Tennessee · football

Jake Merklinger

QB · Freshman · #12 · 6' 3" · 215 lbs

From Savannah, GA

Estimated 2026 NIL Value

$470K to $1.35M

Midpoint estimate: $860Kmedium confidence

How we got there

Tennessee total NIL spend$50M
Football pool share$39M
Average per roster spot$371.4K
Position (QB) multiplier14.00x
Class year (Freshman) multiplier0.45x
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 Tennessee QBs

George MacIntyre

Freshman · #15

$860K

Mason Phillips

Freshman · #13

$860K

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