Anybody following the Jaden Rashada saga?

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

Man that’s going to be some pretty good negative recruiting ammo for everyone. Hard to afford your NIL program’s credibility taking a hit right now. Once the rumblings about ABM having some issues came out I know that’s what I was most scared of.

 

[Kaladin]

13 million?

 

[HuskerDocCo]

fvckina! Hope he gets enough NIL to pay for those ACL surgeries FARRRTTTT

 

[Bootleg11]

Really bad look from Florida NIL right here.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Really bad look from Florida NIL right here.

Hahaha. How dumb is the Gaytor collective that they were going to pay a guy with 0 college reps $13 million?

 

[Bootleg11]

Hahaha. How dumb is the Gaytor collective that they were going to pay a guy with 0 college reps $13 million?

Bud Elliott on Cover 3 said yesterday that it wouldn't surprise him to hear that a QB is getting 2-3 million a year in NIL.

But for Florida Collective to guarantee that kind of cash to a QB that is like the #6 or #7 QB in his class...crazy town. Florida may have a serious NIL problem

 

[ChocaEgg]

We lost Mazzcua to these idiots? How? Lol

 

[HuskerDocCo]

We lost Mazzcua to these idiots? How? Lol

think mazzvuaa shouldve porked a few Nebraska farm girls to seal the deal

 

[Jim14510]

We lost Mazzcua to these idiots? How? Lol

They probably lied to him about how much NIL money he was getting too.

 

[Tonkasker]

Really bad look from Florida NIL right here.

Bud totally dismissed the idea of this being legit the other day so im surprised to see it true. Based on what he said about typical annual payouts (1.75-3) it sounds like this makes him one of the highest paid players in CFB which I can't get my head around.

Bad news imo - if this is the market for the 7th best QB in the class we're probably going to have to put a $20/4 or $17/3 package together for Raiola.

 

[MtnHusker]

We lost Mazzcua to these idiots? How? Lol

They opened the Checkbook matching or beating our NIL Package. It's my understanding that Mazzccua was N until they threw more money around. He's a legit talented O-Lineman so lots of competition and their NIL was willing to offer more. Money talks in some cases plus their O Line coach has been there for a long time and is respected. Has put a few players into the league.

 

[Bootleg11]

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Or just don’t offer the kid 13Ms to come there and when you back out on that promise don’t expect the kid to stay and not sue your ass

This makes way too much sense.

 

[Skerz4Life50]

This whole thing is just pretty crazy and it seems like maybe the Florida NIL realized that Rashada isn't worth that money they initially offered. I still am not exactly sure of the details other than the $13 million, but I would assume that is spread out over 4 years (that is the only way this would make any sense). That would make the payments as $3.25 million/year for the #7 QB, #56 player nationally, and he is a 4*.

For some comparison, below are the QBs ranked in the top 100 of the 247 composite rankings from 2020 and 2021. There were 7 QBs in the top 100 in 2020, and 14 in 2021. I didn't include 2022, since most have not played yet other than Klubnik. And, I didn't include prior to 2019 because for some reason the 247 rankings wouldn't let me sort by QBs prior to 2020.

Out of the 21 players below, there are really only 3-4 that would've been worth that $3.25 million (Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Caleb Williams, and probably Quinn Ewers), and another 3-4 worth still a substantial amount (DJ Uiagalelei, JJ McCarthy, Drake Maye, and Jaxson Dart).

13 of the QBs have pretty much never played, been backups, switched positions (only 1), or gotten injured. It is still quite possible that some of them could be great QBs, but in the era of the transfer portal, the only high school recruits who should be drawing that top dollar are basically can't miss/almost guaranteed day 1 starters. Maybe Rashada is that type of recruit in Florida's eyes, but based on a small sample size, it seems like they were drastically overpaying for a recruit.

**Edit to add: The other option would be to never agree to a 4 year deal. You could pay Rashada the $3.25 million for year 1 (similar to a rookie contract in the NFL) and then see what happens. That could end up giving both sides negotiating power in year 2 and beyond, but it could save some money up front... If Rashada has a good year 1, maybe he will ask for more or decide to transfer. If he has a bad year 1, then Florida can reassess to see how much money they think he would be worth going forward. I just can't understand agreeing to a contract for $13 million for a kid who has never played a college snap at a position with a ton of misses.

