Shedeur Sanders could hit 8 figures in NIL money says Joel Klatt

Shedeur Sanders is already one of the hottest names in college football this season. After a record-setting debut at TCU, Sanders led a win over Nebraska and a dramatic comeback against Colorado State.

In the 3-0 start, Sanders is already up to 1,251 passing yards and is completing passes at a 78.7% completion percentage. He has 10 touchdowns with just one interception and already has some analysts talking about the 2024 NFL Draft.

However, Joel Klatt believes the NFL Draft decision is not a straightforward one in this era of football.

“It’s not as cut-and-dry as it used to be because of NIL,” said Klatt during a conversation with Colin Cowherd about Sanders’ potential decision. “It’s not just ‘You HAVE to go.'”

“They could get him $6 million,” claimed Cowherd while also pointing out Sanders could become the No. 1 QB in the 2025 draft class if he waits.

As a part of the discussion, Klatt claimed this season is likely going to be Colorado’s worst team of Deion Sanders’ tenure. There’s also the aspect that Shedeur likely possesses an NIL ceiling that is hard to fathom at this point in the process.

“There’s an element of like Deion is going to be there next year. So is Travis Hunter, because he has to be,” Klatt explained. “He can’t transfer, he hasn’t graduated, so he can’t have that free second transfer, he’s going to be there… So in my estimation, this is the worst Colorado will be. Right now.

“…This NIL thing — we think of NIL as ‘Oh yeah, he can make a couple million bucks.’ I think Shedeur might be able to make $10 million… We have no idea what his ceiling is from an NIL perspective. When Deion says ‘Yeah, he’s gonna come back’ I kind of believe him.”

“I think Shedeur might be able to make $10 million… We have no idea what his ceiling is from an NIL perspective.”

— @joelklatt pic.twitter.com/NQLaZ9a78b

— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) September 20, 2023

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.