Western Carolina · football

Painter Richards-Baker

WR · Senior · #8 · 6' 2" · 180 lbs

From Hillsborough, NC

Estimated 2026 NIL Value

$12K to $32K

Midpoint estimate: $22Kmedium confidence

How we got there

Western Carolina total NIL spend$3.7M
Football pool share$2.89M
Average per roster spot$27.5K
Position (WR) multiplier2.30x
Class year (Senior) multiplier1.10x
Jersey heuristic1.12x
Roster role proxy0.85x

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.

Other Western Carolina WRs

Jai Boyd

Sophomore · #15

$36.5K

Ellis Chappell

Freshman · #89

$27.5K

AJ Colombo

Senior · #0

$40.5K

Austin Cunningham

Freshman · #83

$27.5K

Ca'Lique Cunningham

Sophomore · #81

$35K

Dominic Dutton

Senior · #4

$45.5K

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