McNeese is a Southland program with FCS football.
Football under Frank Wilson is estimated at $0.7-1M for 2025-26.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL DeskMcNeese NIL Spending — $1.7M Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$1.7M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Football
$1M
McNeese is a Southland program with FCS football.
Football under Frank Wilson is estimated at $0.7-1M for 2025-26.
The $1.7M figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: McNeese's direct revenue-share allocation and third-party collective deals funded by boosters, alumni, and corporate sponsors. We compile it from publicly disclosed contracts, collective funding announcements, athletic department reporting, and cross-referenced industry valuations, with Football the largest single-sport allocation at $1M.
McNeese is estimated to spend $1.7M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #244 nationally among Division I programs.
McNeese competes in the Southland at the Lower-Tier level.
Football is McNeese's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $1M in estimated 2026 spending.
McNeese's $1.7M NIL budget can be compared against every Southland program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
McNeese'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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