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could force the NFL to pay 3rd round picks more $$$

I'd guess Beck stays another year and shoots for QB1 or 2.

RBs, I'm curious about.  Because you are really risking that 2nd contract.

QBs, unless you are a top 5 pick, probably makes sense to stay, if you are a JJ McCarthy/Carson Beck, who is a solid starter at a contender., and a back end 1st round pick if you leave  If you are a high riser at a mid or lower tier P5 program, probably makes sense to cash in

on a similar note, i'm curious how this might effect bowl participation. having a kind of built in security net should injury happen. just a thought.

Caleb Williams has already said that he came back to SC because going to the NFL would have been a pay cut.

I would like to know how many players that enter the portal play another down of football at any level. I've seen upwards of half, but that's just rumor and innuendo.

he came back to USC because he was not eligible for the draft....

And he's going to be the #1 pick. There is nowhere in this universe or any universe that being the #1 pick is a pay cut from college NIL money. Last draft #1 pick Bryce Young got a fully guaranteed 4-year, $38 million contract, of which $24 million was given to him up front in the form of a signing bonus. You're not getting that kind of money in college anywhere, I don't care who you are. And once you're in the NFL and a star in the NFL...the NIL/endorsement money dwarves any kind of money you can make in college. Patrick Mahomes for instance makes insane money on national endorsements, more than any college kid could dream of making.

I think EVERY quarterback is in the portal.  OU's, OSU's, Wazzou, KSU, ORST, Miami's, Duke's, Miss State's.......

I would like to know how many players that enter the portal play another down of football at any level. I've seen upwards of half, but that's just rumor and innuendo.

This is a really underdiscussed aspect to the transfer portal - MANY players who enter the Portal are never solicitated to play for another school.

Lavar Arrington is one of the sport's only voices I've heard bring this point up - from his radio show last year:

"…the portal is further perpetuating the feeling of entitlement. In a lot of cases they’re delusional. College athletes are a little delusional…for all the big stories we see with the Caleb Williams and the Spencer Rattlers there are a whole bunch of other names that entered the transfer portal and are sitting at home right now on their coach. Or going to a junior college because no one picked them up. We’re not hearing about the horror stories yet. We haven’t seen anybody addicted to pain killers yet, attributed to sitting and home and not getting another opportunity. There’s a very dark side to this transfer portal. While I will agree the NIL is not the direct problem to all of this, I will say having this whole transfer portal and being able to leverage the NIL to get the kids you want into the transfer portal is quickly becoming the issue that’s coming to a head as an issue that’s possibly monitored and regulated because there’s no slowing this freight train down." 

Iowa quarterback Joey Labas has entered his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal, per reports from On3 Sports.

Labas just finished his sophomore season with the Hawkeyes after joining the program as a four-star recruit in 2021.