Top NIL agents and agencies in college football, 2026
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No one publishes a ranking of NIL agents by money. Agents are not required to report their deals publicly, and the College Sports Commission, which clears NIL deals, does not publish totals by agent. So this page ranks agencies by the number of college football clients reported for them, and lists the money totals separately, as what they are: claims made by the agencies themselves.
Top 50 by clients · Money totals agencies claim · Who represents the big-deal players · Context
Money totals agencies claim
| Agency or agent | Claimed total | What it covers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIFT Sports Management | $45M | NIL deals in the 2026 transfer portal window for its college football clients. The agency's Ron Slavin said Brendan Sorsby's Texas Tech deal was close to $6M. | Newsweek, Jan. 2026 (paywalled); summary, CollegeNetWorth, Jan. 29, 2026; Boardroom, Jan. 6, 2026 |
| A&P Sports Agency | More than $30M | In player contracts during the last transfer portal period, according to A&P (it reported $12M in 2024). | The Athletic, Aug. 17, 2026; A&P website |
| SetVision Management | More than $20M | NIL deals brokered during the early 2026 transfer portal window by the firm founded by Casey Gunn. | Forsyth County News, June 29, 2026 |
| Danny Esteban (Rosenhaus Sports Representation) | More than $5M | Transfer portal NIL deals last season, as he reports. A single agent, not an agency total. | Miami Herald, June 15, 2026 |
These figures are self-reported and unaudited, cover different periods, and can't be ranked against each other or against agencies that don't publish totals.
Top 50 agencies by reported college football clients
From ScoutSZN's agency directory (scoutszn.com/reps), read Oct. 30, 2026; each count was checked against the agency's ScoutSZN page. ScoutSZN describes its data as “Reported representation, compiled from public reporting and public announcements. Not confirmed with the player or the agency, and not confirmation of a contract.” A tie at No. 18 puts 52 agencies in the top 50. Client count measures size, not money.
Draft-caliber clients is ScoutSZN's count of clients it rates as NFL draft prospects.
Who represents the big-deal players
Representation as reported publicly. ScoutSZN marks a link “confirmed” or “likely” based on public reporting; neither means a contract was verified.
| Player | 2026 | Reported representation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darian Mensah | Miami QB | Young Money APAA Sports: Adie von Gontard and Noah Reisenfeld; attorney Darren Heitner negotiated his Duke contracts | ScoutSZN, confirmed as of Oct. 4, 2026; Heitner's LinkedIn post, Dec. 2024 |
| Bryce Underwood | Michigan QB | Equity Sports | ScoutSZN, confirmed as of Oct. 4, 2026 |
| Arch Manning | Texas QB | Excel Sports Management (Alan Zucker) | ScoutSZN, confirmed as of Aug. 10, 2026 |
| Jeremiah Smith | Ohio State WR | The Team (Wasserman), Chafie Fields | ScoutSZN, listed as likely (not confirmed) as of July 21, 2026 |
| Sam Leavitt | LSU QB | CAA Football; his brother Dallin Leavitt | ScoutSZN, confirmed as of July 15, 2026 |
| Drew Mestemaker | Oklahoma State QB | Excel Sports Management | ScoutSZN, listed as likely (not confirmed) as of Aug. 10, 2026 |
| Brendan Sorsby and Josh Hoover | Texas Tech QB; Indiana QB | LIFT Sports Management (Ron Slavin) | Boardroom, Jan. 6, 2026 |
| John Mateer and Trinidad Chambliss | Oklahoma QB; Ole Miss QB | Rubicon Talent | ScoutSZN, confirmed as of Oct. 14 and Aug. 13, 2026 |
| Carson Beck | Miami QB (2025) | Everett Sports Management (Dan Everett) | Front Office Sports, Jan. 2025 |
| Nico Iamaleava | UCLA QB | His father, Nic Iamaleava, and coach Cordell Landers, plus at least one lawyer; none are certified agents (as of April 2025) | Front Office Sports, Apr. 16, 2025 |
Context
- The College Sports Commission's NIL Go system cleared 46,478 NIL deals worth $582.49M across all sports from June 11, 2025, to Aug. 31, 2026, and had 6,730 registered representative users; it publishes no per-agent data (CSC NIL Go Data Report, Sept. 9, 2026).
- There is no national certification for NIL agents, and some charge fees above the 3% cap the NFL Players Association sets for NFL contracts (The Athletic, Aug. 17, 2026). The rules that do exist: Rules for being an agent for a college player.
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