Lehigh is a Patriot League program with FCS football.
Lehigh famously upset Duke in the 2012 NCAA Tournament as a 15-seed. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley market provides decent commercial NIL access.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL Desk
Estimated NIL Spend
$1M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Football
$500K
Lehigh is a Patriot League program with FCS football.
Lehigh famously upset Duke in the 2012 NCAA Tournament as a 15-seed. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley market provides decent commercial NIL access.
Patriot League FCS level NIL
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Lehigh ranks #306 nationally in estimated NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) spending for the 2025–26 athletic year, with a combined budget of $1M across all sports. As a Basketball program in the Patriot, Lehighcompetes with the nation's top revenue-sharing and collective-funded programs to attract and retain top recruits, transfer-portal talent, and returning starters.
The Sideline's NIL Tracker compiles Lehigh's reported NIL figures from publicly disclosed contracts, collective funding announcements, athletic department reporting, and cross-referenced industry sources. Numbers reflect estimates of Lehigh's 2026 NIL budget allocations including football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, and Olympic sports where applicable. Football represents the largest single-sport allocation at $500K.
NIL spending at Lehigh continues to evolve following the House v. NCAA settlement, which permits direct revenue sharing with student-athletes starting in the 2025–26 academic year. Lehigh's figures include both the school's revenue-share allocation and third-party collective deals from boosters and alumni networks. For broader context, view our complete NIL Tracker rankings or compare Lehigh directly to other programs on the NIL Compare tool.
Lehigh is estimated to spend $1M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #306 nationally among Division I programs.
Lehigh competes in the Patriot at the Basketball level.
Football is Lehigh's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $500K in estimated 2026 spending.
Lehigh's $1M NIL budget can be compared against every Patriot program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Lehigh's NIL budget combines two sources: the school's direct revenue-share allocation (capped at roughly $20.5M industry-wide following the House settlement) and third-party collective deals funded by boosters, alumni, and corporate sponsors.
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