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PLAYER VALUATIONS | GOLF NIL TOP 10
WEEK OF MAY 15, 2025
1

FLORIDA STATE
LUKE CLANTON
$2.29M
90K
FOLLOWERS
NIL VALUATION
2

BENJAMIN SCHOOL
CHARLIE WOODS *
$1.80M
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FOLLOWERS
NIL VALUATION
3

NORTH CAROLINA A&T
J.R. SMITH
$1.79M
8.5M
FOLLOWERS
NIL VALUATION
4

BENJAMIN SCHOOL
KAI TRUMP *
$1.43M
5.7M
FOLLOWERS
NIL VALUATION
5

AUBURN
JACKSON KOIVUN
$998K
16K
FOLLOWERS
NIL VALUATION
6

VANDERBILT
GORDON SARGENT
$575K
46K
FOLLOWERS
NIL VALUATION
7

VANDERBILT
JOSE LUIS BALLESTER BARRIO
$561K
17K
FOLLOWERS
NIL VALUATION
8

PROVIDENCE SCHOOL
MILES RUSSELL *
$554K
111K
FOLLOWERS
NIL VALUATION
9

NORTH CAROLINA
DAVID FORD
Unpublished
19K
NIL VALUATION
FOLLOWERS
10

VIRGINIA
BEN JAMES
Unpublished
6.5K
NIL VALUATION
FOLLOWERS
* JUNIOR ATHLETE
TOP COLLEGE MEN
TOP COLLEGE WOMEN
TOP JUNIOR BOYS
TOP JUNIOR GIRLS
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01
J.R. SMITH
SENIOR
NORTH CAROLINA A&T
8.5M
FOLLOWERS
02
KAI TRUMP
JUNIOR (HS)
BENJAMIN
5.7M
FOLLOWERS
03
MORGAN MCDONOUGH
FRESHMAN
SAN FRANCISCO
274K
FOLLOWERS
04
JOHN DALY II
JUNIOR
ARKANSAS
202K
FOLLOWERS
05
MILES RUSSELL
SOPHOMORE (HS)
PROVIDENCE
111K
FOLLOWERS
Golf NIL's list of the most-followed NIL-eligible college and junior amateur golfers