What is Ryan Cornish's estimated 2026 NIL value?

Ryan Cornish carries a projected 2026 NIL range of $950K to $1.55M, with a midpoint of $1.25M.

How does Ryan Cornish's NIL estimate fit inside USC's total?

Ryan Cornish's best current estimate is $1.25M. The pool-accounting allocation is $2.85M, about 5.1% of USC's market index and 23.3% of the men's basketball pool.

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Ryan Cornish

Q: How confident is the model in Ryan Cornish's NIL number?

Watchlist confidence at 58 out of 100. We have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.

G · Senior · #9 · 6' 5" · 173 lbs

From Potomac, MD

Ryan Cornish is a 6' 5" 173 lbs Senior Guard for USC and is listed by ESPN from Potomac, MD. Ryan Cornish ranks 1st within the current USC men's basketball roster and No. 123 nationally across the tracked NIL market. The modeled value is $1.25M, with $2.85M allocated to reconcile the sport pool.

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Estimated NIL value

2026 value

$1.25M

Modeled from role, roster, recruiting, current market evidence, and school-pool reconciliation.

Pool-accounting allocation: $2.85M

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Watchlist confidence

We have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.

Pool share by sport

23.3%

Men's Basketball pool: $12.2M

Pool share of school

5.1%

USC roster market: $55.85M

Roster dollars tracked

$12.2M

USC Men's Basketball pool-accounting sum

Coverage hits

No fresh NIL chatter found

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Position

Guard

Class

Senior

Jersey

Height

6' 5"

Weight

173 lbs

Hometown

Potomac, MD

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Player market brief

2026 NIL Market Index

Lead guards receive a premium for possession control, scoring creation, and year-round visibility in the transfer and commercial markets. For Ryan Cornish, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $1.25M headline case.

The visible base estimate is $1.25M. The pool-accounting allocation is $2.85M, equal to about 23.3% of the USC men's basketball market. The player ranks 1st on that roster and No. 123 in The Sideline's national player index.

Roster biography fields are imported from ESPN. Rankings, ranges, confidence, and valuation analysis are produced and maintained by The Sideline. The figures are market estimates, not salary or contract disclosures.Read the Sideline NIL methodology

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