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Colorado

Common questions

Colorado: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.

How much does Colorado pay players (revenue share / NIL budget)?

The House revenue-share cap is $20.5M in 2025–26 and $21.58M ($21,583,913) in 2026–27. Colorado hasn't released how much of that it has actually paid out. The NIL budget figure reported here is $7,672,052.88 (2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30). That amount covers only part of the year, not a full season.

How much does Colorado football make and spend?

FY2025 football spending for Colorado is $42,805,019. That figure is spending, not football revenue. We don't have a reported football revenue figure for Colorado yet.

What does Colorado pay its coach, and what's the buyout?

Deion Sanders's pay at Colorado is $10,000,000 as of March 28, 2025. The buyout is $33,000,000 if fired in 2026. Source: Denver Post (Sean Keeler, Feb. 28, 2026).

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