Miami Hurricanes Star Transfer Additions Ink Their First NIL Deals

With Name, Image, and Likeness becoming more prevalent across the collegiate landscape, different college programs and universities have their own idea about how they want to utilize NIL funds. Some are aggressively using it to pursue high school recruits, others use it in the transfer portal, and others utilize it to keep their roster in tact so their players don't explore financial opportunities elsewhere. The Miami Hurricanes have been at the forefront of NIL since it was legalized by the NCAA. It's allowed many of their athletics programs to flourish, using money from boosters and the university to allocate resources for landing and keeping players. Their two new defensive line transfers are the most recent beneficiaries. Pete Nakos of On3 reports that Simeon Barrow and Tyler Baron have inked NIL deals with Miami's collective Canes Connection which marks their first deals of this kind since becoming Hurricanes. The compensation was not mentioned. Both spring additions, Barrow left Michigan State after en