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Popo Aguirre

LB · Senior · #0 · 6' 1" · 235 lbs

★★★★★4★ Recruit

From Fayetteville, GA

Popo Aguirre is a 6' 1" 235 lbs Senior Linebacker for NC State and is listed by ESPN from Fayetteville, GA. The Sideline places the player 21st within the current NC State football roster. The $327K headline is The Sideline's best current estimate and $263K is the allocation used to reconcile the sport pool.

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2026 NIL estimate

$327K

Best current estimate based on role, roster, recruiting, and school-pool evidence.

Pool-accounting allocation: $263K

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We have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.

Pool share by sport

1.3%

Football pool: $19.5M

Pool share of school

0.8%

NC State roster market: $32.95M

Roster dollars tracked

$19.5M

NC State Football pool-accounting sum

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Position

Linebacker

Class

Senior

Jersey

Height

6' 1"

Weight

235 lbs

Hometown

Fayetteville, GA

Roster status

Active

Current listing

NC State Wolfpack

Recruit rating

4-star

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Player market brief

2026 NIL Market Index

Front-seven value reflects snap importance, pass-rush or run-fit scarcity, recruiting demand, and transfer-market leverage. For Popo Aguirre, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $327K headline case.

The visible base estimate is $327K. The pool-accounting allocation is $263K, equal to about 1.3% of the NC State football market. The player ranks 21st on that roster.

Roster biography fields are imported from ESPN. Rankings, ranges, confidence, and valuation analysis are produced and maintained by The Sideline. The figures are market estimates, not salary or contract disclosures.Read the Sideline NIL methodology

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