Five-star plus offensive tackle David Sanders, who will be announcing his commitment Saturday, has released his own clothing brand despite still being a high school player.
Sanders’ final four teams include the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Tennessee Volunteers, Ohio State Buckeyes and Georgia Bulldogs. Experts and insiders have said that it is really just between Nebraska and Tennessee.
David Sanders is selling his name, image and likeness in high school
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While college football fans are beginning to acclimate to a college football world wherein athletes can make money off of their name, image and likeness, Sanders is doing so before he even leaves high school.
The No. 1 offensive tackle in the 2025 class, who has an NIL valuation that is just under $1 million, is getting started early by starting his own clothing line. As a private school athlete in the state of North Carolina, Sanders is in the unique position to be able to make money off of his name, image and likeness in high school.
Sanders, who is represented by WME Sports, conveniently dropped his clothing line before being forced to alienate all the fan bases of the schools to which he won’t commit.
Could David Sanders’ clothing line indicate his upcoming choice?
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Sanders announced his new clothing line via social media with a link to all the merchandise fans can buy.
My clothing brand has dropped‼️ SHOP NOW‼️
Link in bio!!! pic.twitter.com/BQCphDWtdd
— David Sanders Jr. (@DavidLSandersJr) August 12, 2024
Fans immediately noted that the color scheme of the clothes in Sanders’ clothing line is primarily red, white and black. If the color scheme of Sanders’ brand is any indication of where he will commit, it would imply that he will be joining fellow five-star Dylan Raiola on the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
While the scheme would match up more with Georgia or Ohio State, experts and insiders have considered those two teams out of the Sanders sweepstakes, leaving the Tennessee Volunteers and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Tennessee’s color scheme is nowhere close to the red, white and black colors that define Sanders’ brand. That being said, his brand colors could have nothing to do with where he wants to go to college. His high school’s color scheme features red and white, but their tertiary color is blue, which is nowhere to be found in Sanders’ brand.
Fans are begging David Sanders to come to their team
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After Sanders announced his personal clothing line, fans took to social media to explain that his brand would prosper if he elected to commit to their team.
Tennessee fans are telling him that he needs to change the colors while Nebraska fans are telling him that his clothing line will sell out the instant he commits to the Cornhuskers. Ohio State fans are noting the similarity between his logo and the letters “OSU.”
Almost looks like it says OSU
— Shawn Rife (@ShawnRife1) August 12, 2024
Should be in orange
🟧⬜️🟧⬜️🟧⬜️🟧⬜️🟧— Brad Trump (@VolChamps45) August 12, 2024
You are gonna make so much money at Braska with this merch
— L1LD0GG (@l1lD0gg) August 12, 2024
Commit to Nebraska and I guarantee your stuff would be sold out within seconds. GBR 🌽🌽
— Zach Kremlacek (@kremlacek_zach) August 12, 2024
One thing Nebraska loves more than anybody else is the O-Line, your brand would fly off the shelves!
— Tyler (@Zovax_) August 12, 2024
Regardless of where Sanders elects to go to college, it is safe to say he will find himself atop the NIL market for offensive linemen.
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