NFL
NFL Colleges
Ranking colleges/universities by active NFL players & earnings.
| Rank | College | Players Active | Combined Earnings Active Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 77 | $466,140,693 |
| 2 | Louisiana State | 65 | $290,694,559 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 63 | $272,669,913 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 44 | $271,693,065 |
| 5 | Clemson | 43 | $231,774,702 |
| 6 | Georgia | 64 | $184,279,156 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 54 | $172,949,809 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 34 | $171,154,022 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | 26 | $170,636,864 |
| 10 | Oregon | 44 | $166,008,629 |
| 11 | Southern California | 36 | $153,952,119 |
| 12 | Michigan | 62 | $147,443,385 |
| 13 | Iowa | 41 | $144,398,185 |
| 14 | Florida State | 32 | $141,445,900 |
| 15 | California | 18 | $124,749,676 |
| 16 | Auburn | 38 | $123,803,346 |
| 17 | Mississippi | 35 | $117,980,426 |
| 18 | Florida | 41 | $117,781,968 |
| 19 | Penn State | 49 | $115,363,095 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 34 | $113,040,934 |
| 21 | North Carolina State | 30 | $112,836,686 |
| 22 | Washington | 50 | $112,286,932 |
| 23 | Stanford | 30 | $98,440,026 |
| 24 | Michigan State | 24 | $97,110,159 |
| 25 | Utah | 29 | $95,115,758 |
| 26 | California-Los Angeles | 37 | $92,915,699 |
| 27 | Texas | 41 | $89,304,637 |
| 28 | South Carolina | 30 | $87,909,773 |
| 29 | Texas Tech | 19 | $82,770,690 |
| 30 | Virginia Tech | 24 | $81,393,721 |
| 31 | Louisville | 20 | $80,676,571 |
| 32 | Maryland | 27 | $80,298,006 |
| 33 | Boston College | 20 | $78,574,566 |
| 34 | Kentucky | 32 | $78,226,536 |
| 35 | Tennessee | 39 | $71,618,948 |
| 36 | Brigham Young | 24 | $66,122,637 |
| 37 | Wyoming | 12 | $62,983,283 |
| 38 | Miami (FL) | 31 | $62,844,788 |
| 39 | Fresno State | 17 | $60,770,000 |
| 40 | Arkansas | 25 | $60,181,478 |
| 41 | Pittsburgh | 29 | $56,404,071 |
| 42 | Duke | 20 | $55,987,000 |
| 43 | Minnesota | 22 | $55,934,583 |
| 44 | Illinois | 33 | $52,415,717 |
| 45 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | $50,495,972 |
| 46 | Memphis | 17 | $50,106,494 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 14 | $49,155,000 |
| 48 | Texas Christian | 32 | $47,613,573 |
| 49 | Washington State | 16 | $45,820,520 |
| 50 | Cincinnati | 24 | $45,715,863 |
| 51 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | $45,163,500 |
| 52 | Oregon State | 22 | $44,884,768 |
| 53 | Kansas State | 21 | $44,247,057 |
| 54 | Central Florida | 22 | $44,151,000 |
| 55 | Temple | 11 | $42,586,228 |
| 56 | Nebraska | 23 | $42,473,705 |
| 57 | Houston | 22 | $41,469,097 |
| 58 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | $41,386,000 |
| 59 | Missouri | 23 | $37,265,692 |
| 60 | Georgia Tech | 15 | $37,129,098 |
| 61 | Southern Methodist | 17 | $36,995,865 |
| 62 | Tulane | 18 | $35,404,854 |
| 63 | North Carolina | 25 | $35,333,761 |
| 64 | Boise State | 13 | $35,061,000 |
| 65 | Western Michigan | 12 | $34,116,409 |
| 66 | Eastern Washington | 4 | $32,490,000 |
| 67 | Wake Forest | 19 | $31,911,556 |
| 68 | Iowa State | 16 | $30,384,875 |
| 69 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | $30,227,000 |
