UAB NIL Spending — $8M Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$8M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Football
$5.5M
UAB's NIL program has grown under Trent Dilfer in football.
The Blazers are estimated at $3.5-4M in football NIL for 2025-26. Basketball under Andy Kennedy has been invested. The Birmingham market provides solid commercial NIL access.
The $8M figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: UAB's direct revenue-share allocation and third-party collective deals funded by boosters, alumni, and corporate sponsors. We compile it from publicly disclosed contracts, collective funding announcements, athletic department reporting, and cross-referenced industry valuations, with Football the largest single-sport allocation at $5.5M.
UAB is estimated to spend $8M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #117 nationally among Division I programs.
UAB competes in the American at the G5 level.
Football is UAB's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $5.5M in estimated 2026 spending.
UAB's $8M NIL budget can be compared against every American program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
UAB's NIL budget combines two sources: the school's direct revenue-share allocation (capped at roughly $20.5M industry-wide following the House settlement) and third-party collective deals funded by boosters, alumni, and corporate sponsors.
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