2025 NFL Salaries by College

Updated by Dan on Sep 1, 2025

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	20	$41.3M
2.	ACC	16	$36.4M
3.	AAC	7	$23.5M
4.	Big Ten	14	$22.3M
5.	Big 12	12	$17.6M
6.	Sun Belt	4	$17.3M
7.	FCS	8	$16.5M
8.	MWC	5	$8.6M
9.	Independent	5	$5.5M
10.	PAC-12	1	$1.2M

Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Georgia Southern	2	$10.2M
2.	Florida	3	$9.3M
3.	Rice	2	$8.6M
4.	Texas	2	$7.5M
5.	Marist	1	$6.8M
6.	Florida State	2	$6.5M
7.	Tulane	2	$6M
8.	Georgia State	1	$5.5M
9.	Notre Dame	5	$5.5M
10.	Georgia Tech	1	$5.2M
11.	Auburn	1	$5.2M
12.	North Carolina State	1	$4.9M
13.	Penn State	3	$4.4M
14.	Utah	1	$4.3M
15.	Memphis	1	$4.2M
16.	UCLA	1	$4M
17.	Mississippi State	2	$4M
18.	Syracuse	2	$3.8M
19.	Arizona	2	$3.6M
20.	Stanford	2	$3.5M
21.	Illinois	1	$3.5M
22.	Temple	1	$3.5M
23.	Michigan	3	$3.3M
24.	Alabama	2	$3.2M
25.	Clemson	1	$3.2M
26.	Oklahoma	2	$2.8M
27.	Baylor	2	$2.5M
28.	Hawaii	1	$2.5M
29.	SMU	2	$2.5M
30.	New Mexico	1	$2.4M
31.	Duke	2	$2.4M
32.	Iowa	2	$2.3M
33.	California	1	$2.3M
34.	UCF	2	$2.2M
35.	San Diego State	2	$2.2M
36.	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1	$2.1M
37.	Arkansas	2	$2.1M
38.	West Virginia	2	$1.8M
39.	Appalachian State	1	$1.6M
40.	Texas A&M	1	$1.6M
41.	William & Mary	1	$1.6M
42.	LSU	1	$1.6M
43.	Harvard	1	$1.5M
44.	Colorado State	1	$1.4M
45.	Rutgers	1	$1.4M
46.	Ohio State	1	$1.3M
47.	Arizona State	1	$1.3M
48.	Duquesne	1	$1.3M
49.	Georgia	1	$1.3M
50.	Northern Colorado	1	$1.3M
51.	Navy	1	$1.2M
51.	Oregon State	1	$1.2M
51.	Tennessee	1	$1.2M
54.	Azusa Pacific	1	$1.2M
55.	Virginia Tech	1	$1.2M
56.	Michigan State	1	$1.1M
57.	Wingate University	1	$1.1M
58.	Maryland	1	$1M
58.	UC Davis	1	$1M
60.	BYU	1	$968.5K
61.	Idaho	1	$967.9K
62.	Miami	1	$904.1K
63.	Vanderbilt	1	$865.4K
64.	South Carolina	1	$840K
64.	Texas Tech	1	$840K

AAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$4.7M
2.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Bears	K	$4.3M
3.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$4.2M
4.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$3.9M
5.	Brandon McManus	Temple	Packers	K	$3.5M
6.	Ryan Wright	Tulane	Vikings	P	$1.8M
7.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Dolphins	LS	$1.2M

ACC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Giants	K	$5.7M
2.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$5.2M
3.	A.J. Cole	North Carolina State	Raiders	P	$4.9M
4.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	Falcons	P	$3.2M
5.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Buccaneers	P	$3M
6.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Dolphins	P	$2.5M
7.	Bryan Anger	California	Cowboys	P	$2.3M
8.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.5M
9.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.4M
10.	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	Titans	K	$1.2M
11.	Thomas Morstead	SMU	49ers	P	$1M
12.	Joshua Karty	Stanford	Rams	K	$994.6K
13.	Evan Deckers	Duke	Buccaneers	LS	$960K
14.	Andres Borregales	Miami	Patriots	K	$904.1K
15.	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	Panthers	K	$848.5K
16.	Andre Szmyt	Syracuse	Browns	K	$847.2K

