1) Who at Virginia Tech is winning NIL so far? (At least as far as we can tell?) – Vtskier1

Chris Coleman: The only one I can think of for sure is Justyn Mutts. He made somewhere around $35-40k off of his poster deals (by the way, they are still available for purchase by clicking here). He gave us permission to share the numbers, because we think it’s important for the numbers to be out there so it could potentially help with future Virginia Tech recruiting.

That said, no other specific deals for Virginia Tech athletes have been reported, at least as far as the amount of money that changed hands. We know that the offensive line can eat for free at a local BBQ place (Mission BBQ in Christiansburg). We know some small deals here and there for promoting products and businesses on social media, but no monetary details have been announced. I doubt there is what you could call a serious amount of money rolling in for those deals, though.

Overall, specific NIL deals are not going to be reported. It will happen here and there. For example, John Ruiz, the Miami booster, was very specific when announcing some of his NIL deals with Miami players. He knows that by putting the numbers out there, it will help Miami recruiting. Whether or not those recruits actually go on to get deals of their own remains to be seen, but for now, by announcing that Kansas State transfer Nijel Pack signed a two-year deal worth $800k with Ruiz’s LifeWallet, he knows that will draw recruits’ attention to Miami basketball and Miami athletics as a whole.

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