North Carolina · football

Kaleb Cost

DB · Junior · #21 · 5' 11" · 195 lbs

From Atlanta, GA

Estimated 2026 NIL Value

$135K to $390K

Midpoint estimate: $245Kmedium confidence

How we got there

North Carolina total NIL spend$30M
Football pool share$23.4M
Average per roster spot$222.9K
Position (DB) multiplier2.40x
Class year (Junior) multiplier1.25x
Jersey heuristic1.10x

Estimates use public school spend, sport pool share, and player-specific multipliers. They do not include individual collective deals or production stats, so real values can vary.

Other North Carolina DBs

Ty Adams

Sophomore · #11

$165K

Jermaine Anderson

Freshman · #32

$80K

Coleman Bryson

Junior · #16

$245K

Javion Butts

Freshman · #24

$88K

Khalil Conley

Freshman · #26

$80K

Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins

Freshman · #23

$88K

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