How much does Georgia 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. Georgia 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.
Georgia
Updated August 27, 2026
Where does your school rank? Georgia ranks #10 of 68 in annual capacity.
Common questions
Georgia: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.
How much does Georgia football make and spend?
FY2025 football revenue for Georgia is $149,285,887. FY2025 football spending for Georgia is $71,107,704. Revenue is what the program brought in. Spending is what it paid out. They are not added together.
What does Georgia pay its coach, and what's the buyout?
Kirby Smart's pay at Georgia is $13,003,000 as of August 10, 2026. The buyout is $105,107,583 as of December 1, 2025. Source: USA TODAY coaches salary database, buyout as of Dec. 1, 2025.
What has Georgia's collective paid?
Georgia's collective Classic City Collective Inc paid $2,214,518 in tax year 2023 (Form 990). That comes from the collective's tax return, not the school's House payments or football revenue.