Rice · football

Luke Needham

OL · Sophomore · #67 · 6' 5" · 305 lbs

From Germantown, TN

Estimated 2026 NIL Value

$11.5K to $31K

Midpoint estimate: $21Kmedium confidence

How we got there

Rice total NIL spend$8.5M
Football pool share$6.63M
Average per roster spot$63.1K
Position (OL) multiplier1.25x
Class year (Sophomore) multiplier0.95x
Jersey heuristic1.00x
Roster role proxy0.85x

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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