Oklahoma quarterback signee Nick Evers announces NIL partnership with Make-A-Wish

Oklahoma quarterback signee Nick Evers announced his first NIL deal is a partnership with Make-A-Wish.

Oklahoma quarterback signee Nick Evers will have plenty of opportunities to profit off his name, image and likeness during his career with the Sooners. That comes with the territory of being a signal-caller in Norman.

In Evers’ first NIL partnership, though, the 6-foot-3, 187 pound quarterback doesn’t plan on collecting so much as a penny.

Evers announced on Wednesday that his first NIL partnership is with the Make-A-Wish foundation.

“I’m excited and privileged to announce my first NIL deal will benefit Make-A-Wish! I’m passionate about the mission, which is why 100% of the proceeds I help raise will go to kids with life threatening illnesses,” Evers wrote in his announcement.

In his tweet, Evers also shared the links to the Oklahoma Make-A-Wish and North Texas Make-A-Wish foundations.

Make-A-Wish’s mission is to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

In an evolving college football landscape that has many fans concerned that NIL opportunities have perhaps supplanted team goals, this is a nice reminder from Evers that positive, life-changing impacts can be made through NIL as well.

Evers’ announcement was met with an outpouring of support from fans and families whose lives’ have been impacted by Make-A-Wish.

The Flower Mound, Texas, product was one of the Sooners’ final additions to its 2022 signing class. Evers committed to Oklahoma on Dec. 13 and signed with OU on the first day of the Early Signing Period on Dec. 15.

Evers threw for nearly 5,000 yards, recorded 44 passing touchdowns and rushed for 18 touchdowns over the course of his junior and senior seasons.

Evers is a consensus four-star signee across all of the major recruiting services. According to On3’s rankings, Evers is the nation’s No. 67 player nationally and sixth-best quarterback in the 2022 class.

247Sports has Evers as the No. 123 player nationally, ESPN has him ranked No. 134 and Rivals has Evers at No. 239.

Evers joins recent commit and UCF transfer Dillon Gabriel, walk-on Ralph Rucker, former Penn State transfer Micah Bowens and Ben Harris as quarterbacks on the Sooners’ roster.

True freshman starting quarterback Caleb Williams announced earlier this week his intentions to enter the NCAA’s transfer portal so it remains to be seen whether or not he will return to Oklahoma.

247Sports spoke with Evers at the 2022 All-American Bowl before Williams announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal and before Gabriel committed to the Sooners.

Evers was asked about the possibility of joining the OU program without an established starting quarterback.

“You know, it’s a crazy thought actually. I have nothing wrong with being throw into the fire early. I’m going to work my butt off every single day. To get the opportunity to be able to see the field soon is a blessing. I just need to get ready for it,” Evers said. – Chris Hummer, 247Sports.

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