The NIL is such a great thing for college athletes and we are seeing it firsthand this week.
The Ohio State Buckeyes football program has been going through a bit of a quarterback battle this offseason since CJ Stroud has been chosen to be the next man with the Houston Texans after being selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL Draft.
All offseason, it has been between Kyle McCord and Devin Brown.
However, more and more signs are pointing to McCord winning the job in Columbus, and he’s even looking the part of the starting QB after he flashed his brand new Mercedes-Benz.
McCord was a five-star coming out of high school, but he is very much unproven as a college quarterback. He comes to a team that has had an absurd amount of success under the center of late, whether that be the late Dwayne Haskins, Justin Fields, or most recently Stroud.
His car is nice, but he needs to deliver on the field.
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The goal is to win Big Ten titles, make the playoffs and be a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. The bar has been set very high.
The third-year sophomore quarterback needs to be as elegant on the field as his car is off the field.