| 70 | Arizona State | 18 | $30,134,364 |
| 71 | Oklahoma State | 22 | $28,284,204 |
| 72 | Buffalo | 9 | $28,103,040 |
| 73 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | $27,460,000 |
| 74 | Kansas | 12 | $26,870,852 |
| 75 | Rutgers | 24 | $26,389,500 |
| 76 | Western Kentucky | 12 | $25,791,512 |
| 77 | Central Michigan | 9 | $25,123,723 |
| 78 | Nevada | 5 | $25,015,000 |
| 79 | South Dakota State | 13 | $24,831,620 |
| 80 | Purdue | 18 | $24,703,170 |
| 81 | Colorado | 13 | $24,602,500 |
| 82 | North Dakota State | 16 | $24,358,811 |
| 83 | Syracuse | 10 | $24,302,246 |
| 84 | Toledo | 15 | $23,071,500 |
| 85 | Charlotte | 5 | $22,988,000 |
| 86 | San Diego State | 21 | $22,794,167 |
| 87 | Baylor | 21 | $22,260,196 |
| 88 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 2 | $21,985,000 |
| 89 | Virginia | 11 | $21,265,000 |
| 90 | Texas El-Paso | 10 | $20,130,888 |
| 91 | West Alabama | 1 | $19,765,000 |
| 92 | South Carolina State | 4 | $18,843,382 |
| 93 | Appalachian State | 16 | $18,632,500 |
| 94 | Yale | 5 | $17,775,000 |
| 95 | Vanderbilt | 15 | $17,722,389 |
| 96 | Colorado State | 12 | $17,255,197 |
| 97 | Northwestern | 11 | $17,008,173 |
| 98 | Southern Mississippi | 15 | $16,722,500 |
| 99 | Alabama State | 3 | $16,213,000 |
| 100 | Arizona | 14 | $16,096,764 |
| 101 | Indiana | 14 | $15,325,000 |
| 102 | South Alabama | 8 | $15,146,884 |
| 103 | Delaware | 3 | $14,630,000 |
| 104 | Albany State | 1 | $14,500,000 |
| 105 | Weber State | 5 | $14,190,000 |
| 106 | Valdosta State | 3 | $13,710,000 |
| 107 | Alabama-Birmingham | 8 | $13,311,462 |
| 108 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 3 | $12,705,000 |
| 109 | Northern Iowa | 9 | $12,380,584 |
| 110 | Georgia Southern | 7 | $12,312,500 |
| 111 | Ferris State | 4 | $12,140,000 |
| 112 | Texas-San Antonio | 8 | $11,983,500 |
| 113 | Connecticut | 9 | $11,699,924 |
| 114 | Rice | 6 | $11,675,044 |
| 115 | San Jose State | 6 | $11,520,000 |
| 116 | Samford | 3 | $11,335,000 |
| 117 | Old Dominion | 9 | $11,303,000 |
| 118 | Utah St | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 119 | Montana State | 6 | $10,919,870 |
| 120 | North Carolina Charlotte | 2 | $10,295,000 |
| 121 | Marshall | 11 | $10,128,956 |
| 122 | Utah State | 4 | $10,012,500 |
| 123 | Northern Illinois | 6 | $9,975,000 |
| 124 | Arkansas State | 2 | $9,805,000 |
| 125 | Stephen F. Austin | 4 | $9,625,000 |
| 126 | Sioux Falls | 2 | $9,350,000 |
| 127 | Florida International | 6 | $9,282,500 |
| 128 | Idaho | 4 | $9,145,000 |
| 129 | Illinois State | 6 | $8,735,000 |
| 130 | MIssouri Western State | 4 | $8,580,000 |
| 131 | Tulsa | 6 | $8,572,910 |
| 132 | Manitoba | 1 | $8,500,000 |
| 133 | Minnesota-Mankato | 1 | $8,250,000 |
| 134 | Texas State | 2 | $7,795,000 |
| 135 | Harvard | 4 | $7,775,000 |
| 136 | New Mexico | 4 | $7,685,000 |
| 137 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | $7,655,000 |
| 138 | Grand Valley State | 1 | $7,500,000 |
| 139 | Central Arkansas | 3 | $7,400,000 |
| 140 | Southern Illinois | 4 | $7,215,000 |
| 141 | Humboldt State | 1 | $7,000,000 |
| 142 | Western Illinois | 4 | $6,325,000 |
| 143 | Murray State | 1 | $6,250,000 |
| 144 | Hawaii | 3 | $6,170,000 |
| 145 | Colorado State-Pueblo | 3 | $5,920,000 |