Big 12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Gay	Utah	Commanders	K	$4.3M
2.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Jets	K	$2.7M
3.	Ross Matiscik	Baylor	Jaguars	LS	$1.3M
4.	Mitchell Fraboni	Arizona State	Broncos	LS	$1.3M
5.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Eagles	LS	$1.2M
6.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	49ers	LS	$1.2M
7.	Alex Ward	UCF	Rams	LS	$1M
8.	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	Bengals	P	$968.5K
8.	Rex Sunahara	West Virginia	Browns	LS	$968.5K
10.	Tyler Loop	Arizona	Ravens	K	$906.3K
11.	Austin Brinkman	West Virginia	Texans	LS	$846.9K
12.	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	Jets	P	$840K

Big Ten

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$4M
2.	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	Buccaneers	K	$3.5M
3.	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	Cardinals	P	$2.1M
4.	Jake Moody	Michigan	49ers	K	$1.4M
5.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$1.4M
6.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$1.3M
7.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Ravens	P	$1.3M
8.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Giants	LS	$1.2M
9.	Tory Taylor	Iowa	Bears	P	$1.2M
10.	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	Patriots	P	$1.1M
11.	Chad Ryland	Maryland	Cardinals	K	$1M
12.	Chris Stoll	Penn State	Seahawks	LS	$1M
13.	Brad Robbins	Michigan	Bills	P	$968.5K
14.	William Wagner	Michigan	Bengals	LS	$846.9K

FCS

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Seahawks	K	$6.8M
2.	Jamie Gillan	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Giants	P	$2.1M
3.	Luke Rhodes	William & Mary	Colts	LS	$1.6M
4.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Commanders	LS	$1.5M
5.	Christian Kuntz	Duquesne	Steelers	LS	$1.3M
6.	Jacob Bobenmoyer	Northern Colorado	Raiders	LS	$1.3M
7.	Daniel Whelan	UC Davis	Packers	P	$1M
8.	Hogan Hatten	Idaho	Lions	LS	$967.9K

Independent

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.2M
2.	Spencer Shrader	Notre Dame	Colts	K	$1.1M
3.	Brandon Aubrey	Notre Dame	Cowboys	K	$1M
4.	Blake Grupe	Notre Dame	Saints	K	$1M
5.	Scott Daly	Notre Dame	Bears	LS	$1M

MWC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawaii	Colts	P	$2.5M
2.	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	Browns	P	$2.4M
3.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Cowboys	LS	$1.4M
4.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$1.3M
5.	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	Chiefs	P	$969.5K

PAC-12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	Titans	P	$1.2M

SEC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Raiders	K	$5.2M
2.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$4.8M
3.	Evan McPherson	Florida	Bengals	K	$4.6M
4.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Texans	P	$3.8M
5.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$2.9M
6.	Cameron Dicker	Texas	Rams	K	$2.7M
7.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$2.2M
8.	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	Eagles	P	$1.6M
9.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$1.6M
10.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$1.4M
10.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Commanders	P	$1.4M
12.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$1.3M
13.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Titans	LS	$1.2M
14.	Corliss Waitman	Mississippi State	Steelers	P	$1.1M
15.	Jake Bates	Arkansas	Lions	K	$1.1M
16.	Cam Little	Arkansas	Jaguars	K	$1M
17.	Will Reichard	Alabama	Vikings	K	$1M
18.	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	Broncos	P	$883.6K
19.	Julian Ashby	Vanderbilt	Patriots	LS	$865.4K
20.	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	Saints	P	$840K

Sun Belt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	Broncos	K	$5.5M
2.	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	Falcons	K	$5.5M
3.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$4.7M
4.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Panthers	P	$1.6M

Alabama

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$2.2M
2.	Will Reichard	Alabama	Vikings	K	$1M

Appalachian State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Panthers	P	$1.6M

Arizona

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Jets	K	$2.7M
2.	Tyler Loop	Arizona	Ravens	K	$906.3K

Arizona State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Mitchell Fraboni	Arizona State	Broncos	LS	$1.3M

