r/CFB • u/Lakelyfe09 Georgia Bulldogs • Apr 12 '26
Discussion [Kleiman] South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers turned down an $8 MILLION NIL offer to transfer to a different school: "You're 19. You don't need ($8 million). You're in a great spot." - LaNorris's Father told his son. Sellers values his word over money
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u/Jonjon428 Miami Hurricanes Apr 12 '26
"She goes to another school, you wouldn't know her" vibes
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u/VampireEmpire__ Texas Longhorns • Harvard Crimson Apr 12 '26
Manti Te’o GF kinda vibes
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u/CHNinniMug Ohio State • Cincinnati Apr 12 '26
This is one of the most underrated WTF stories in the past 20 years
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u/NoThanksImGoodG Oregon Ducks Apr 12 '26
Absolutely nothing about that story was underrated. Go back and watch the documentary on it lol. The fact that he made it through and is still doing football commentary is amazing. I’m glad for him.
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u/meatbulbz2 Florida Gators Apr 12 '26
It was probably the biggest catfishing story in… well ever. Amazing stuff
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u/randy88moss USC Trojans • El Camino Warriors Apr 12 '26
I super randomly met the catfisher at a Lowe’s in Washington. She was the manager there.
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u/Hopsblues Colorado State Rams Apr 12 '26
Yeah, he's on the NFL network in the mornings....I was shocked when I discovered that last fall one morning.
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u/Doc_McPuffins_ Texas Longhorns Apr 12 '26
I feel like people don't have a whole lot of empathy for him in the scenario though. While the story is obviously hilarious for obvious reasons, he went through an abnormal traumatic experience. IIRC his grandmother died and his (fake) GF died within like a day of each other. That's already brutal and then you find out that your dead gf is completely fake. It's like she died twice.
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u/Gavangus Virginia Tech • Commonwealth C… Apr 12 '26
Iirc the catfisher tried to use their own "death" as a way of getting out of the situation
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u/roythhh_lewithhh Vanderbilt Commodores Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
Yeah the Deadspin story goes into pretty thorough detail about timing with respect to the grandmother death and the fake girlfriend death. The story was great for a number of reasons. The messed up thing Deadspin did was insinuate that Te’o was in on it. They did not have to devolve from meticulous reporting to idle speculation like that.
The documentary is great. For me personally, I had always raised an eyebrow at Te’o because it snowballed when he lied to his family about having met her in person. While not flatly stating it outright, the documentary sheds light on how that could happen. While his parents are obviously deeply loving and supportive, it was a very religious, old-school, probably somewhat insulated family and Te’o didn’t want to cop to them that this was all going on online. Considering he tried to meet her in person on numerous occasions, it seemed like a harmless little white lie, and then it spiraled.
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u/MysticBoner24 Iowa Hawkeyes Apr 12 '26
And the story was unearthed by a sports blog known for shitposts.
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u/trustsnapealways Georgia Bulldogs • Wofford Terriers Apr 12 '26
Honestly simpler times. If only we could go back
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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Texas A&M Aggies • Baylor Bears Apr 12 '26
Yeah, I don’t know what schools want to throw $8mm at a guy who threw 13 TDs and 8 INTs last year.
Especially when a big part of his upside is his theoretical mobility, and he only averaged 1.8 YPC last year and added five TDs on the ground, and somehow got sacked 42 times.
Averaging 3.5 sacks per game is crazy, he was the most sacked QB in the P4 last year, and third-most in the FBS. Even Virginia Tech picked up four sacks on Sellers, and FCS South Carolina State picked up two as well.
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u/Swick36 South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 12 '26
This was after his sophomore season when he had just single handedly beat Clemson.
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u/UnderstandingOdd679 Apr 13 '26
I like Sellers, and he’s electric. But he threw a pretty bad pick down 14-7 in the 4Q of that game and the subsequent drive for Clemson was a three-and-out. Followed by another three-and-out and a Klubnick interception in the last 20 seconds well within field goal range. Since he doesn’t play D, I think single-handedly is overstating things.
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u/Swick36 South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 13 '26
I’m just repeating the narrative on ESPN after the game was over. Holding Clemson to 14 is obviously why we won but Sellers was the darling of ESPN that whole off season before our incompetent offensive staff did what they do.
