Everyone (literally) has had an opinion on former Georgia football quarterback Carson Beck announcing that he will be playing his final season of college football at Miami (FL). Whether it be questioning why he would pick the Hurricanes or if he should have just gone back to Georgia, every college football was shocked when Beck made this announcement.
However, there is another reason why people are talking about Beck's transfer, and that is how much money he will be making at Miami. Multiple reports have indicated that Beck will be paid $3 million from Miami next season, but that amount will likely be much more when you add in other deals and packages he will receive outside of Miami's collective. So while $3 million is an insane amount of money, the total amount he will make will be a lot more.
Many people were left wondering if Beck is even worth this amount of money, but one college football star made an interesting comment about this and even questioned if Beck deserves this much money. And that player is 2024 Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter.
“How do you get $10 million? Where's my $10M? How are people getting this much money bro?... Let me go back. I'm going back to college. Let me see if I can get $100M.”
Holy Sh*t: Travis Hunter went OFF after he heard that Carson Beck is getting $10M in NIL earnings:
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 16, 2025
“How do you get $10 million? Where's my $10M? How are people getting this much money bro?... Let me go back. I'm going back to college. Let me see if I can get $100M.”
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Does Travis Hunter have a point?
Obviously Hunter is being sarcastic when he said he should make $100 million if he came back to college next season, but him suggessting Beck shouldn't make this much isn't the craziest opinion in the world.
Beck had a solid season with Georgia this past year, but he did not live up to the expectations everyone had for him. Many thought Beck was the No. 1 QB in the country heading into this past season, but he turned out to be nowhere near the best quarterback in the country. That is probably one of the reasons why he changed his mind and returned to college instead of staying in the NFL Draft like he originally announced.
Regardless, everyone is worth what someone is willing to pay. So if Miami thinks Beck is worth this much money, then he is in fact worth that much money. However, it will be very difficult for Beck to live up to those expectations, so it would not be surprising to see him fall short of them once again.