reading further on NIL since this Nico stuff. man, these numbers are crazy
that Power 4 head coach was maybe Ryan Day and that 20 million dollar roster
One agent who represents a large number of portal players threw this out when asked about the contract that surprised him the most: "Offensive tackles are getting crazy money. A backup is $200,000-$400,000 a year. One of our guys got $350,000, and he's a swing guy."
For those not inundated in football parlance a "swing guy" is a backup. Starters at tackle are easily at $500,000-plus with the top end of the market pushing seven figures.
But it's not just the offensive line where spikes have occurred. The ACC DPP put it this way:
"It's just gone up a shyt ton, to be honest," they said. "It doesn't matter what position. O-line is up. Receivers are up. Running backs up. Tight ends up. Edge is about how it was. Inside backer is up. DBs are all up. Specialists are fu***** up by a s*** ton as well. It's now like $150,000 for the good ones."
Yes, $150,000 a year for a kicker. Lawrence said he's seen a spike across the board in the Opendorse data. Whether teams have 30% more, as one Big Ten general manager estimated, or 100% more to spend, they're spending it.
A year ago, a Power Four head coach said every player on the roster was asking for at least $100,000. This time around, a source told CBS Sports, that seemingly every player hitting the portal with experience wanted $500,000 or more.
"If a budget is increasing by (two times) across the whole team but a position group is increasing by (five times), offensive lineman is an example of that, wide receiver is an example of that," Lawrence said. "The market is getting better for wide receivers. The defensive line is another one, like you're seeing the average defensive lineman is getting six figures across the entire roster."
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