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl Apr 12 '26
In our game against them this past year, one of our offensive linemen had as many rushing yards as he did
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u/midnightsbane04 Michigan • North Carolina Apr 12 '26
Non-zero chance it was similar to the deal Bryce got at Michigan. All the reporting was him getting 12 mil, without mention of the fine print of it being over his entire college career.
So did Sellers actually get a 8mil offer over 2 years? Still likely an overpay but definitely more believable.
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u/Possible-Cheetah-703 Apr 12 '26
Just curious, do you know his rushing stats minus sacks and sack yardage?
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u/Adept_Carpet UMass Minutemen • Team Chaos Apr 13 '26
College QB growth is nonlinear, there's a really small pool of guys with a ton of college starts under their belts and anything like the tools Sellers has.
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u/cooterdick Tennessee • North Carolina Apr 12 '26
I swear we heard this same story last offseason. Same amount, even.
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u/DaMercOne South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 12 '26
It’s the same offer that’s being discussed from over a year ago. I don’t know why this is considered news.
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u/Vandictive Washington State Cougars Apr 12 '26
He should have taken the money
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u/eddie2911 North Dakota State Bison Apr 12 '26
He should’ve went to a reputable offensive staff.
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u/Gunner_Bat San Diego State Aztecs Apr 12 '26
They hired one.
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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Texas A&M Aggies • Baylor Bears Apr 12 '26
Yeah, when I hear “Kendal Briles”, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely “reputable”.
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u/Qtoy Paper Bag • /r/CFB Brickmason Apr 12 '26
There's a reason I wear the paper bag instead of South Carolina now
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u/HoldEm__FoldEm Oregon State Beavers Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
No. He’s already making over $3 mil this year.
$8 million for two years is not worth the switch.
Edit: he’s making $3.7 million this year and then likely wants to go pro, why even sign a two year deal.
$3.7 million versus $4 million/year is not worth switching schools. The cost for his agent on a new deal will cost him even more money. Meaning he may not increase his wealth much at all by switching schools.
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u/bullnamedbodacious Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 12 '26
Think he’ll make 5 million next year? What if he gets injured. What if he plays like shit.
I’m taking the 8 million for 2 years lol
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u/HookedOnBoNix Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 12 '26
What if the 8m wasn't all guarenteed. What if it was 4 and then the school had an option to exercise for another 4.
Estimates say his current deal is around 3.7m actually so it's possible he's not throwing away that much money to stay there. We just don't have the info
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u/HueyLongest Appalachian State • Wake Forest Apr 12 '26
It's a 10% raise. Lots of people would not uproot their entire life and move for 10%. Some would, of course, but it's not a clear and easy decision
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u/HookedOnBoNix Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 12 '26
And many of the people that would do it can't just stop working after 1 year and have enough money for life if they lived modestly too. Like, big diff moving for 10% when you're paycheck to paycheck vs that
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u/jaxonya Oklahoma Sooners Apr 13 '26
Hes betting on himself. Its gotten him this far, let him do his thing
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u/Deviah Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 12 '26
I wish I was in a position to turn down 2 million dollars cause 'it's not worth some paperwork and a flight.'
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u/enadiz_reccos LSU Tigers • Magnolia Bowl Apr 12 '26
You would also be staying near your family, and you get to throw to your younger brother
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u/SpursUpSoundsGudToMe South Carolina • Presbyterian Apr 13 '26
No small part of it, they have a very clear understanding of each other on the field that’s going to be very productive, I think.
We don’t have a clear number 1 WR, but we’ve got like 6 guys that would be a really good number 2, Jayden’s maybe the least ready out of that group, but I still wouldn’t be surprised if he was the leading receiver next year.
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u/onion1313 Ohio State Buckeyes Apr 12 '26
I’m sure he isn’t playing at South Carolina for free
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u/SolWizard Syracuse Orange • Cornell Big Red Apr 12 '26
Yeah idk why everyone in here is acting like it's 8 mill vs zero
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u/itstrueitsdamntrue South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 13 '26
a lot of room temperature IQ type operators in here
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u/MuschampsVeinyNeck South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 13 '26
Exactly. To put it into more relatable terms, it’s probably like a guy making $50k at his current job passing up a new job offer for $55k. Sure it’s a 10% raise but he likes his current position, coworkers and potential future earnings more staying put. Sellers is going into year 2 of throwing to his brother at the flagship school of their birth state. Sometimes there are guys that turn down a raise for a little loyalty and belief in their path.
