{"id":616239,"date":"2025-12-21T04:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/616239\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T04:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:46:39","slug":"the-5-million-nil-figure-that-transfer-portal-qbs-are-expected-to-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/616239\/","title":{"rendered":"The $5 million NIL figure that transfer portal QBs are expected to cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought the NIL transfer market in college football already was out of control, just wait until the upcoming battles next month for the top quarterbacks looking to switch schools.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN college football insider Pete Thamel believes the dollar figures during the January cycle could be as much as $5 million for one season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis market looks robust already, guys,\u201d Thamel said Friday on College GameDay ahead of Alabama\u2019s playoff win over Oklahoma. \u201cYou\u2019ve got Cincinnati\u2019s Brendan Sorsby at [the top], Nebraska\u2019s Dylan Raiola, TCU\u2019s Josh Hoover went in [this week], you have Arizona State\u2019s Sam Leavitt, Florida\u2019s DJ Lagway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37983685\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-bearcats-quarterback-brendan-sorsby-114627270.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Brendan Sorsby warming up.\" class=\"wp-image-37983685\"  \/>Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Brendan Sorsby (2) warms up before the game against the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Rob Gray-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I made some calls today, guys, and sources told me the tip-top of this quarterback market, financially, could reach $5 million for one season. Look, it\u2019s supply and demand. You have all those guys. Sorsby\u2019s been linked early to Texas Tech. Dylan Raiola, there\u2019s some smoke to Louisville, although maybe a [College Football Playoff] team jumps in late there. There have been early links between Indiana and Hoover, assuming that [Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza] goes pro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thamel also noted that CFP programs such as Oregon and Miami are likely to be looking for a new quarterback for 2026, as well as LSU, with new coach Lane Kiffin looking to make a splash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, this is what\u2019s going to drive the market,\u201d Thamel said. \u201cOregon may lose [draft prospect] Dante Moore. Miami will be in the quarterback market again. So will LSU. So, when you really take a look at what could drive this quarterback market, it\u2019s going to be the most expensive in the history of college football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thamel also pointed out that seven of the past nine Heisman winners landed at those schools through the transfer portal, including Mendoza, who moved from Cal to Indiana for this season. <\/p>\n<p>The main transfer portal window is open from Jan. 2-16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you thought the NIL transfer market in college football already was out of control, just wait until&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[331,7,49,48,8424,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-616239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-nil-rules","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115755744242434307","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}