| 146 | Virginia Commonwealth | 1 | $5,920,000 |
| 147 | Southern Utah | 4 | $5,905,000 |
| 148 | Villanova | 5 | $5,870,000 |
| 149 | Army | 4 | $5,830,000 |
| 150 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 5 | $5,826,679 |
| 151 | South Florida | 6 | $5,822,500 |
| 152 | Holy Cross | 4 | $5,715,000 |
| 153 | Georgia State | 3 | $5,305,000 |
| 154 | Southeast Missouri State | 4 | $5,213,388 |
| 155 | Charleston | 3 | $4,850,000 |
| 156 | Western State Colorado | 1 | $4,820,000 |
| 157 | Massachusetts | 4 | $4,808,000 |
| 158 | Maine | 2 | $4,795,000 |
| 159 | Fort Hays State | 1 | $4,600,000 |
| 160 | Alcorn State | 5 | $4,592,500 |
| 161 | Eastern Illinois | 2 | $4,556,250 |
| 162 | Dayton | 1 | $4,500,000 |
| 163 | East Carolina | 6 | $4,475,000 |
| 164 | Troy | 6 | $4,314,936 |
| 165 | Augustana | 3 | $4,090,000 |
| 166 | Texas-El Paso | 1 | $4,075,000 |
| 167 | Tarleton State | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 168 | Eastern Kentucky | 4 | $3,873,416 |
| 169 | William & Mary | 4 | $3,835,000 |
| 170 | Miami (OH) | 4 | $3,820,000 |
| 171 | Liberty | 4 | $3,679,100 |
| 172 | North Texas | 4 | $3,650,000 |
| 173 | Marist | 1 | $3,635,000 |
| 174 | South Dakota | 4 | $3,609,332 |
| 175 | Florida A&M | 4 | $3,490,000 |
| 176 | Youngstown State | 4 | $3,420,000 |
| 177 | West Florida | 4 | $3,370,000 |
| 178 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1 | $3,366,000 |
| 179 | British Columbia | 3 | $3,320,656 |
| 180 | Air Force | 4 | $3,303,728 |
| 181 | Campbell | 4 | $3,300,000 |
| 182 | Malone | 1 | $3,190,000 |
| 183 | Western Carolina | 4 | $3,180,000 |
| 184 | Washburn | 2 | $3,085,000 |
| 185 | Miami | 3 | $3,065,000 |
| 186 | James Madison | 3 | $3,002,500 |
| 187 | Brown | 1 | $2,985,000 |
| 188 | Ball State | 3 | $2,932,500 |
| 189 | Sam Houston State | 3 | $2,885,000 |
| 190 | Morgan State | 3 | $2,837,000 |
| 191 | Missouri Science & Tech | 1 | $2,742,500 |
| 192 | Bowling Green | 4 | $2,695,000 |
| 193 | Princeton | 3 | $2,695,000 |
| 194 | Tennessee-Martin | 3 | $2,625,000 |
| 195 | Assumption | 2 | $2,585,000 |
| 196 | Ohio | 3 | $2,575,000 |
| 197 | Fordham | 2 | $2,485,000 |
| 198 | Furman | 3 | $2,410,000 |
| 199 | Pennsylvania | 1 | $2,400,000 |
| 200 | Mercer | 3 | $2,390,000 |
| 201 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3 | $2,385,000 |
| 202 | San Diego | 2 | $2,292,500 |
| 203 | Norfolk State | 2 | $2,207,500 |
| 204 | Grambling State | 2 | $2,185,000 |
| 205 | North Carolina A&T | 2 | $2,065,000 |
| 206 | Northern Colorado | 2 | $2,040,000 |
| 207 | Elon | 1 | $2,000,000 |
| 208 | Fayetteville State | 2 | $1,970,000 |
| 209 | Jacksonville State | 2 | $1,950,000 |
| 210 | Montana | 2 | $1,830,000 |
| 211 | Lindenwood | 1 | $1,790,000 |
| 212 | Akron | 2 | $1,789,000 |
| 213 | Bryant | 2 | $1,788,000 |
| 214 | Missouri State | 2 | $1,786,500 |
| 215 | Wagner | 2 | $1,780,000 |
| 216 | Jackson State | 2 | $1,710,000 |
| 217 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | $1,710,000 |
| 218 | Saginaw Valley State | 2 | $1,710,000 |
| 219 | Shepherd | 2 | $1,710,000 |
| 220 | Virginia State | 2 | $1,710,000 |
| 221 | Minnesota State-Mankato | 2 | $1,620,000 |
| 222 | Richmond | 2 | $1,606,000 |
| 223 | Rhode Island | 2 | $1,592,000 |
| 224 | Albany | 2 | $1,590,000 |