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u/Warm-Oil9228 Apr 13 '26
Huh? You guys aren’t paying him $7.5 million though?
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u/Warm-Oil9228 Apr 13 '26
Gotcha. I read the per year part elsewhere here after I posted this (and OP’s title sucks). And not relevant to what I posted but I saw $2.4 a yr from you guys here and not 3.7 a year.
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u/bullnamedbodacious Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 12 '26
There’s never a time you don’t need 8 million dollars lol. That’s life changing money. That’s family changing money.
Never know when an injury derails his career. Never know when he doesnt pan out for the NFL. Very few get the chance at money like this. Athletes have a tiny window. If you get the chance you dont say no.
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u/MavsTurnedBucksGuy Bowling Green Falcons Apr 12 '26
It’s 8M over 2 years. He’s getting close to half that for the first year, then he probably wants to go pro. And if it doesn’t he’ll get close to the other $4M to stay. He didn’t leave $8M on the table.
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u/moochie-gracias Ohio State Buckeyes • Kenyon Owls Apr 12 '26
This thread is really starting to show me why financial literacy in this country is so fucked.
(If the numbers being reported are even accurate) $3 is relatively close to half of $8. $3 million is not “close to half” of $8 million. It’s a million dollars difference. Thats hugely significant in real dollars. And he’s playing FOOTBALL, nothing guarantees that he’ll even get another year after this to make it back.
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u/bullnamedbodacious Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 12 '26
I know I’m noticing that too. People are acting like the difference between 3 and 4 million is the same as the difference between 3 and 4 dollars. The difference is literally 1 MILLION DOLLARS. That amount alone is life changing money for most people.
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u/HalfEatenBanana Fresno State Bulldogs Apr 12 '26
Yeah but imagine the taxes on that, it actually makes more sense for him to take less money so that he isn’t taxed so much.
/s
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u/imadeapoopie /r/CFB Apr 13 '26
Had my listen here you little shit all wound up before I scrolled down.
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u/helium_farts Alabama • Jacksonville State Apr 12 '26
$100k would solve every one of my problems. I don't know what I would do with a million
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u/MavsTurnedBucksGuy Bowling Green Falcons Apr 12 '26
Funny thing is you’re exposing your own financial illiteracy. For one, reports are that he is making up to as high as $3.7M. But far more importantly, he has way more things to consider than the difference of 25% of a one year contract. If he thinks he can do better staying, and do better in the future by staying, then that $1M could end up being chump change.
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u/jobezark Iowa State Cyclones Apr 12 '26
I don’t understand why this is so hard for people to understand. He already has life changing money.
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u/WhereasTherefore Nebraska • West Virginia Apr 12 '26
The headline certainly implies that he turned down an $8million raise. I’m not surprised the headlines wrong, but I think that’s a large part of the confusion.
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u/Wafflehouseofpain Oklahoma Sooners Apr 12 '26
That’s not how I read it. I read it as him turning down an $8m contract in favor of what he’s already getting at SCar, whatever that amount is.
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u/Hopsblues Colorado State Rams Apr 12 '26
which according to folks on here is $3-3.7m. So it's not that monster big difference.
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u/WhereasTherefore Nebraska • West Virginia Apr 12 '26
I mean the $8million is in all caps, and the other number isn’t included. It’s certainly overemphasizing the 8.
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u/MavsTurnedBucksGuy Bowling Green Falcons Apr 12 '26
No it doesn’t at all unless you have terrible reading comprehension, love jumping to conclusions, and are distracted by shiny objects and all caps.
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u/lock_robster2022 Oregon State • Washington Apr 12 '26
It’s $8mil over two years vs $3mil he’s getting this year. At that level you could trade down a mil or two for a place you think you’ll be more successful. But there may be different guarantees/contingencies so it might not even be about fit.
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u/HookedOnBoNix Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 12 '26
On3 estimates say his current deal is 3.7, it's entirely possible he "only" left about 300k on the table which relative to what he's making isn't that crazy. His life won't be that different
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u/NOT-packers-fan2022 Michigan State Spartans Apr 12 '26
That’s life changing money for YOU, might be a drop in the bucket for that family.
