VMI · football

Donovan Burnett

DL · Freshman · #57 · 6' 3" · 275 lbs

From Pittsburgh, PA

Estimated 2026 NIL Value

$1.5K to $4K

Midpoint estimate: $2.5Kmedium confidence

How we got there

VMI total NIL spend$4M
Football pool share$3.12M
Average per roster spot$29.7K
Position (DL) multiplier1.30x
Class year (Freshman) multiplier0.75x
Jersey heuristic1.00x
Roster role proxy0.28x

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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Stephan Fowlkes

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