Which SEC school’s players have the highest average NFL salary?

I thought it would be interesting to do some research into which SEC school’s current NFL players are paid the most on average.

The value I chose as the school-wide average is the “Average Salary per Year” for each player. I think this gives us the best idea. I was initially going to do the “2018 Cash Value,” but these numbers can be somewhat skewed due to back loaded deals.

The last list is just a combined value of their guaranteed money… of course we are talking NFL, so take the “guaranteed” portion with a grain of salt.

First, let’s take a look at the average from the top 5 players from each school (Avg. Salary per Year)

Average Yearly Salary of the Top 5 Players from Each School
**Current contract

1. Georgia: $16,481,367
2. Texas A&M: $14,053,946
3. LSU: $12,722,000
4. Alabama: $12,320,000
5. Mississippi St: $11,370,000 (was $10,556,667 before new contract)
6. South Carolina: $10,926,150
7. Florida: $9,635,465
8. Tennessee: $9,420,000
9. Auburn: $8,038,133
10. Kentucky: $7,570,000
11. Ole Miss: $6,462,883
12. Missouri: $6,300,000
13. Vanderbilt: $3,882,920
14. Arkansas: $2,608,022

Stafford plays a huge role for UGA here with his 27 mil per year deal. If we removed Stafford, and averaged out the next 5 guys, UGA would still be sitting nicely at $13,214,447.

Now let’s look at the total average salary per year of each player from each school

Player’s Average Yearly Salary
**Current contract

1. Kentucky: $5,041,262
2. Georgia: $4,346,681
3. South Carolina: $3,762,966
4. Texas A&M: $3,558,912
5. Mississippi St: $3,427,497 (was $3,043,761 before new contract)
6. LSU: $3,125,771
7. Alabama: $3,056,823
8. Florida: $2,634,540
9. Tennessee: $2,628,698
10. Missouri: $2,372,704
11. Ole Miss: $2,115,007
12. Auburn: $2,082,474
13. Vanderbilt: $1,880,156
14. Arkansas: $1,067,268

Kentucky is the surprise here with 7 of their 11 players (that have contract details) earning more than 2 mil per year

Now, let’s look at the total money guaranteed for every player; broken down by school

Total Combined Guaranteed Money
**Current contract

1. Alabama: $367,773,173
2. Georgia: $345,375,599
3. LSU: $335,166,524
4. Texas A&M: $259,902,802
5. Florida: $222,389,298
6. South Carolina: $190,270,396
7. Mississippi St: $164,233,735 (was $147,123,785 before new contract)
8. Tennessee: $163,068,978
9. Auburn: $108,410,079
10. Ole Miss: $86,260,073
11. Kentucky: $75,424,676
12. Missouri: $59,732,471
13. Vanderbilt: $30,886,833
14. Arkansas: $26,137,825

Reference: Spotrac and OverTheCap

*EDIT*
Added Benardrick McKinney's contract extension for Mississippi St which was signed on 6/14. This moved them up a couple of notches in each category.

A few people asked, so I obliged... not because I agree with doing this though.

Average per year salary of the 2nd-6th highest paid players for each school
**Removed the highest paid for everyone

1. Georgia: $13,214,447
2. LSU: $11,918,667
3. Texas A&M: $11,603,946
4. Alabama: $10,925,000
5. Mississippi St: $9,136,667
6. South Carolina: $8,786,150
7. Florida: $8,688,193
8. Tennessee: $7,400,000
9. Kentucky: $6,370,000
10. Ole Miss: $5,078,810
11. Missouri: $4,955,945
12. Auburn: $4,294,068
13. Arkansas: $2,118,022
14. Vanderbilt: $1,771,165

It honestly looks nearly identical. The only difference is Auburn due to Cam's contract. Again, I don't agree with this method, but since it was a quick pull I did it.