2026 NFL Salaries by College

Updated by Dan on Sep 1, 2026

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	28	$48.6M
2.	ACC	13	$31.8M
3.	Big Ten	15	$27.5M
4.	AAC	6	$20.8M
5.	FCS	6	$15.1M
6.	Big 12	10	$13.4M
7.	Independent	4	$7.3M
8.	Sun Belt	3	$7.2M
9.	MWC	2	$5M
10.	PAC-12	2	$2.6M

Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Florida	7	$12.8M
2.	Texas	2	$9.5M
3.	Rice	2	$8.9M
4.	Georgia Tech	1	$7.3M
5.	Notre Dame	4	$7.3M
6.	Marist	1	$7.2M
7.	UCLA	1	$5.8M
8.	Penn State	3	$5.8M
9.	Tulane	2	$5.6M
10.	North Carolina State	1	$5M
11.	Memphis	1	$4.7M
12.	Arizona	2	$4.3M
13.	California	1	$4.1M
14.	Syracuse	2	$4M
15.	Illinois	1	$3.8M
16.	Mississippi State	2	$3.8M
17.	Hawaii	1	$3.6M
18.	Alabama	2	$3.5M
19.	Iowa	3	$3.4M
20.	Georgia	3	$3.2M
21.	Oklahoma	2	$3.2M
22.	Georgia Southern	1	$3.1M
23.	Auburn	2	$2.8M
24.	Duke	2	$2.6M
25.	Ohio State	2	$2.5M
26.	Georgia State	1	$2.5M
27.	UC Davis	1	$2.4M
28.	Stanford	1	$2.2M
29.	Arkansas	2	$2.2M
30.	West Virginia	2	$2.1M
31.	Utah	1	$2.1M
32.	Virginia Tech	1	$2M
33.	Michigan	2	$1.9M
34.	Maryland	1	$1.9M
35.	Texas A&M	1	$1.7M
36.	Baylor	2	$1.7M
37.	Appalachian State	1	$1.7M
38.	Navy	1	$1.7M
39.	William & Mary	1	$1.6M
40.	LSU	1	$1.6M
41.	SMU	1	$1.6M
42.	Harvard	1	$1.5M
43.	Azusa Pacific	1	$1.5M
44.	New Mexico	1	$1.5M
45.	Colorado State	1	$1.5M
46.	Rutgers	1	$1.5M
47.	Duquesne	1	$1.3M
48.	Tennessee	1	$1.3M
49.	Wingate University	1	$1.2M
50.	UCF	1	$1.1M
51.	Idaho	1	$1.1M
52.	BYU	1	$1.1M
53.	San Diego State	1	$1.1M
54.	Miami	1	$1.1M
55.	Vanderbilt	1	$1M
56.	Florida State	1	$1M
57.	South Carolina	1	$1M
58.	Missouri	1	$1M
58.	Texas Tech	1	$1M
60.	Michigan State	1	$950.7K
61.	Boston College	1	$888.3K

AAC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$4.9M
2.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$4.7M
3.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$4M
4.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Bears	K	$3.8M
5.	Ryan Wright	Tulane	Saints	P	$1.9M
6.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Rams	LS	$1.7M

ACC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$7.3M
2.	A.J. Cole	North Carolina State	Raiders	P	$5M
3.	Bryan Anger	California	Cowboys	P	$4.1M
4.	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	Buccaneers	P	$3M
5.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Falcons	P	$2.2M
6.	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	Titans	K	$2M
7.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.6M
8.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.5M
9.	Evan Deckers	Duke	Buccaneers	LS	$1.1M
10.	Andres Borregales	Miami	Patriots	K	$1.1M
11.	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	Panthers	K	$1M
12.	Andre Szmyt	Syracuse	Browns	K	$1M
13.	Ben Mann	Boston College	Giants	LS	$888.3K

Big 12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Falcons	K	$3.3M
2.	Matt Gay	Utah	Raiders	K	$2.1M
3.	Ross Matiscik	Baylor	Jaguars	LS	$1.7M
4.	Alex Ward	UCF	Raiders	LS	$1.1M
5.	Rex Sunahara	West Virginia	Browns	LS	$1.1M
6.	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	Bengals	P	$1.1M
7.	Tyler Loop	Arizona	Ravens	K	$1.1M
8.	Austin Brinkman	West Virginia	Texans	LS	$1M
9.	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	Jets	P	$1M
10.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	49ers	LS	N/A

