How much does Arkansas 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. Arkansas hasn't released how much of that it has actually paid out.
College athletics money, from public records
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What can your team actually afford?
Power 4 football · revenue sharing · what they can spend · NIL on file.
Arkansas
Updated June 10, 2026
Where does your school rank? Arkansas ranks #12 of 68 in annual capacity.
Common questions
Arkansas: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.
How much does Arkansas football make and spend?
FY2025 football revenue for Arkansas is $90,791,403. FY2025 football spending for Arkansas is $57,370,871. Revenue is what the program brought in. Spending is what it paid out. They are not added together.
What does Arkansas pay its coach, and what's the buyout?
Ryan Silverfield's pay at Arkansas is $6,500,000 as of December 1, 2025. The buyout is an estimated $23,450,000 as of January 1, 2026. Source: Southwest Times Record (Dec. 1, 2025), quoting Silverfield term sheet via open records.