| 225 | Central Connecticut State | 2 | $1,590,000 |
| 226 | Central Missouri | 2 | $1,590,000 |
| 227 | Cortland | 2 | $1,590,000 |
| 228 | Howard | 2 | $1,590,000 |
| 229 | Louisiana College | 2 | $1,590,000 |
| 230 | MidAmerica Nazarene | 2 | $1,590,000 |
| 231 | Monmouth | 2 | $1,590,000 |
| 232 | North Carolina Central | 2 | $1,590,000 |
| 233 | Greenville | 1 | $1,500,000 |
| 234 | Northern Arizona | 1 | $1,400,000 |
| 235 | Duquesne | 1 | $1,380,000 |
| 236 | Canisius | 1 | $1,377,500 |
| 237 | Houston Baptist | 1 | $1,350,000 |
| 238 | Navy | 1 | $1,303,000 |
| 239 | Southern Arkansas | 1 | $1,292,500 |
| 240 | Drake | 1 | $1,263,161 |
| 241 | California (PA) | 1 | $1,210,000 |
| 242 | Azusa Pacific | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 243 | Bemidji State | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 244 | East Central | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 245 | Kutztown | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 246 | Saint John | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 247 | Stetson | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 248 | Wayne State | 1 | $1,105,000 |
| 249 | Sacramento State | 1 | $1,002,896 |
| 250 | Austin Peay | 1 | $985,000 |
| 251 | Idaho State | 1 | $985,000 |
| 252 | Indiana State | 1 | $985,000 |
| 253 | Northwest Missouri State | 1 | $985,000 |
| 254 | Ouachita Baptist | 1 | $985,000 |
| 255 | Pittsburgh State | 1 | $985,000 |
| 256 | Prairie View A&M | 1 | $985,000 |
| 257 | Sacred Heart | 1 | $985,000 |
| 258 | Southern | 1 | $985,000 |
| 259 | Stony Brook | 1 | $985,000 |
| 260 | Tennessee State | 1 | $985,000 |
| 261 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 1 | $985,000 |
| 262 | Tusculum | 1 | $985,000 |
| 263 | New Hampshire | 1 | $950,192 |
| 264 | Baldwin-Wallace | 1 | $915,000 |
| 265 | Berry College | 1 | $915,000 |
| 266 | California-Davis | 1 | $915,000 |
| 267 | Chattanooga | 1 | $915,000 |
| 268 | Citadel | 1 | $915,000 |
| 269 | Culver-Stockton | 1 | $915,000 |
| 270 | Dartmouth | 1 | $915,000 |
| 271 | Fort Valley State | 1 | $915,000 |
| 272 | Framingham State | 1 | $915,000 |
| 273 | Indiana (PA) | 1 | $915,000 |
| 274 | Lane | 1 | $915,000 |
| 275 | Minot State | 1 | $915,000 |
| 276 | North Dakota | 1 | $915,000 |
| 277 | Ole Miss | 1 | $915,000 |
| 278 | Wingate | 1 | $915,000 |
| 279 | Texas A&M University–Commerce | 1 | $900,988 |
| 280 | Findlay | 2 | $796,000 |
| 281 | Gardner-Webb | 1 | $795,000 |
| 282 | Houston Christian | 1 | $795,000 |
| 283 | Kent State | 1 | $795,000 |
| 284 | Lafayette | 1 | $795,000 |
| 285 | Laval | 1 | $795,000 |
| 286 | Lock Haven | 1 | $795,000 |
| 287 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1 | $795,000 |
| 288 | Mount Union | 1 | $795,000 |
| 289 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 1 | $795,000 |
| 290 | New Haven | 1 | $795,000 |
| 291 | North Carolina Pembroke | 1 | $795,000 |
| 292 | Northern Michigan | 1 | $795,000 |
| 293 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 1 | $795,000 |
| 294 | Pittsburg State | 1 | $795,000 |
| 295 | Portland State | 1 | $795,000 |
| 296 | Slippery Rock | 1 | $795,000 |
| 297 | Towson | 1 | $795,000 |
| 298 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 1 | $795,000 |
