DePaul

Inside the DePaul NIL market

DePaul is a Basketball program in the Big East. The Sideline values its current varsity-athlete market at $6.2M, a high-side estimate rather than a reported school payroll or sum of signed contracts.

• Market position: #157 nationally and #11 in the Big East. The pool-reconciled base case is $5.6M, with a supported range of $5.3M to $6.8M.
• Where the value is concentrated: Men's Basketball $4.0M, Women's Basketball $1.6M, Other Sports $550K.
• How athletes access NIL: value can come through third-party endorsements, donor or collective opportunities, licensed content, appearances, and school-facilitated benefits or revenue-sharing context. Those channels stay separate unless a school-specific public record supports a dollar figure.
• Evidence behind this page: The estimate uses active-roster composition, player evidence, recruiting profile, sport economics, and Big East market context. ESPN supplies roster biography data, not NIL values.
• Notable public figures: No school-wide audited NIL total is currently in The Sideline evidence ledger. The most useful public figures are the Men's Basketball allocation of $4.0M and the #157 national market position.
• Latest update: Model V3, refreshed July 18, 2026. The Sideline Data Desk owns the estimates, sport allocations, rankings, audits, and corrections. Read the full methodology.