College football transfers landing million-dollar NIL offers
INDIANAPOLIS (BVM) 鈥� The college football transfer portal is drawing comparisons to free agency because of NIL money. Nick Saban said it best when he referred to name, image and likeness rules in that it 鈥�鈥澨�
鈥淢ake no mistake 鈥� a good to $1.5 million to $2 million right now,鈥� Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule said about 2024 transfer portal QBs.听
Over 1,300 FBS scholarship football players for the 2023-24 cycle. The NCAA prohibits schools from directly paying athletes to play 鈥� so NIL collectives have taken on the burden of retaining and/or luring talents with top dollars. Note that that collects funding from donors to provide NIL opportunities to athletes at that school, according to On3.听
Washington State quarterback Cameron Ward is supposedly being offered at least a million dollars in the transfer portal from 10 different programs.听
鈥淟et鈥檚 just say I heard from one source, and a pretty dialed-in one, that ,鈥� FOX college football analyst Brock Huard shared on Seattle Sports鈥� Brock and Salk. 鈥淗e has 10 different deals from around the country that will pay him seven figures to come be their quarterback.鈥�
College coaches are speaking up about how players on their rosters are being enticed with NIL cash. Then-UH coach Dana Holgorsen stated that Cougars wide receiver Matthew Golden was being offered six figures in NIL money from other programs. His comments came just a month before Golden announced his
鈥淗e鈥檚 been 鈥� these numbers are bonkers,鈥� Holgorsen said on his weekly radio show in November. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know if they are true or not but he鈥檚 getting offered a lot of money to go play for SEC schools. Hope he stays. We have to continue to elevate our NIL program if we expect to retain guys like that.鈥�
Coaches, such as Colorado State HC Jay Norvell, have even asked fans to donate to NIL collectives to help retain players. Norvell revealed that Rams quarterback by another program to transfer, according to The Coloradoan. Regardless, he remains committed to CSU.听
鈥淚t鈥檚 incredibly important that people that care and love CSU get involved in this NIL collective,鈥� Norvell told The Coloradoan. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the only way we鈥檙e going to be able to compete and stay with these teams鈥� We鈥檙e doing all we can to fight off a lot of these 听
College football players are playing the NIL game. In some cases, top talents are putting their name into the portal just to see how much they are worth.听
鈥淭here are schools offering anywhere between $500,000 and $5 million for a player, depending on the position,鈥� one prominent NIL agent told OutKick. 鈥淭his is now a business and the One quarterback who is currently in the transfer portal is looking for $4.5 million for one year, but this is the market we negotiate in now.鈥澨�
Overall 鈥� with a mix of elite talents and dedicated fanbases with deep pockets 鈥� these NIL deals aren鈥檛 expected to slow down anytime soon.
