Find student athletes for your next campaign.
The most authentic audience in sports. Matched to your brief in minutes — with verified athletes, built-in NIL compliance, escrow payments, and an AI Content Studio that ships scripts athletes will actually post.
No card required · Post your first campaign in under 15 minutes
Why athlete audiences convert differently
Niche trust at scale. The kind that moves product.
When a linebacker posts about your cleats, his followers already know he plays football. When a pitcher recommends your hydration product, her audience has context to care. When a bilingual running back posts in Spanish about a local brand, he's reaching a community mainstream campaigns consistently miss.
That's the student athlete audience. NILify is where you find them.
Versus 1–2% for general lifestyle creators. Niche audiences read every post.
Athlete audiences skew toward active sports families with sport- and position-specific buying behavior.
Athlete followings cluster around schools, cities, and regions — ideal for local and regional campaigns.
A segment no other channel targets efficiently. NILify makes language a first-class filter.
How brands use NILify
Brief to billboard in five steps.
Search, post, approve, ship. Compliance, parent approvals, FTC disclosures, and payouts are built in.
Search athletes
Filter by sport, position, state, followers, engagement, language, school, and verification tier. See AI match scores before reaching out.
Post a campaign
Set budget and deliverables. Define athlete requirements. AI matches and invites automatically — athletes apply, you approve.
AI Content Studio
Each approved athlete gets a custom hook, shot list, full script, and ready-to-post caption with your hashtags pre-filled.
Review & approve
Drafts hit your queue after NILify pre-checks FTC compliance, required hashtags, and required mentions.
Escrow payout
Budget is held until posts go live. No invoicing, no chasing — payment releases automatically.
AI matching, 0–100
Every athlete is scored against your brief on sport, audience, geography, and prior performance. No more cold lists.
Content Studio per athlete
Hooks, shot lists, captions tailored to each athlete's voice. Fewer revision cycles, faster campaigns, higher quality content.
Built-in NIL compliance
State-by-state NIL eligibility, parent co-sign where required, FTC #ad disclosure, prohibited-category screening — all automatic.
Real analytics
Impressions, engagement, CPM, and per-athlete ROI in your dashboard. Release payment only after the post is live.
Compliance, handled
Your legal team doesn't build this framework. It's already built.
Every campaign runs through NILify's compliance layer before a single post goes live. State NIL rules, parental consent, tax docs, and FTC disclosures are checked automatically — not after the fact.
- Athlete NIL eligibility verified by state
- Parent co-sign collected where required
- FTC #ad disclosure present in every caption
- Content screened for prohibited categories
- Tax documentation (W-9) collected before payment
- Earnings routed to parent accounts where applicable
Where NILify converts best
Sports apparel, footwear, nutrition, hydration, tech, audio, local business, financial literacy, sports equipment, and youth lifestyle — all categories where the athlete audience converts above norm.
Prohibited categories
No alcohol, gambling, adult content, firearms, tobacco, vaping, performance-enhancing supplements, or political content.
Brand plans
Start free. Scale when it's working.
The platform fee covers NIL compliance, parent approvals, FTC disclosures, and payment processing — built into every deal.
Test athlete marketing without commitment.
Regular campaigns across sports and regions.
Ongoing always-on athlete programs.
Large-scale rollouts with API access.
FAQ
How fast does a campaign go live?
Post a campaign in under 15 minutes. AI matching runs automatically. Invites go out within 24 hours. First applications arrive in 48–72 hours.
What if an athlete doesn't deliver?
Budget stays in escrow. Nothing releases until posts are confirmed live. If an athlete misses their deadline, the spot opens for another and you pay nothing.
Can I target Spanish-speaking athletes?
Yes. Language is a searchable filter. Many NILify athletes are bilingual with predominantly Spanish-speaking followings — one of the most underserved segments in sports marketing.
How do I verify athlete authenticity?
Three verification tiers — Verified (identity confirmed), Elite (follower authenticity checked), Pro (5+ campaigns completed) — are visible on every profile.