Starting quarterbacks for Power 5 programs entered the 2022 college football season with an average On3 <a href="https://www.on3.com/nil/news/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NIL</a> Valuation of $389,953. The data points reflect the most recent data prior to each team’s first game.



The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets the standard market value for the NIL of high school and college athletes. It uses a proprietary algorithm that calculates an athlete’s NIL value for up to 12 months into the future using data points including an athlete’s performance, influence and exposure.



It doesn’t act as a tracker of the value of the NIL deals an athlete has completed to date, nor does it set an athlete’s market value for the athlete’s entire career.



Quarterbacks have proven to have some of the highest NIL market values in college athletics. This data reaffirms that.



<h2 id="h-quarterbacks-lead-the-10-highest-valuations">Quarterbacks lead the 10 highest valuations</h2>



Following the conclusion of Week 1’s slate of games, the college football players with the three highest On3 NIL Valuations are quarterbacks. In order, <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/alabama-crimson-tide/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alabama</a>‘s <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/bryce-young-15984/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bryce Young</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/usc-trojans/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">USC</a>‘s <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/caleb-williams-17251/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Caleb Williams</a> and <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/ohio-state-buckeyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ohio State</a>‘s <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/cj-stroud-23666/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CJ Stroud</a> rank first, second and third.



<a href="https://www.on3.com/college/south-carolina-gamecocks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">South Carolina</a>‘s <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/spencer-rattler-108040/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spencer Rattler</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/florida-gators/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Florida</a>‘s <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/anthony-richardson-6488/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anthony Richardson</a> and <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Texas</a>‘ <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/quinn-ewers-97493/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Quinn Ewers</a> each rank in the top 10 after Week 1, too. <a href="https://www.on3.com/nil/news/revamped-top-10-college-football-on3-nil-valuations-following-week-1-cj-stroud/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">You can view the latest top 10 here</a>.



After Richardson led the Gators to an upset of No. 7 <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/utah-utes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Utah</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/nil/news/florida-gators-football-anthony-richardson-quarterback-nil-on3-valuation-heisman-rising/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">his On3 NIL Valuation roughly doubled</a>.



Not only do Young, Williams and Stroud lead current college football players in terms of their On3 NIL Valuations, but they also rank fourth through sixth in the On3 NIL 100, respectively. The On3 NIL 100 is the first of its kind and the defacto NIL ranking of the top 100 high school and college athletes ranked by market valuation.



<h2>Preseason On3 NIL Valuations of top quarterbacks</h2>



Five Power 5 quarterbacks — Young, Stroud, Williams, Rattler and Ewers — entered their respective season openers with an On3 NIL Valuation of at least $1.5 million. Seven other quarterbacks had a projected NIL market value of at least $500,000.



Here are the 15 Power 5 quarterbacks who entered the season with the highest On3 NIL Valuations:



<ol><li>Bryce Young (Alabama): $3.2 million</li><li>CJ Stroud (Ohio State): $2.5 million</li><li>Caleb Williams (USC): $2.4 million</li><li>Spencer Rattler (South Carolina) $2 million</li><li>Quinn Ewers (Texas): $1.5 million</li><li><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/tyler-van-dyke-118203/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tyler Van Dyke</a> (<a href="https://www.on3.com/college/miami-hurricanes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Miami</a>): $761,000</li><li><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/stetson-bennett-iv-108660/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stetson Bennett IV</a> (<a href="https://www.on3.com/college/georgia-bulldogs/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Georgia</a>): $699,000</li><li><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/kj-jefferson-142146/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">KJ Jefferson</a> (<a href="https://www.on3.com/college/arkansas-razorbacks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Arkansas</a>): $696,000</li><li><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/will-levis-120894/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Will Levis</a> (<a href="https://www.on3.com/college/kentucky-wildcats/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kentucky</a>): $638,000</li><li><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/hendon-hooker-47924/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hendon Hooker</a> (<a href="https://www.on3.com/college/tennessee-volunteers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tennessee</a>): $613,000</li><li>Anthony Richardson (Florida): $547,000</li><li><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/dj-uiagalelei-37355/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DJ Uiagalelei</a> (<a href="https://www.on3.com/college/clemson-tigers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Clemson</a>): $544,000</li><li><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/jaxson-dart-58358/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jaxson Dart</a> (<a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/ole-miss-rebels/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ole Miss</a>): $490,000</li><li><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/bo-nix-11186/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bo Nix</a> (<a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/oregon-ducks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Oregon</a>): $421,000</li><li><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/cameron-ward-18163/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cameron Ward</a> (<a href="https://www.on3.com/college/washington-state-cougars/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Washington State</a>): $402,000</li></ol>



Among the 16 Group of Five starting quarterbacks who had an On3 NIL Valuation at the start of the season, their average was $58,225. <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/coastal-carolina-chanticleers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Coastal Carolina</a> quarterback <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/grayson-mccall-46678/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Grayson McCall</a> led the group with a projected NIL market value of $438,000, which would’ve ranked 14th among Power 5 starters.



Ward, Washington State’s quarterback who ranked 15th among Power 5 signal-callers, played at the FCS level for <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/incarnate-word-cardinals/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Incarnate Word</a> last season.

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