Kent State · football

Thomas Aden

DL · Junior · #5 · 6' 1" · 280 lbs

From Lakewood, OH

Estimated 2026 NIL Value

$2.5K to $7K

Midpoint estimate: $5Kmedium confidence

How we got there

Kent State total NIL spend$4.5M
Football pool share$3.51M
Average per roster spot$33.4K
Position (DL) multiplier1.30x
Class year (Junior) multiplier1.05x
Jersey heuristic1.12x
Roster role proxy0.28x

Estimates use school spend, sport pool share, roster role/depth proxies, and player-specific multipliers. Confirmed top-100 values override the model; all other values are independent estimates, not official disclosures.

Other Kent State DLs

Darian Blachewicz

Freshman · #58

$3K

Antonio Bottiggi

Freshman · #44

$3K

Aiden Burgess

Freshman · #52

$3K

Antoine Campbell Jr.

Senior · #11

$4.5K

Mattheus Carroll

Senior · #17

$4.5K

Josue Cordoba

Freshman · #55

$700

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