What is Kaleb Blanton's estimated 2026 NIL value?

Kaleb Blanton carries a projected 2026 NIL range of $23K to $38K, with a midpoint of $30.5K.

How does Kaleb Blanton's NIL estimate fit inside Rice's total?

Kaleb Blanton's best current estimate is $30.5K. The pool-accounting allocation is $23.8K, about 0.3% of Rice's market index and 0.6% of the football pool.

Back to Rice NIL School NIL Page School Hub

Player profileRice Football

Rice · Football

Kaleb Blanton

Q: How confident is the model in Kaleb Blanton'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.

LB · Sophomore · #34 · 6' 1" · 226 lbs

★★★★★3★ Recruit

From Manvel, TX

Kaleb Blanton is a 6' 1" 226 lbs Sophomore Linebacker for Rice and is listed by ESPN from Manvel, TX. Kaleb Blanton ranks 28th within the current Rice football roster. The modeled value is $30.5K, with $23.8K allocated to reconcile the sport pool.

View Rice NIL Page Open School Hub ESPN player profile

Estimated NIL value

2026 value

$30.5K

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

Pool-accounting allocation: $23.8K

Confidence meter

Watchlist confidence

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

Pool share by sport

0.6%

Football pool: $3.85M

Pool share of school

0.3%

Rice roster market: $9.05M

Roster dollars tracked

$3.85M

Rice Football pool-accounting sum

Recent game logs

No current game log available

Sourced from

ESPN

College Football Data

College Sports Commission

CBS Sports

Yahoo Sports

Live player file

Roster, recruiting and production

Live sources connected

Last updated Sep 2, 2026

Position

Linebacker

Class

Sophomore

Jersey

#34

Height

6' 1"

Weight

226 lbs

Hometown

Manvel, TX

Roster status

Active

Current listing

Rice Owls

Recruit rating

3-star

Recruiting profile

3-star / No. 1204 nationally

Rating: 0.8606

High school: Manvel

From: Manvel, TX

Class: 2024 / LB

Connected sourcesESPN roster profileCollege Football Data recruiting

Sideline Data Desk

Player market brief

2026 NIL Market Index

Front-seven value reflects snap importance, pass-rush or run-fit scarcity, recruiting demand, and transfer-market leverage. For Kaleb Blanton, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $30.5K headline case.

The visible base estimate is $30.5K. The pool-accounting allocation is $23.8K, equal to about 0.6% of the Rice football market. The player ranks 28th on that roster.

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

Stay in the school universe

School NIL Page

Rice NIL

Full school breakdown, roster search, market tiers, and position-by-position comps.

School Hub

Rice Community

News, discussion, fan context, and the broader program view beyond NIL dollars.

Latest player news

Loading the newest player-specific reporting…

Quick jump

Rice NIL pageOpen Rice school hubOpen All NIL playersBrowse

Where the number comes from

Aggregate roster market$9.05M

Football pool$3.85M

Player midpoint$30.5K

Confidence score58/100

Same-room comps

Other Rice LB estimates.

Stone Combs

Senior · #33

$48K

Jayden Cupitt

Freshman · #40

$15.5K

Austin Harnetiaux

Senior · #54

$10.3K

Beau Barton

Junior · #14

$10K

Cooper King

Junior · #44

$8.9K

Jesus Machado

$6K

ESPN profile

Player profileRice Football

Rice · Football

Kaleb Blanton

LB · Sophomore · #34 · 6' 1" · 226 lbs · 3★ recruit

From Manvel, TX

Loading live player file…

Estimated NIL value

2026 value

$30.5K

Kaleb Blanton

LB · Sophomore · #34 · 6' 1" · 226 lbs

★★★★★3★ Recruit

From Manvel, TX

Latest player news

Recent player-specific reporting from school and national college-sports sources, newest first. NIL and endorsement stories are marked when relevant.

No recent player-specific coverage turned up for Kaleb Blanton. The profile, current roster data, game history, and market estimate remain available above.