**Edit 2: $13 million over 4 years would end up making Rashada more money than the 28th overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft. Devonte Wyatt was selected 28th overall and his 4 year earnings projection (with a signing bonus) is $12.8 million.

Player	Year	National	Position	Stars	School	Career
*Bryce Young	2020​	2​	1​	5​	Alabama	8000+ yards, 80 TD: 12 INT, 23-4 as a starter
-DJ Uiagalelei	2020​	10​	2​	5​	Clemson	5600+ yards, 36 TD: 17 INT, 22-6 as a starter, transferred to Oregon State 2023
*CJ Stroud	2020​	42​	3​	4​	Ohio State	8000+ yards, 85 TD: 12 INT, 21-3 as a starter
Hudson Card	2020​	59​	4​	4​	Texas	1500+ yards, 11 TD: 2 INT, transferred to Purdoodoo 2023
Ja'Quinden Jackson	2020​	73​	5​	4​	Texas	Transferred to Utah 2021, Switched position to RB
Luke Doty	2020​	86​	6​	4​	South Carolina	1500+ yards, 9 TD: 8 INT, mostly backup duty/injuries
Harrison Bailey	2020​	99​	7​	4​	Tennessee	900 yards, 6 TD: 3 INT, transferred to UNLV 2022
-Quinn Ewers	2021​	1​	1​	5​	Ohio State	2100+ yards, 15 TD, 6 INT, 6-4 as a starter
*Caleb Williams	2021​	7​	2​	5​	Oklahoma	6400+ yards, 63 TD: 9 INT, transferred to USC 2022, 16-4 as a starter
Sam Huard	2021​	12​	3​	5​	Washington	250 yards, 1 TD: 4 INT, transferring
Brock Vandagriff	2021​	17​	4​	5​	Georgia	Never played, backup at Georgia
*JJ McCarthy	2021​	25​	5​	5​	Michigan	3200+ yards, 27 TD, 7 INT, 12-1 as a starter
Kyle McCord	2021​	28​	6​	5​	Ohio State	600 yards, 3 TD: 2 INT, backup to CJ Stroud
Ty Thompson	2021​	40​	7​	4​	Oregon	150 yards, 2 TD: 3 INT, backup to Bo Nix
Jake Garcia	2021​	48​	8​	4​	Miami	950 yards, 7 TD: 4 INT, mostly backup duty
*Drake Maye	2021​	56​	9​	4​	North Carolina	4400+ yards, 39 TD, 7 INT, 9-5 as a starter
-Jaxson Dart	2021​	69​	10​	4​	USC	4300+ yards, 29 TD: 16 INT, transferred to Ole Miss 2022, 8-6 as a starter
Tyler Buchner	2021​	71​	11​	4​	Notre Dame	950 yards, 6 TD: 8 INT, began season as starter before injury, will probably be a backup
Miller Moss	2021​	76​	12​	4​	USC	230 yards, 2 TD: 0 INT, backup to Caleb Williams
Jalen Milroe	2021​	82​	13​	4​	Alabama	330 yards, 6 TD: 3 INT, backup to Bryce Young
Garrett Nussmeier	2021​	84​	14​	4​	LSU	1100+ yards, 7 TD: 6 INT, backup to Jayden Daniels

 

[Sous Chef]

They probably lied to him about how much NIL money he was getting too.

I sure hope so....oops did I say that out loud?

 

[ChocaEgg]

Stroud gonna come back to OSU next year and make more money than he would in NFL. Shits wild in NIL

 

[Sous Chef]

Stroud gonna come back to OSU next year and make more money than he would in NFL. Shits wild in NIL

It's going to be really interesting to see whats what with NIL in 5 or 10 years time. If I had any faith in humanity to learn from mistakes I'd predict that NIL payouts will go down after the first five years when the vast majority of newly minted freshman 5 star multi millionaires flame out and just take the money and run...so to speak.