UCF NIL Spending — $22M Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$22M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Football
$11M
UCF's NIL program has grown significantly with Big 12 membership.
Football has new leadership building the program. Basketball under Johnny Dawkins receives growing support. The Orlando market is one of the stronger commercial NIL environments in the South.
The $22M figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: UCF'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 $11M.
UCF is estimated to spend $22M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #60 nationally among Division I programs.
UCF competes in the Big 12 at the Power 4 level.
Football is UCF's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $11M in estimated 2026 spending.
UCF's $22M NIL budget can be compared against every Big 12 program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
UCF'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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