How much does Penn 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. Penn State hasn't released how much of that it has actually paid out.
College athletics money, from public records
Public Cap
What can your team actually afford?
Power 4 football · revenue sharing · what they can spend · NIL on file.
Penn State
Updated October 19, 2026
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Common questions
Penn State: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.
How much does Penn State football make and spend?
FY2025 football revenue for Penn State is $150,314,572. FY2025 football spending for Penn State is $77,386,097. Revenue is what the program brought in. Spending is what it paid out. They are not added together.
What does Penn State pay its coach, and what's the buyout?
Matt Campbell's pay at Penn State is $8,000,000 as of December 8, 2025. The buyout is more than $62M if fired this week. Source: Sportico (Eben Novy-Williams, Oct. 19, 2026).