How much does Aaron Gates make in NIL?

What is Aaron Gates's NIL value?

As of August 2026, Aaron Gates's estimated NIL value falls between $128K and $200K. Aaron Gates is a cornerback for the Kentucky Wildcats in the SEC. Aaron has about 11K followers across social media, led by 11K on Instagram, a core driver of football NIL value. Aaron's figure is a modeled estimate based on audience, on-field role, market and sport.

Aaron's social media following

Aaron's public social presence is about ~11K followers on Instagram. Follower figures are approximate, as of August 2026.

NIL at Kentucky Wildcats

Kentucky has restructured for the revenue-sharing era more aggressively than almost any program. In April 2025 it became the first major athletic department to reorganize as a limited liability company, Champions Blue LLC, a holding structure designed to pursue new revenue and manage direct payments to athletes, and it extended its multimedia-rights deal with JMI Sports to help bring NIL operations in-house. Men's basketball remains the flagship and historically commands the largest share of Kentucky's NIL resources, though football spending has grown in the SEC arms race. House settlement payments are subject to the standard cap, roughly $20.5 million department-wide in the first year with annual increases, and third-party deals continue alongside the school's new corporate machinery.

How NIL value is calculated

An NIL value is an estimate of what an athlete could earn from name, image and likeness over 12 months, not a salary or a confirmed deal. We weigh audience (social reach and engagement), performance and role, school and market, and the sport and position. No exact NIL figure is publicly disclosed for Aaron, so the value shown here is a modeled estimate. See how NIL valuations work.

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