How much does Florida State 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. Florida State 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.
Florida State
Updated October 23, 2026
Where does your school rank? Florida State ranks #29 of 68 in annual capacity.
Common questions
Florida State: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.
How much does Florida State football make and spend?
FY2025 football revenue for Florida State is $83,469,718. FY2025 football spending for Florida State is $83,267,924. Revenue is what the program brought in. Spending is what it paid out. They are not added together.
What does Florida State pay its coach, and what's the buyout?
Mike Norvell's pay at Florida State is $10,300,000 as of February 16, 2024. The buyout is $48,085,719 as of October 23, 2026. Source: FSU 7th Amendment to 2019 EA (Dec. 13, 2024) via DocumentCloud / Tallahassee Democrat.
Who is Florida State's athletic director?
Bruce Warwick is Interim athletics director at Florida State. Florida State fired athletics director Michael Alford without cause on Sept. 14, 2026. Senior associate athletics director Bruce Warwick is interim athletics director, and a national search is underway. Warwick's pay is not public. The amount owed to Alford is not public. Alford's prior salary schedule is not this chair's pay. Sources: AP via WTOP; Reuters.