Oklahoma State Cowboys NIL valuations

110 athletes · Big 12 · estimated ranges as of August 2026

Oklahoma State football competes in the Big 12, where NIL spending generally runs below SEC and Big Ten levels, and its donor-backed effort is organized around the Pokes with a Purpose collective. The fundraising tradition is unusual: the late Boone Pickens gave hundreds of millions to Cowboy athletics, and that donor culture carries into the NIL era. Few Cowboys appear in national valuation rankings, so most published player figures are estimates. Since 2025, the House settlement allows Oklahoma State to pay athletes directly under the roughly $20.5 million first-year cap, which grows annually, an important equalizer for a school whose home market in Stillwater is small. The school brands its men's teams Cowboys and its women's teams Cowgirls.