NIL has changed the game in college sports, and that was on display this week as quarterback Darian Mensah became the highest-paid college football player after transferring to Duke earlier this month.

Duke football program will reportedly give former Tulane QB Darian Mensah an $8 million NIL deal to commit to them from the transfer portal

A three-star high school prospect two years ago out of California, Darian Mensah hit the transfer portal with an eye-popping asking price that perhaps best illustrated what name, image and likeness has turned into within college football.