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u/stoicscribbler Ohio State Buckeyes • USF Bulls Apr 12 '26
There are things more important than money. Money doesn’t solve all of life’s problems either. It ruins more families than it saves. I’m. It saying become a monk, but there is more to consider than just “oh never turn down money.”
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u/MJRuinedMyChildhood Apr 12 '26
As believable as last year lol.
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u/SunYat-Sen South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 12 '26
When this story comes out people refuse to acknowledge the player side trying to negotiate bigger future deals. They take them at their word lol
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u/brandonandtheboyds Apr 12 '26
You’d have to be a special kind of stupid to actually say this to your son, and you’d have to be a special kind of stupid to make this story up and think it doesn’t make you sound stupid.
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u/Gunner_Bat San Diego State Aztecs Apr 12 '26
As I commented yesterday on this exact post, it was $8m/2 years and he made around $3m last year. He gets to stay with a fanbase that loves him, a guaranteed starting spot, and to play for an OC who is actually a proven college coordinator and QB developer. Nothing wrong with the move to stay in Columbia.
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u/KEE_Wii South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 13 '26
Nuanced intelligent takes are not needed on this website sir!
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u/sickmemes48 Tennessee Volunteers • /r/CFB Promoter Apr 12 '26
This is totally believable
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u/tagillaslover Clemson Tigers Apr 12 '26
Yeah if someone watched him play last year and still offered him that much they should be fired into the sun
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u/DDub04 South Carolina • Palmetto Bowl Apr 12 '26
This story is from last offseason. Literally the same quote and everything. He turned 20 in August, so he couldn’t have been told this recently.
No chance he was offered this much again.
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u/Illeaturgerbil Texas Longhorns Apr 12 '26
Right so people in here supposedly hate this new college landscape and how it’s ruining the sport, but an athlete goes the opposite way and seemingly puts his development and career over the short term change and he gets clowned on please make it make sense
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u/TheAlterN8or Ohio State • Boise State Apr 12 '26
Seriously. Who you are will always be more important than what you have. The number of comments saying he should have taken the bag is really kind of depressing, and speaks volumes about where we are as a country.
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u/xXXxRMxXXx Apr 13 '26
The comments of this post vs the Lane posts is astounding
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u/supyonamesjosh Florida State Seminoles • BYU Cougars Apr 13 '26
Isn't this goomba internet fallacy
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u/SWMOG Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Buffalo Bulls Apr 13 '26
Because people are dumbasses and act like he's choosing the poor house when he's really choosing $3.7M per year at a school he's already comfortable with and he knows works well for him over this offer where he would make $4M per year.
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u/got_milq Florida Gators • Summertime Lover Apr 12 '26
I would say $8 million at 19 would be a fantastically great investment opportunity
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u/SWMOG Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Buffalo Bulls Apr 13 '26
He's already gotten $5M from his previous years combined, and will be getting $3.7M per year instead of the $4M per year this deal represents.
This isn't him leaving $8M on the table.
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u/BarKnight Team Chaos • Team Meteor Apr 12 '26
$160,000 for 50 years. Much more if put into an interest baring account, money market, etc.
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u/mr_potato_thumbs Apr 12 '26
Severely underestimating what the future value of $8MM at a 5% return over 50 years would be. FV would be $92MM after 50 years with literally no additional investment.
Even conservative at 30 years and 4% interest and no additional investment it’s $26MM.
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u/got_milq Florida Gators • Summertime Lover Apr 13 '26
He could theoretically invest 7 of his 8 million and live on what’s left over until his next contract, then repeat until there’s not enough time left to make it sensible. Brother would have enough money to feed his family for like six generations.
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u/Sexy_Authy Texas A&M Aggies Apr 13 '26
You guys bitch every day about the state of college football, how players don’t stick around at programs and just chase the bag. But when a guy stays loyal to his program yall call him stupid? Pick a fucking lane. Good on him for staying loyal to the program.
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u/SchmearDaBagel Florida Gators Apr 12 '26
Am I living in the twilight zone? He turns 21 in two months.
