Northwestern · football

Blake Van Buren

TE · Junior · #83 · 6' 4" · 248 lbs

From Middleton, WI

Estimated 2026 NIL Value

$10.5K to $28K

Midpoint estimate: $19Kmedium confidence

How we got there

Northwestern total NIL spend$22M
Football pool share$17.16M
Average per roster spot$163.4K
Position (TE) multiplier1.20x
Class year (Junior) multiplier1.05x
Jersey heuristic1.00x
Roster role proxy0.28x

Estimates use school spend, sport pool share, roster role/depth proxies, and player-specific multipliers. Confirmed top-100 values override the model; all other values are independent estimates, not official disclosures.

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