Tulane Coach Offers Solution To NIL Tampering After Losing Star Quarterback

NIL Daily/Sports Illustrated  |  Feb 13, 2025

While all college football coaches are in a state of evolution with name, image, and likeness, Group of Five programs have a lot of ground to cover in the landscape.

Tulane Green Wave head coach Jon Sumrall experienced one of the more painful losses in the NIL era after developing a redshirt freshman into a starting quarterback.

Darian Mensah ascended from third-string redshirt freshman to starter and successor to Michael Pratt—and then received one of the biggest NIL deals in college football to transfer to the Duke Blue Devils.