Breaking Chief Borders enters portal

[Eloot224]

His Socials were a clear red flag. He’s too focused on being the next Derek Zoolander. He don’t wanna ball

 

[vailhusker]

Chiefs dad is a football promoter and knows a lot of famous coaches and players. Chief grew up with and knows a lot of these people too (including Deion), so I'm guessing he has a lot of people in his ear about his worth.

 

[GBR305]

The kid actually isn't bad. He just got buried behind better players. I don't think anyone expected Butler and Princewill to do as good as they did last year

 

[NSECTA4]

“Feed Your Lawn !!!”
“Feed It !!!”

 

[skersker]

Here's what was told to me a few days ago by a cousin of mine who has donated big money to NIL:

Nash, T-Rob, and Jimari Butler have all cashed in with the top defensive NIL on the team. Non-Starters like Chief Borders are pissed off because he thinks he should be pulling in the same type of money despite being a marginal back up. Chief allegedly improved his game this Spring but has been demanding more money solely based on improved effort in Spring Practice. Rhule and staff tried to advise him to be patient, but his family is demanding more money.

He was earning 6 figures, but nowhere close to the dollar amounts of the impact players and the defensive starters. So he's leaving.

Nebraska will be fine. Chief Borders won't command anything more than what he's earning now.

This the same source that told you Casey Thompson broke his hand two years ago? JW

 

[iruletheskool]

Those numbers are absurd. That millions are available to be dumped for no gain every year bottles my mind

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Those numbers are absurd. That millions are available to be dumped for no gain every year bottles my mind

So Matt Ishbia and David Tepper both made like a gazillion dollars doing things that aren't running sports franchises and now have each run a franchise into the ground in ~2-3 years.

Now think about NIL dudes who aren't nearly that successful personally and apply the same discount on sports competence.

 

[nja13]

Chiefs dad is a football promoter and knows a lot of famous coaches and players. Chief grew up with and knows a lot of these people too (including Deion), so I'm guessing he has a lot of people in his ear about his worth.

So you think he could be CU bound?

 

[Goskers07]

I’m sorry but if we’re paying our DL half a mil we are overpaying. Aren’t even top tier of the big ten

Hot take. Terrible take, but hot take.

 

[vailhusker]

So you think he could be CU bound?

I don't think so. I think his dad is smart enough not to get him in that mess. But with as crazy as things are now it wouldn't surprise me either.

With his and his dad's connections I would guess he already knows where he is going.

 

[Adolph Coors]

Is it really a “major” hit to lose a guy who hasn’t really contributed much at a deep position?

This is why people who actually understand football hate the way Dean goes about business

 

[BorWhiskey]

I’m not surprised with the “well we didn’t like you anyway” response, but this is not one of the players we wanted in the portal. He was starting at Jack for us which allowed Gbayor to play LB given our weakness there.

 

[Goskers07]

I’m not surprised with the “well we didn’t like you anyway” response, but this is not one of the players we wanted in the portal. He was starting at Jack for us which allowed Gbayor to play LB given our weakness there.

If they truly trotted out 1s vs 1s for the first series, he did not start. Sherman started there.

First LB group out was Sherman at Jack and Shavers and Gbayor in the middle.

 

[Scarlet ObsessioN]

I’m not surprised with the “well we didn’t like you anyway” response, but this is not one of the players we wanted in the portal. He was starting at Jack for us which allowed Gbayor to play LB given our weakness there.

He's small and okay at best at the point of attack.

I am not hating, I liked what he said and what he showed online but that's all I have to go off of.

For all I know he's a great kid. That doesn't mean we should overreact to him leaving.

1.) Princewill
2.) Sherman
3.) McGahee

I think it's a position that can handle the 3rd guy in the rotation leaving.

 

[Cornicator]

I’m sorry but if we’re paying our DL half a mil we are overpaying. Aren’t even top tier of the big ten

That's not correct. Nebraska has three future draft picks on their DLine. It's the going rate.

 

[Jim14510]

He's small and okay at best at the point of attack.

I am not hating, I liked what he said and what he showed online but that's all I have to go off of.

For all I know he's a great kid. That doesn't mean we should overreact to him leaving.

1.) Princewill
2.) Sherman
3.) McGahee

I think it's a position that can handle the 3rd guy in the rotation leaving.

Butler too. Although he seems to be growing into d end.

 

[Lemon Barz]

This thread is pure gold. Have the back ups don’t become starters crowd, the we pay these kids too much crowd and the social media philosophers all together

 

[Tsakoi]

Well, well, well..... can't say I'm surprised.


How many double and triple portal guys are there in college football in general? Some dudes just can't sit still.

Chief would have gotten plenty of snaps this year and even more next year.

 

[IM4NUALWAYS]

Ex

How will we ever make up the 3 solo tackles?

Exactly. Done basically nothing on the field. Doesn't hurt us at all.

 

[IM4NUALWAYS]

There are lots of back ups earning 6 figures at Nebraska. The only difference between Nebraska and the big time NIL players like USC, Oregon, Ohio State, Tennessee, Bama, Georgia, Penn State, Texas, A&M, and Notre Dame is the amount of money they are paying the elite difference makers. But, Nebraska is doing a good job of balancing out the NIL. Newcomers, Freshmen, and back ups are getting paid pretty evenly.

Here's an example:

Fidone will get paid between a 400 and 500k package next season. That's good money. But the aforementioned schools above would all be willing to double that amount at the minimum.

On the flipside, a player like Chief Borders earning 120K in NIL at Nebraska is higher than what a 4th year non contributor would add at Bama or Ohio State. Hell, they would run him off.

Don't be surprised to see Borders end up at a G5 program or if he goes to another Power 5. And don't be surprised to see him in the portal again.

I would bet he goes to a G5 to be able to start. He had multiple chances at Power 5 schools.