DJ Burns Jr. has an absolutely incredible side hustle where he brings in money outside of basketball.
The North Carolina State basketball star has a side hustle involving vending machines.
A lot of collegiate student-athletes today are out here getting paid through the new name, image, and likeness (NIL) program, but NC State forward DJ Burns Jr. is adding to that bankroll with a genius hustle that others can learn from.
Burns, a senior for the Wolfpack, is the owner of two vending machines and his reasoning for doing it is to make some money outside of the sport he loves to play.
He spoke about his side hustle in an interview Monday with “Pardon My Take.”
“There’s a guy who played at Auburn named Josh Dollard,” Burns said. “He’s from the Charlotte area, and we used to train with this trainer named Gabe Blair. Phenomenal guy. I was just talking to him about some things I went through and we were just talking about, what are ways to make money outside of basketball so you’re not like one-dimensional as a person. That was one of the things he showed me and I took after it.”
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DJ Burns, who is 6-foot-9 and 275 pounds, loves the amount of cash he has coming to him but he also makes sure to stay away from eating the snacks inside to stay in basketball shape.
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“I’m gonna be honest, I can’t eat what’s in my vending machine,” Burns said. “But it sells well for sure.”
On top of being the owner of the vending machines, Burns also created his own clothing line in partnership with the Pack of Wolves NIL Collective, according to 247Sports.
The beloved big man is in the midst of his final year of eligibility.
DJ Burns Is Huge Reason North Carolina State Is In The Sweet Sixteen
The Wolfpack had an incredible run to end the regular season, winning the ACC championship against North Carolina to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament.
The Wolfpack made the Sweet 16 of March Madness for the first time in nine years behind 24 points and 11 rebounds from DJ Burns in a second-round win over Oakland.
Burns has a more important task at hand this week as No. 11 NC State takes on No. 2 Marquette in the Sweet 16 on Friday.
