It was an eventful Monday in college sports, especially regarding coaches, as Northwestern fired head football coach Pat Fitzgerald and the ongoing saga between West Virginia and former men’s basketball head coach Bob Huggins continues. That being said, we start off our College Sports Roundup in the Lonestar State. A report from the Austin Business Journal shows that student-athletes from the University of Texas have earned at least $15.5 million in NIL (name, image, and likeness) deals over the last two years.
According to the report, nearly 87% of that money, a little over $13.5 million, was NIL deals for football and men’s basketball student-athletes. On3’s NIL database and player evaluation currently has three Texas athletes with NIL valuations of over $1 million, with freshman quarterback Arch Manning leading the way at $2.8 million.
Of Texas’s top 20 NIL valuations, 18 are football players, with track and field star Sam Hurley ($991K) and basketball star Marcus Carr (173) being the only non-football athletes in the top 20.
It shouldn’t be shocking that the University of Texas has found great success regarding NIL. The sports-centric school has a rich athletic history and has frequently been near the top regarding athletic department revenue. According to the most recent numbers available in the USA Today “NCAA Finances: Revneue and Expenses by School” database, the University of Texas had the second highest athletic department revenue last year, bringing in $239.2 million. Only Ohio State had more revenue from its athletic department.
Check out the rest of our top college stories, which include Meta announcing a NIL incubator, Northwestern’s next steps, Wisconsin reinstating one of their top defenders from last season, and more from the College Wires.