I played college football when players could not make money from their name, image, and likeness.
So how much money would I have made if I played college football today?
Let’s find out.
So for my first year at Penn State, we actually have a pretty solid comparable data point here with Andrew Rappleyea a freshman tight end.
On3 says he can make 118K in a year.
We’re going to say I throw my buddy Hack in some of my branded content freshman year and juice this up to $145K.
The next year I’m injured, but I’m probably still cashing in on the freshman All-American hype. We’ll say I string a few deals together to make $50K.
Now we’re onto my transfer to UMass.
This is where things are going to go off the rails.
I was good at UMass, but I did not bring the Johnny Manziel economic impact to The Zoo. It was still UMass football, and I think I might actually make less as the best player at UMass, than I would as an injured player on Penn State.
We’re going to say I make $25K in m...