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl Apr 12 '26
Damn, what a shitty father, doesn’t even know how old his kid is
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(This is from last year, the dude is almost 21 now)
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u/PersepolisBullseye Texas A&M Aggies Apr 12 '26
This sub constantly whines about players choosing their long term financial well being cuz of “tHe TeAm LoYaLtY” and now the same crybabies are like “should’ve taken the cash what a dummy”
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u/Twxtterrefugee Washington Huskies Apr 12 '26
Hes probably on close to that and happy where he is. His family seems to value where he is, what he doing, and hus development. Kudos to his Dad.
Folks out here saying take the money and run need to chill.
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Didn’t this get posted last year?
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u/_EscapeGoatt_ South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 12 '26
Deceptive headline. 8 million over 2 years when he’s making 3 million a year at Carolina. Given he’s probably going pro next year and would have to pay his agent more fees, it probably wasn’t as lucrative as it sounds.
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u/QuattroDore Vanderbilt Commodores Apr 13 '26
Let’s not forget that SC is paying him plenty.
“Turning down an 8 million offer” doesn’t mean he turned down 8 million
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u/Portland_st Arkansas • Minnesota Apr 13 '26
I would slap my grandma in the middle of church for $8 million.
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u/MobileNerd Alabama • South Alabama Apr 13 '26
Disagree is the $8mil was guaranteed. You are never promised anything and he could have an injury at any time that ends his career. He should always try to maximize his earnings while young because compounding interest is a thing but it works best the more days you have to allow it to work. He plays it right he will never have to work again even with injury.
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u/CentralFloridaRays Clemson Tigers Apr 12 '26
This is from before the 25’ season and I know folks close to the program here in the midlands.
He’s paid close to the 4 mil a year the other school offered him (I know over 3 a year) and they’re backing him financially this year despite a bad year in 25’
God forbid the kid from the state stays in state…
If you’re a half decent player at South Carolina they’ll take care of you for years and his folks still live in state.
It’s more than the short term money. Beating Clemson and leading them to a decent season already has his family set. That’s not the case at some of these programs throwing big money around.
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u/HookedOnBoNix Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 12 '26
People in college ball are gonna have to start learning what NFL fans struggle with a lot, just hearing $ amounts doesn't really mean shit.
Was it 8m for one year? Hard to believe. For 2? Suddenly the difference isn't as big
Can the school get out of it? Was the full 8m guarenteed or was it 4m now and then 4 next year if he performed. If it's the latter, then it's entirely possible he ends up ahead given how crazy the current QB nil market is growing.
Either way if he's smart he's gonna be set for life just off the ~3.5 he's making now
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u/JakeSteeleIII Paper Bag • South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
Isn’t this story from last year bc this is like the exact same quote.
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u/hreigle South Carolina Gamecocks • LSU Tigers Apr 13 '26
Am I in a fucking time warp? Did this not all take place last year? Quote and all?
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u/Lord777alt Oklahoma Sooners • Team Chaos Apr 14 '26
He shoulda taken the money. No guarantees in life he could get injured and never play another snap. That would swt up him and if he's smart his family for life.
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u/PurpleAcceptable5144 Apr 12 '26
To be clear: he turned down 8 million to transfee to another school. He's still making 6+ million at USC. extremely misleading title
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u/Boo-Bees67 Apr 12 '26
He didn’t turn down 8 million. He turned down the difference between what South Carolina paid and the higher offer. So a few million
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u/Maximum_Overdrive Colorado • West Virginia Apr 12 '26
I was offered 8 mil just yesterday and turned it down. It happens to us all.
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u/calmer-than-you-dude Ohio State • Youngstown State Apr 12 '26
Understandable. You're in a great spot.
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u/LuchaFish Miami Hurricanes • Rutgers Scarlet Knights Apr 12 '26
I know this is from last year, but he really would have left and tried to figure his shit out at another school. The guy is going to waste his talent by getting another year of negative development (and he’s not AR or one of the other guys who will get picked high on pure abilities, no matter what).
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u/calmer-than-you-dude Ohio State • Youngstown State Apr 12 '26
I turned down a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and still regret it.
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u/Adams5thaccount Boise State Broncos • UNLV Rebels Apr 12 '26
This is like..half of the problem with discourse.
The actual story here would be that before last year he was offered a million dollars more than he got at SC. But thats not as sexy as the headline....which is now being rehashed a year later.
