{"id":739101,"date":"2026-05-20T07:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/739101\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:09:17","slug":"florida-has-one-of-the-most-marketable-players-in-college-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/739101\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida has one of the most marketable players in college basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to On3&#8217;s most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/nil\/rankings\/player\/nil-valuations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NIL 100 valuations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NIL 100 valuations&quot;}\" class=\"link \">NIL 100 valuations<\/a>, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaab\/players\/168548\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Denzel Aberdeen;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Denzel Aberdeen&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denzel Aberdeen<\/a> is the only <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/florida-gators\/1407\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Florida&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Florida<\/a> Gator ranked inside the top 25 nationally. At No. 18, the 22-year-old has an NIL valuation of $2.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking pins Aberdeen among some of the biggest names in collegiate athletics. It also paints a picture of how drastically Florida basketball&#8217;s national profile has ascended under head coach Todd Golden, peaking during the 2024 NCAA championship run.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Orlando native is coming off the best season of his college career, averaging 13.5 points per game at <a href=\"https:\/\/ukwildcatswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kentucky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kentucky&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kentucky<\/a> before transferring back to Florida. So while he&#8217;s marketable off the court, he drives results on the floor as well.<\/p>\n<p>Aberdeen could become one of the faces of college basketball and for Florida&#8217;s 2026 campaign. The former Wildcat is petitioning the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility, having played three years at Florida and one at Kentucky. Golden and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/florida\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gators;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gators&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Gators<\/a> must wait for the special waiver to be granted for Aberdeen to get on the court in Gainesville.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatorsWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@GatorsWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@GatorsWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@GatorsWire<\/a>\u00a0on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gatorswire.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bluesky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bluesky&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bluesky<\/a>, and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GatorsWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/florida-gators\/3472\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida Gators;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Florida Gators&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Florida Gators<\/a>\u00a0news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/gators\/mens-basketball\/2026\/05\/18\/florida-basketball-denzel-aberdeen-nil-valuations\/90116363007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida basketball&#039;s Aberdeen stands as lone Gator in top-25 of NIL100;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Florida basketball&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Florida basketball&#8217;s Aberdeen stands as lone Gator in top-25 of NIL100<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to On3&#8217;s most recent NIL 100 valuations, Denzel Aberdeen is the only Florida Gator ranked inside the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,10932,12643,420,234,231,772,1544,3352],"class_list":["post-739101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-career","tag-denzel-aberdeen","tag-florida","tag-kentucky","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-todd-golden"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116605653079891935","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}