The Good News was we Thought he was going Pro. Wilson enters the Portal

[edwin drood]

Someone is going to make him a very generous offer. Likely NFL first rounder next year.

As I just posted an NFL first rounder is making $1.9-6.5M and elite NILs are comparable. He will make more next year in college.

You're forgetting signing bonuses. The top Edge last year was Abdul Carter, to The Giants. He signed a for a salary of $8.2 million. But the NFL has salary caps and Carter's salary needed to fit under the cap. But he also got a signing bonus of $29.5 million. I don't know how that's all structured, but potentially $38 million in year 1. No college player is even close.... Yet.

[Luke77]

Someone is going to make him a very generous offer. Likely NFL first rounder next year.

You used the word 'us' in the OP.

But now it's 'someone'

I wasn't the original poster. You're thick as a brick.

[11WSChamps]

To me, this is all about money and someone has already made him an offer bigger than what Mizzou could. He probably waited an extra couple of days to see if Mizzou could up their offer and when they couldn’t, he hit the portal probably already knowing he has a better offer than what Mizzou could come up with.

Continuity for most programs is difficult. Mizzou now has to replace the entire defense. The extra bowl practices couldn’t have helped that much. Not to get to excited about this because it’s probably going to be an ongoing battle.

Yep college sports has come down to which schools can court the most billionaires.

And this is what everyone wanted? :

[winonsports]

Paying someone more than they'd have gotten in the draft is not wise given the pool limits.

That's why it's not happening