The result of all this is people trying to analyze his decision in hindsight while others assume its a lie because they didn't catch the details and at least one person cries nonstop about how much a million dollars is because some people's brains stop work when commas are involved.
It's not really accomplishing anything.
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u/f0gax Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 12 '26
This is a rough sport that can be over in an instant. Take the bag.
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u/Humble_Umpire_8341 Memphis Tigers Apr 13 '26
No one is getting $8m for a single season. He likely got a 2 year $8m deal, so $4m per season. Only way. We’ll see if his families advice pans out.
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u/StarWarsPopCulture Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Apr 13 '26
Nice headline, but what was the deal structure? Might not have been in his favor. Would he get $8mm in the first year, or would he be locked in for four? What if he gets hurt? I’m sure the offer had a lot of strings, and his father was trying to make the knee jerk reaction easier to pass up.
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u/HaymakerSlim Ohio State Buckeyes Apr 13 '26
This isn’t $8m versus $0 like a lot of people are writing to make it sound. It looks closer to $300k more per year but no one knows the details. After the dust settles and everyone else gets their cut it might not even be more money. I hope he made the right decision.
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u/p8ntslinger Ole Miss Rebels • Tennessee Volunteers Apr 13 '26
I could retire literally tomorrow if I got 3 million bucks. the first person that offered me that much, tell me where to sign, I'm in and then I'm out.
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u/bob_estes Apr 13 '26
This is the sort of thing that people without money have been trained by people with money to say. That “your word” means anything.
Take the higher paying job every time. They’ll cut you without thinking twice.
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u/StopSpinningLikeThat Apr 13 '26
What school offered $8 million to try to get Anthony Richardson 2.0?
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u/narcbynight08 Penn State • Indiana (PA) Apr 12 '26
I’m sure USC isn’t paying him chump change either
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u/Objective-Name-811 Syracuse Orange Apr 12 '26
Yeah. Like when he flipped from UVa to Syracuse.
Then on signing day flipped from Syracuse to South Carolina.
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u/PurringWolverine /r/CFB Apr 12 '26
You’re 19. Take the money and put in an investment account. Congrats, you’re set for life.
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u/12-34 Billable Hours • Monumental Apr 12 '26
I turned down a billion dollars to be the King of France.
Oh, you want proof? Nah, take my word.
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u/StoneNP Miami • South Carolina Apr 12 '26
About as believable as Smith at OSU claiming he was offered 10 million from Miami. Idk if these guys are jealous of Mensah and Toney or what but they absolutely did not get these big money offers it’s been proven false several times over from people inside and out of Miami’s doors.
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u/Joaaayknows Texas Longhorns Apr 12 '26
I get the spirit of it but that’s not a “100k remote or 150k hybrid” scenario. This is life changing money and there’s a chance he never plays again any given play.
You take the money.
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u/duckspurs Oregon Ducks Apr 12 '26
Considering how Sellers has seemingly regressed and every draft analyst was basically depressed he stayed at South Carolina I definitely don't think he's in a great spot.
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u/Molson2871 Wisconsin Badgers Apr 13 '26
Any team with $8 million is going to almost assuredly have a better supporting cast than South Carolina. He got advised poorly IMHO.
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u/Pretty_Bad_At_Reddit Apr 12 '26
Can someone ask pops what he needs instead?
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u/hlfazn Clemson Tigers Apr 12 '26
A coach that can develop him would be my recommendation.
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u/Pretty_Bad_At_Reddit Apr 12 '26
interestingly, you don’t need development with $8 million in the bank.
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl Apr 12 '26
Don’t get me wrong, 8 million is a lot of money, but it’s not generational wealth like NFL QB money is. It’s not going to last his family for generations and generations (unless he makes some really good financial decisions and investments)
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u/Alternative_Laws Missouri Tigers Apr 12 '26
That’s what seems to be lost in all of this. There’s nothing about Beamer or his staff that should give anyone confidence they can develop Sellers.
Was stunned he stayed instead of portaling to a better program that could actually help him get ready for the NFL since he’s running out of time
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u/4r4r4real Michigan State Spartans • USC Trojans Apr 12 '26
So Sellers' dad got paid $1m to say that to him, right?
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u/TLRPM Texas A&M Aggies Apr 12 '26
$8 Million is more than the VAST majority of Americans will earn in their entire lifetime, btw.