The quarterback market in college football is out of control, and Kamario Taylor is just the beginning
MISSISSIPPI STATE’S KAMARIO TAYLOR FINALIZING A REPORTED $7.5 MILLION DEAL, IN WILD COLLEGE FOOTBALL MOVE Let's get this out of the way right now: I'm happy for Taylor and for Mississippi State fans.
Key points
- Mississippi State's Kamario Taylor is now the new recipient of a $7.5 million deal to stay in Starkville, with reports that the number could climb north of $9 million with incentives.
- Salary caps and collective bargaining agreements are all being quietly suggested, but for now, college football is still operating with a "wild west" format.
- KIRBY SMART CLARIFIES COMMENTS AFTER TAKING SHOT AT HOW MUCH COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE MAKING I also understand why MSU felt like they needed to do this.
If you've been paying attention, the market for a quarterback in college football continues to go through the roof, and this week it seems another domino has fallen in the great signal caller NIL saga.
Additional details
- With some of the transfer portal sharks circling and the market for quarterbacks only getting more competitive, it was smart for the program to lock down someone scouts believe will be a top-tier draft pick whenever he decides to leave.
- If the Crimson Tide end up winning an SEC Championship, their quarterback could ask for a small private island, and the boosters would either have to capitulate or watch him go to Miami or Texas A&M for a similarly hefty fee.
- The Bulldogs haven't had much to cheer about since the turn of the decade, and Taylor looks like one of the brightest young passers in the country, albeit with a limited sample size to his name.
- How about when Tennessee paid Nico Iamaleava a reported $8 million (roughly $2.4 million a season) out of high school, only for him to heed the words of the Pet Shop Boys and "Go West" to UCLA?
- I won't name names, but a certain South Florida franchise that I root for is still paying for their quarterback to ride the pine with another team about 650 miles to the north.
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