Arkansas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Bates	Arkansas	Lions	K	$1.1M
2.	Cam Little	Arkansas	Jaguars	K	$1M

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

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

Auburn

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Raiders	K	$5.2M

Azusa Pacific

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

BYU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	Bengals	P	$968.5K

Baylor

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ross Matiscik	Baylor	Jaguars	LS	$1.3M
2.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	49ers	LS	$1.2M

California

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bryan Anger	California	Cowboys	P	$2.3M

Clemson

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	Falcons	P	$3.2M

Colorado State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Cowboys	LS	$1.4M

Duke

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.4M
2.	Evan Deckers	Duke	Buccaneers	LS	$960K

Duquesne

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

Florida

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Evan McPherson	Florida	Bengals	K	$4.6M
2.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Texans	P	$3.8M
3.	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	Broncos	P	$883.6K

Florida State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Graham Gano	Florida State	Giants	K	$5.7M
2.	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	Panthers	K	$848.5K

Georgia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$1.3M

Georgia Southern

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	Falcons	K	$5.5M
2.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$4.7M

Georgia State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	Broncos	K	$5.5M

Georgia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$5.2M

Harvard

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tyler Ott	Harvard	Commanders	LS	$1.5M

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	$967.9K

Illinois

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	Buccaneers	K	$3.5M

Iowa

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

LSU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$1.6M

Marist

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

Maryland

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

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$4.2M

Miami

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andres Borregales	Miami	Patriots	K	$904.1K

Michigan

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Moody	Michigan	49ers	K	$1.4M
2.	Brad Robbins	Michigan	Bills	P	$968.5K
3.	William Wagner	Michigan	Bengals	LS	$846.9K

Michigan State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	Patriots	P	$1.1M

Mississippi State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$2.9M
2.	Corliss Waitman	Mississippi State	Steelers	P	$1.1M

Navy

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Dolphins	LS	$1.2M

New Mexico

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	Browns	P	$2.4M

North Carolina State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	A.J. Cole	North Carolina State	Raiders	P	$4.9M

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	$1.2M
2.	Spencer Shrader	Notre Dame	Colts	K	$1.1M
3.	Brandon Aubrey	Notre Dame	Cowboys	K	$1M
4.	Blake Grupe	Notre Dame	Saints	K	$1M
5.	Scott Daly	Notre Dame	Bears	LS	$1M

Ohio State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$1.3M

Oklahoma

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

Oregon State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	Titans	P	$1.2M

Penn State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	Cardinals	P	$2.1M
2.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Ravens	P	$1.3M
3.	Chris Stoll	Penn State	Seahawks	LS	$1M

Rice

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$4.7M
2.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$3.9M

Rutgers

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$1.4M

SMU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.5M
2.	Thomas Morstead	SMU	49ers	P	$1M

San Diego State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Aaron Brewer	San Diego State	Cardinals	LS	$1.3M
2.	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	Chiefs	P	$969.5K

South Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	Saints	P	$840K

Stanford

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Dolphins	P	$2.5M
2.	Joshua Karty	Stanford	Rams	K	$994.6K

Syracuse

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Buccaneers	P	$3M
2.	Andre Szmyt	Syracuse	Browns	K	$847.2K

Temple

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$4.8M
2.	Cameron Dicker	Texas	Rams	K	$2.7M

Texas A&M

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	Eagles	P	$1.6M

Texas Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	Jets	P	$840K

Tulane

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Bears	K	$4.3M
2.	Ryan Wright	Tulane	Vikings	P	$1.8M

UC Davis

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

UCF

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Charley Hughlett	UCF	Eagles	LS	$1.2M
2.	Alex Ward	UCF	Rams	LS	$1M

UCLA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$4M

Utah

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Gay	Utah	Commanders	K	$4.3M

Vanderbilt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Julian Ashby	Vanderbilt	Patriots	LS	$865.4K

Virginia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	Titans	K	$1.2M

West Virginia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rex Sunahara	West Virginia	Browns	LS	$968.5K
2.	Austin Brinkman	West Virginia	Texans	LS	$846.9K

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	$1.1M

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