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Cooper Tankersley

QB · Junior · #3 · 6' 4" · 180 lbs

From Greenville, SC

Cooper Tankersley is a 6' 4" 180 lbs Junior Quarterback for The Citadel and is listed by ESPN from Greenville, SC. The Sideline places the player 3rd within the current The Citadel football roster. The $113.5K headline is The Sideline's best current estimate and $88.5K is the allocation used to reconcile the sport pool.

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2026 NIL estimate

$113.5K

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

Pool-accounting allocation: $88.5K

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Pool share by sport

5.4%

Football pool: $1.65M

Pool share of school

2.4%

The Citadel roster market: $3.75M

Roster dollars tracked

$1.65M

The Citadel Football pool-accounting sum

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Position

Quarterback

Class

Junior

Jersey

Height

6' 4"

Weight

180 lbs

Hometown

Greenville, SC

Roster status

Active

Current listing

The Citadel Bulldogs

Connected sourcesESPN roster profile

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Player market brief

2026 NIL Market Index

Quarterbacks receive the strongest football premium because role scarcity, weekly visibility, and offensive control compound their market value. For Cooper Tankersley, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $113.5K headline case.

The visible base estimate is $113.5K. The pool-accounting allocation is $88.5K, equal to about 5.4% of the The Citadel football market. The player ranks 3rd 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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