He should have opted out completely. No harm no foul. Everyone would understand. But to play them pull himself? Horrible optics. He will still play but I would bet he just tanked his value. Serves him right.
Big payday to play yesterday. Most of the big NIL contracts the better players signed with the schools ended the end of December/beginning of January and the last check was the biggest. If they don’t play in the bowl game they don’t get the check.
Granted he’ll make a ton more come next April’s draft, but i’m sure that $100,000 pay check (may have been $50,000) was looking real good to him.
He was going for some NCAA TD passing record, when he got it in the first half, he decided to sit out the 2nd half.