Will Johnson talked about his NIL deals, and confirmed he's one of the athletes with an additional EA Sports deal with the upcoming game. Also it appears that Michigan got its total NIL package together after apparently being behind a couple years ago. Not necessarily in total dollars, but in terms of organization
Michigan lost only five scholarship players to the transfer portal since coach Jim Harbaugh departed the program in late January. The Wolverines also saw key players return for another season instead of heading to the NFL Draft, including senior running back Donovan Edwards, senior safety Rod Moore, graduate safety Makari Paige and others.
Johnson credited the Champions Circle collective for much of the player retention.
“Every year, it’s evolved,” Johnson said of Michigan’s NIL platform since he arrived in Ann Arbor. “They’re working with us to get guys in the transfer portal, and the guys that came back for another year.
“The collective has done a great job of putting their all into making it what it is now, and I think they’ve done a great job so far, so I’m excited to see where it’s going. It was very important. We needed to keep that core group together – a lot of the guys that had experience on this team last year, especially in the secondary. I think that was the main reason we were able to do that, and I think it’s going to be big for later in this offseason, too.”
