VMI · football

Ryan McCarthy

DL · Sophomore · #61 · 6' 3" · 250 lbs

From Ashburn, VA

Estimated 2026 NIL Value

$500 to $1K

Midpoint estimate: $700medium 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 (Sophomore) multiplier0.95x
Jersey heuristic1.00x
Roster role proxy0.06x

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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Sophomore · #90

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Donovan Burnett

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Will Ferguson

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Justice Foster

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Stephan Fowlkes

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