If the NCAA officially allows players to earn money off their names, images and likenesses, several of the nation's biggest stars could earn significant money from social media alone.
According to Jeff Tracy of Axios, Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger could earn about $962,000 per year, including $3,296 per post. The rising senior has about 127,000 followers on Instagram and almost 70,000 followers on Twitter.
LSU receiver Ja'Marr Chase, who has about 280,000 combined followers, could make $263,000 per year.
The reported estimates are "based on actual data from the last decade of providing the technology behind millions of dollars of transactions between brands and professional athletes," per Blake Lawrence, CEO ofOpendorse (via Tracy).