Or a Colt !!

comes with the territory of being a top pick, you go to a shit team.

Maybe he's pondering coming back for his senior year to give it a go for a national championship??

That and a few-million-dollar NIL valuation softens the blow of not coming out.

Yeah, I don't think he's coming out.

That's a good point. I'm a bit surprised NIL money hasn't been more of a factor in guys staying in college. Although maybe it has been, and I just haven't noticed it.

probably wants to just make a few million, go for the national championship, and plow college girls all day.


i get the appeal

As opposed to a much larger contract guaranteed bonus from the NFL?

It's not like he would be the first guy to pass on being a top draft pick and a ton of money to go back to school.

We have a statue of a guy that did it outside Lucas Oil Stadium. And he didn't have the cushion of being able to make millions as a college athlete.

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It's relatively rare for athletes whom are guaranteed millions of dollars to go back to college instead of turning pro, but it does happen.

In 1984, Patrick Ewing returned to Georgetown for his senior year, even though he had just won BOTH a national championship AND an Olympic Gold medal.

Additionally, in 1988 when he had just completed his 4th season with the Knicks, he said that he still sometimes wished that he was still in college ...... he loved the overall college experience.

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Really? He had a financial cushion from his successful father, so he could play as a grad student and take a shot for a national title.

I dont know how they determine who gets what. A kid at IU basketball took his $50,000 at IU and payed off his sisters student debt. That amount is pittance compared to any major league sport. Are there NCAA athlete making $50 million.plus from nils?

No but Stroud is getting 7 figures & driving a Mercedes G SUV he didn't spend one penny for.

Manning is just an example I figured we all might be familiar with. For some reason. He wasn't the first or only guy to ever do it. Matt Leinart won the Heisman and probably would've been drafted #1 in 2005 but he went back to USC.

Rich dads or not... the point is that they passed on monster contracts (Manning got $48m in '98) to go back to school and couldn't make any money. So if a kid like Stroud is torn between going back to school or going to the NFL... the fact that he can make $2m-$4m for a couple of years could easily tip the scale.

That kid at IU basketball who made $50k is not CJ Stroud or Bryce Young or Caleb Williams. Those are the kinds of kids making millions + bonuses like cars as Dewey mentioned.

Looks like Stroud declared

https://twitter.com/cj7stroud/status...29klmApPMZCQYw

The car came from the booster club.