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Top 5 Highest NIL Earners in College Football Transfer Portal
Nov 28, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Tulane Green Wave quarterback Darian Mensah (10) throws against the Memphis Tigers during the first quarter at Yulman Stadium. Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images
College Football is a completely different sport than it was a few years ago and the transfer portal is one of the biggest reasons. The new world of NIL has taken over the sport, creating what is essentially a free agency period right now. The amount of money changing hands is constantly topping itself to create new highest paid players. Most of the top college stars are indeed sticking with their original teams, but a lot are also picking up big money to go to bigger schools. Here are the earning transfers in college football right now, per the On3 valuation: Mensah took the college football storm after coming out of nowhere to win the starting job for the Tulane Green Wave last season. He completed 65.9% of his passes this year for 2,723 yards with 22 touchdowns to six interceptions. His historic NIL deal will be followed closely, building up huge expectations for the Blue Devils next year. Value: $4.3 million Mateer was a similar story. Though he did not get a record deal from the Sooners, it is still a h

This article first appeared on NIL on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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