	Jackson Slater	Sacramento State	Titans	C	$930.2K

Sacred Heart

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Julius Chestnut	Sacred Heart	Titans	RB	$1.1M

San Diego

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jamal Agnew	San Diego	Falcons	WR	$1.7M
2.	Josh Johnson	San Diego	Commanders	QB	$1.2M

South Carolina State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Javon Hargrave	South Carolina State	Vikings	DL	$7.9M
2.	Decobie Durant	South Carolina State	Rams	CB	$3.5M

South Dakota

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Christian Rozeboom	South Dakota	Panthers	LB	$2.5M
2.	Jack Cochrane	South Dakota	Chiefs	LB	$2.1M
3.	Myles Harden	South Dakota	Browns	CB	$996.1K

South Dakota State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Dallas Goedert	South Dakota State	Eagles	TE	$10.7M
2.	Tucker Kraft	South Dakota State	Packers	TE	$1.5M
3.	Mason McCormick	South Dakota State	Steelers	G	$1.2M
4.	Isaiah Davis	South Dakota State	Jets	RB	$1M
5.	Isaiah Stalbird	South Dakota State	Saints	LB	$960K

Southeast Missouri State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Michael Ford	Southeast Missouri State	Falcons	CB	$1.9M

Southern Illinois

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jeremy Chinn	Southern Illinois	Raiders	S	$6.6M
2.	P.J. Jules	Southern Illinois	Bengals	S	$848.8K

Southern Utah

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Miles Killebrew	Southern Utah	Steelers	S	$4.2M
2.	Braxton Jones	Southern Utah	Bears	LT	$3.7M

Stephen F Austin

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	John Franklin-Myers	Stephen F Austin	Broncos	DL	$10M
2.	Xavier Gipson	Stephen F Austin	Jets	WR	$1M

Tennessee-Chattanooga

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Reuben Lowery III	Tennessee-Chattanooga	Ravens	CB	$845.2K

UC Davis

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

VCU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mo Alie-Cox	VCU	Colts	TE	$1.4M

Villanova

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Christian Benford	Villanova	Bills	CB	$2.7M

Wagner

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Williams	Wagner	Bears	DL	$3.3M

Weber State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Taron Johnson	Weber State	Bills	CB	$8M
2.	Rashid Shaheed	Weber State	Saints	WR	$4.5M

Western Illinois

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Khalen Saunders	Western Illinois	Jaguars	DL	$1.3M
2.	LaCale London	Western Illinois	Falcons	DL	$967.9K

William & Mary

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Luke Rhodes	William & Mary	Colts	LS	$1.6M
2.	Charles Grant	William & Mary	Raiders	LT	$1.1M

Yale

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Foyesade Oluokun	Yale	Jaguars	LB	$11.5M
2.	Kiran Amegadjie	Yale	Bears	G	$1.4M
3.	Rodney Thomas	Yale	Colts	S	$1.1M
4.	Mason Tipton	Yale	Saints	WR	$963.3K

Youngstown State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andrew Ogletree	Youngstown State	Colts	TE	$1.2M
2.	Jaleel McLaughlin	Youngstown State	Broncos	RB	$1M
3.	Bryce Oliver	Youngstown State	Titans	WR	$960K

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