The Top 5 NIL Food Deals deserve their own category. So I’m hoping you’re hungry because we’re going 7-courses with the Top 5.
Top 5 NIL Food Deals
(5)NIL Food Deal Reeses has an NIL deal with players that share the name Reeses. The Team Reese lineup includes
- Andrew Reese, Defensive Back, Delaware State University
- Brody Reese, Defensive Lineman, University of Tulsa
- Cameron Reese, Defensive End, Troy University
- Courtney Reese, Running Back, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- David Reese, Linebacker, University of Florida
- James Reese IV, Defensive Back, Tennessee State University
- John Reese Bellew, Safety, Auburn University
- Max Reese, Tight End, Eastern Michigan University
- Michael Reese, Defensive End, Duke University
- Otis Reese, Safety, University of Mississippi
- Quinton Reese, Safety, Liberty University
- Richard Reese, Running Back, Baylor University
They will be brand ambassadors and receive a Reese’s branded chain pendant and an assortment of Reese’s goodies.
(4) NIL Food Deal
Sonny’s BBQ signed an NIL deal with the entire Florida Offensive line. (h/t On3.com) They are a BBQ franchise based out of Florida, and the deal features promotional appearances at the restaurants throughout the South. Florida’s offensive line includes: Jalen Farmer, Christian Williams, Austin Barber, Riley Simonds, Kingsley Eguakun, Jake Slaughter, Richard Leonard, William Harrod, Kamryn Waites, Ethan White, Kaleb Boateng, O’Cyrus Torrence, David Conner, Michael Tarquin, Joshua Braun, Mark Pitts, Richard Gouraige, Yousef Mugharbil and Jordan Herman. Like the Reese’s signing, this is a mass deal and part of a trend in these types of deals.
(3) NIL Food Deal
(From the New York Times); Shane Bell, a center on the football team at Erskine College, a Division II school in Due West, S.C. Since July, Bell has made about $525 (and gotten free food) from Mama’s Sweet Shoppe, a local business in his part of Abbeville County, in exchange for appearances and social media posts on platforms like Instagram, where he has nearly 1,900 followers.
The NYT article further stated, “Opendorse said the average compensation for name, image and likeness participants was $75 in Division II, less than 10 percent of their Division I peers, and $37 in Division III.” It should be noted that many NIL deals include social media deal posts occasionally as part of the in-person appearance part of the NIL package.
In my opinion, this is a great example of a local business utilizing a local player. Instead of donating a check to the athletic department and getting a note in the game program, NIL allows local boosters/businesses to get actual face-time from a favorite player. Really close to the spirit of what the NIL was meant to be.
(2) NIL Food Deal
Jayden Daniels signed a deal to promote Venezia’s New York Style Pizzeria. So what does he get for his troubles… and by the way, an Arizona State deal for New York Style? Anyway, he gets ” The “JD5 Pizza” is Daniels’ own, self-designed pizza consisting of five different toppings: Extra cheese, pepperoni, mushrooms, bacon and sausage. ” And that’s not all, he pockets a percentage (undisclosed) of all JD5 Pizza Sales.
Jayden Daniels & Venezia's Pizzeria: A match made in heaven.
The ASU QB discusses his new pizza on the Venezia's menu, "The JD5."
Plus, Chase Lucas & Herm Edwards dish on what their dream menu items would be.https://t.co/rx8Q2sIVHn pic.twitter.com/9ODsx5ZlRJ
— Sports360AZ (@Sports360AZ) July 31, 2021
(1) NIL Food Deal
This spot belongs to the absolute dominant force in NCAA football, at least in HBCU. Shaddeur Sanders (son of Deion Sanders) inked a deal for his own branded BBQ Sauce. You can purchase it online or at Kroger stores local to the Jackson Mississippi area. According to the article he has a NIL valuation of approximately 1.2 million. Sanders is a top college player and started the season 4-0.
Shoutout to all the wonderful sources of daily NIL news, especially Kristi Dosh at Business of College Sports , and Frontofficesports
You can check out some of my former articles on the weirdest in each category at NIL top 10 compared to AP top 10 (to be updated in 2 weeks) , and weirdest NIL deals.
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