Big Ten

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$5.8M
2.	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	Buccaneers	K	$3.8M
3.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Giants	P	$2.7M
4.	Chad Ryland	Maryland	Cardinals	K	$1.9M
5.	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	Cardinals	P	$1.7M
6.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$1.5M
7.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$1.4M
8.	Chris Stoll	Penn State	Seahawks	LS	$1.4M
9.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Cardinals	LS	$1.3M
10.	Tory Taylor	Iowa	Bears	P	$1.3M
11.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Steelers	P	$1.1M
12.	William Wagner	Michigan	Bengals	LS	$1M
13.	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	Ravens	P	$950.7K
14.	Dominic Zvada	Michigan	Giants	K	$893.3K
15.	Drew Stevens	Iowa	Commanders	K	$890.7K

FCS

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jason Myers	Marist	Seahawks	K	$7.2M
2.	Daniel Whelan	UC Davis	Packers	P	$2.4M
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.	Hogan Hatten	Idaho	Lions	LS	$1.1M

Independent

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon Aubrey	Notre Dame	Cowboys	K	$3.4M
2.	Spencer Shrader	Notre Dame	Colts	K	$1.4M
3.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.3M
4.	Blake Grupe	Notre Dame	Jets	K	$1.2M

MWC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawaii	Colts	P	$3.6M
2.	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	Browns	P	$1.5M

PAC-12

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Cowboys	LS	$1.5M
2.	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	Chiefs	P	$1.1M

SEC

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cameron Dicker	Texas	Rams	K	$5.7M
2.	Evan McPherson	Florida	Bengals	K	$5M
3.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$3.8M
4.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$2.7M
5.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$2.4M
6.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Titans	P	$2.1M
7.	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	49ers	K	$2M
8.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$1.7M
9.	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	Eagles	P	$1.7M
10.	Reid Ferguson	LSU	Bills	LS	$1.6M
11.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Rams	LS	$1.5M
11.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Commanders	P	$1.5M
13.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$1.5M
14.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Saints	K	$1.3M
14.	Morgan Cox	Tennessee	Titans	LS	$1.3M
16.	Will Reichard	Alabama	Vikings	K	$1.1M
17.	Cam Little	Arkansas	Jaguars	K	$1.1M
18.	Jake Bates	Arkansas	Lions	K	$1.1M
19.	Corliss Waitman	Mississippi State	49ers	P	$1.1M
20.	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	Broncos	P	$1M
21.	Julian Ashby	Vanderbilt	Patriots	LS	$1M
22.	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	Texans	P	$1M
23.	Harrison Mevis	Missouri	Rams	K	$1M
24.	Trey Smack	Florida	Packers	K	$941.5K
25.	Tommy Doman	Florida	Bills	P	$922.3K
26.	Beau Gardner	Georgia	Bears	LS	$893.2K
27.	Rocco Underwood	Florida	Eagles	LS	$891.7K
28.	Brett Thorson	Georgia	Vikings	P	$890K

Sun Belt

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$3.1M
2.	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	Broncos	K	$2.5M
3.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Panthers	P	$1.7M

Alabama

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	JK Scott	Alabama	Rams	P	$2.4M
2.	Will Reichard	Alabama	Vikings	K	$1.1M

Appalachian State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Panthers	P	$1.7M

Arizona

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Folk	Arizona	Falcons	K	$3.3M
2.	Tyler Loop	Arizona	Ravens	K	$1.1M

Arkansas

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

Auburn

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Josh Harris	Auburn	Rams	LS	$1.5M
2.	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	Saints	K	$1.3M

Azusa Pacific

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matthew Orzech	Azusa Pacific	Packers	LS	$1.5M

BYU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	Bengals	P	$1.1M

Baylor

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ross Matiscik	Baylor	Jaguars	LS	$1.7M
2.	Jon Weeks	Baylor	49ers	LS	N/A

Boston College

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ben Mann	Boston College	Giants	LS	$888.3K

California

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Bryan Anger	California	Cowboys	P	$4.1M

Colorado State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Trent Sieg	Colorado State	Cowboys	LS	$1.5M

