Hey
@WhosYourDawggy hook a brotha up
Could it be to the CornDawgs? I'm pulling for you!
What we are hearing on the boards is that it is (1) NIL, and (2) he might not have had the best spring. My guess is that he will head to Texas where they dropped an NIL bag. Hey, that's the game, and if we won't play,* this will happen. Hard to argue with someone getting paid and getting to go home - he's from DFW. He's got an SEC and NC ring ... get the money and go home.
We do know he can't go to an SEC team and play. He would have to sit out a year. That takes ATM out of the equation, although they could certainly pay the NIL.
On a scale of 1-10, this is about a 6. He's really good and would have been a starter this year. But, we are loaded at DL. We had a couple of guys who could have been 3rd day NFL guys decide to come back for their senior year. So, it stings a bit, but isn't a huge deal.
* By "not play" what I mean is that Smart has made it clear that he won't get into bidding wars. If a player comes to him and says "I can get $X from so and so, what can you do," it's a hard pass. Now, if a player comes and says, "I need to see what we can do with NIL ... my family has needs," Smart will try to work with the player. We are in the NIL game, for sure. Just not going to get into a bidding war.
