Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers has signed a name, image and likeness deal with GT Sports Marketing for $1.4 million, a source told ESPN on Tuesday.
The contract with GT Sports Marketing is for three years and is in exchange for autographs. The deal, according to a source, was negotiated by Ewers’ agents at SportStars and Rubicon, and is his second NIL deal, along with Holy Kombucha.
Ewers is cashing in on the new opportunities with NIL deals being granted to college athletes only a few months ago. Once the ruling was passed, Ewers, who was the No. 1 ranked prospect in the 2022 class, decided to skip his senior season, reclassify to the 2021 class and enroll early at Ohio State. He joined the team in August.
The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Ewers had offers from nearly every major program in the country. He was originally supposed to stay at Carroll High School (Southlake, Texas) until January, but Texas is one of just three states to have a law that prohibits high school athletes from profiting off NIL.
Illinois and Mississippi are the other two states that prohibit high school athletes from profiting off NIL.
He had initially committed to the Longhorns, but decommitted in October 2020.