Duke

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Thomas Hennessy	Duke	Jets	LS	$1.5M
2.	Evan Deckers	Duke	Buccaneers	LS	$1.1M

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	$5M
2.	Tommy Townsend	Florida	Titans	P	$2.1M
3.	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	49ers	K	$2M
4.	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	Broncos	P	$1M
5.	Trey Smack	Florida	Packers	K	$941.5K
6.	Tommy Doman	Florida	Bills	P	$922.3K
7.	Rocco Underwood	Florida	Eagles	LS	$891.7K

Florida State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	Panthers	K	$1M

Georgia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Nick Moore	Georgia	Ravens	LS	$1.5M
2.	Beau Gardner	Georgia	Bears	LS	$893.2K
3.	Brett Thorson	Georgia	Vikings	P	$890K

Georgia Southern

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	Bills	K	$3.1M

Georgia State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	Broncos	K	$2.5M

Georgia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	K	$7.3M

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	$3.6M

Idaho

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Hogan Hatten	Idaho	Lions	LS	$1.1M

Illinois

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	Buccaneers	K	$3.8M

Iowa

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Casey Kreiter	Iowa	Cardinals	LS	$1.3M
2.	Tory Taylor	Iowa	Bears	P	$1.3M
3.	Drew Stevens	Iowa	Commanders	K	$890.7K

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	$7.2M

Maryland

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chad Ryland	Maryland	Cardinals	K	$1.9M

Memphis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Elliott	Memphis	Eagles	K	$4.7M

Miami

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andres Borregales	Miami	Patriots	K	$1.1M

Michigan

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	William Wagner	Michigan	Bengals	LS	$1M
2.	Dominic Zvada	Michigan	Giants	K	$893.3K

Michigan State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	Ravens	P	$950.7K

Mississippi State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	Jaguars	P	$2.7M
2.	Corliss Waitman	Mississippi State	49ers	P	$1.1M

Missouri

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Harrison Mevis	Missouri	Rams	K	$1M

Navy

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joe Cardona	Navy	Rams	LS	$1.7M

New Mexico

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	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	$5M

Notre Dame

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Brandon Aubrey	Notre Dame	Cowboys	K	$3.4M
2.	Spencer Shrader	Notre Dame	Colts	K	$1.4M
3.	J.J. Jansen	Notre Dame	Panthers	LS	$1.3M
4.	Blake Grupe	Notre Dame	Jets	K	$1.2M

Ohio State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Liam McCullough	Ohio State	Falcons	LS	$1.4M
2.	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	Steelers	P	$1.1M

Oklahoma

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	James Winchester	Oklahoma	Chiefs	LS	$1.7M
2.	Tress Way	Oklahoma	Commanders	P	$1.5M

Penn State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Giants	P	$2.7M
2.	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	Cardinals	P	$1.7M
3.	Chris Stoll	Penn State	Seahawks	LS	$1.4M

Rice

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Chris Boswell	Rice	Steelers	K	$4.9M
2.	Jack Fox	Rice	Lions	P	$4M

Rutgers

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Andrew DePaola	Rutgers	Vikings	LS	$1.5M

SMU

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Zach Wood	SMU	Saints	LS	$1.6M

San Diego State

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	Chiefs	P	$1.1M

South Carolina

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	Texans	P	$1M

Stanford

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Jake Bailey	Stanford	Falcons	P	$2.2M

Syracuse

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cameron Dicker	Texas	Rams	K	$5.7M
2.	Michael Dickson	Texas	Seahawks	P	$3.8M

Texas A&M

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	Eagles	P	$1.7M

Texas Tech

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

Tulane

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Cairo Santos	Tulane	Bears	K	$3.8M
2.	Ryan Wright	Tulane	Saints	P	$1.9M

UC Davis

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Daniel Whelan	UC Davis	Packers	P	$2.4M

UCF

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Alex Ward	UCF	Raiders	LS	$1.1M

UCLA

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	Texans	K	$5.8M

Utah

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Matt Gay	Utah	Raiders	K	$2.1M

Vanderbilt

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

Virginia Tech

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	Titans	K	$2M

West Virginia

	Name	College	NFL	Pos	Salary
1.	Rex Sunahara	West Virginia	Browns	LS	$1.1M
2.	Austin Brinkman	West Virginia	Texans	LS	$1M

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	$1.2M

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