What is Austin Hill's estimated 2026 NIL value?

Austin Hill carries a projected 2026 NIL range of $2K to $3K, with a midpoint of $2.8K.

How does Austin Hill's NIL estimate fit inside Valparaiso's total?

Austin Hill's best current estimate is $2.8K. The pool-accounting allocation is $2.5K, about 0.0% of Valparaiso's market index and 0.2% of the football pool.

Back to Valparaiso NIL School NIL Page School Hub

Player profileValparaiso Football

Valparaiso · Football

Austin Hill

Q: How confident is the model in Austin Hill'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 · Freshman · #50 · 6' 0" · 230 lbs

★★★★★3★ Recruit

From Urbana, OH

Austin Hill is a 6' 0" 230 lbs Freshman Linebacker for Valparaiso and is listed by ESPN from Urbana, OH. Austin Hill ranks 88th within the current Valparaiso football roster. The modeled value is $2.8K, with $2.5K allocated to reconcile the sport pool.

View Valparaiso NIL Page Open School Hub ESPN player profile

Estimated NIL value

2026 value

$2.8K

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

Pool-accounting allocation: $2.5K

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

0.2%

Football pool: $1.6M

Pool share of school

0.0%

Valparaiso roster market: $5.35M

Roster dollars tracked

$1.6M

Valparaiso 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

Freshman

Jersey

#50

Height

6' 0"

Weight

230 lbs

Hometown

Urbana, OH

Roster status

Active

Current listing

Valparaiso Beacons

Recruit rating

3-star

Recruiting profile

3-star / No. 3001 nationally

Rating: 0.7983

High school: Evangelical Christian

From: Cordova, TN

Class: 2020 / ILB

Transfer history

Ball State to Stetson

2024 portal cycle / Dec 4, 2023 / Immediate

Connected sourcesESPN roster profileCollege Football Data recruitingCollege Football Data transfer portal

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 Austin Hill, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $2.8K headline case.

The visible base estimate is $2.8K. The pool-accounting allocation is $2.5K, equal to about 0.2% of the Valparaiso football market. The player ranks 88th 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

Valparaiso NIL

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

School Hub

Valparaiso Community

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

Latest player news

Loading the newest player-specific reporting…

Quick jump

Valparaiso NIL pageOpen Valparaiso school hubOpen All NIL playersBrowse

Where the number comes from

Aggregate roster market$5.35M

Football pool$1.6M

Player midpoint$2.8K

Confidence score58/100

Same-room comps

Other Valparaiso LB estimates.

Max Samuel

Junior · #1

$17.3K

Connor Cervantes

Junior · #19

$11.5K

Anthony Feltrinelli

Sophomore · #4

$11K

Easton Hill

Sophomore · #36

$6.7K

Micah Markley

Sophomore · #41

$6.6K

Nathan Harris

Freshman · #33

$4.2K

ESPN profile

Player profileValparaiso Football

Valparaiso · Football

Austin Hill

LB · Freshman · #50 · 6' 0" · 230 lbs

From Urbana, OH

Loading live player file…

Estimated NIL value

2026 value

$2.8K

Austin Hill

LB · Freshman · #50 · 6' 0" · 230 lbs

★★★★★3★ Recruit

From Urbana, OH

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 Austin Hill. The profile, current roster data, game history, and market estimate remain available above.