Estimated NIL Spend
$10M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Football
$7M
Louisiana (Lafayette) is one of the Sun Belt's most consistent NIL investors.
Football under Michael Desormeaux is estimated at $5M for 2025-26. Baseball is a perennial national contender with dedicated collective backing.
Active Sun Belt NIL; strong Acadiana community
Perennial national contender
Track, volleyball, soccer
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Louisiana ranks #94 nationally in estimated NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) spending for the 2025–26 athletic year, with a combined budget of $10M across all sports. As a G5 program in the Sun Belt, Louisianacompetes 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 Louisiana's reported NIL figures from publicly disclosed contracts, collective funding announcements, athletic department reporting, and cross-referenced industry sources. Numbers reflect estimates of Louisiana'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 $7M.
NIL spending at Louisiana continues to evolve following the House v. NCAA settlement, which permits direct revenue sharing with student-athletes starting in the 2025–26 academic year. Louisiana'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 Louisiana directly to other programs on the NIL Compare tool.
Louisiana is estimated to spend $10M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #94 nationally among Division I programs.
Louisiana competes in the Sun Belt at the G5 level.
Football is Louisiana's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $7M in estimated 2026 spending.
Louisiana's $10M NIL budget can be compared against every Sun Belt program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Louisiana'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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