"Ruining these kids for life": Fans baffled by five-star OT Felix Ojo's $5.1 million NIL contract after commitment to Big 12 school

Five-star offensive tackle prospect, Felix Ojo, announced on Friday that he is committing to the Texas Tech Red Raiders. This is a massive steal for the Big 12 team, which had to compete with numerous top SEC programs for Ojo.

One thing that may have influenced Ojo's decision to join the Red Raiders is their NIL offer. The program is reportedly planning to give him a fully guaranteed three-year, $5.1 million deal. This would be one of the largest deals in college football history.

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Many fans are not in favor of giving so much money to a college athlete.

"Ruining these kids for life," this fan said.

"Holy overpay," another fan said.

"Ridiculous. Make Saban commissioner and get this under control," a fan added.

"I mean this with everything, if he isn’t a 3x All Conference and at least 1x All American this was a ultra waste of money," this fan said.

Some fans also think that this is not going to help Texas Tech in the long run.

"Gonna laugh so hard when Texas Tech still doesn’t win a natty," a fan said.

"All that money just to go 7-5," another fan added.

"Tech still gonna be irrelevant lmao," a third fan said.

Can Felix Ojo help Texas Tech?

Felix Ojo is a five-star prospect (according to 247Sports) from the state of Texas. He is ranked as the fifth-best player in the recruitment class, the best in his position and the second best player in Texas.

Ojo received 50 offers from numerous top college football programs and seemed for a long time to be heading to Austin to be the next member of the Texas Longhorns offensive line.

However, it appears that the amount that the Red Raiders offered was enough to bring him to Lubbock.

About the author

Ben Tredinnick is a journalist who covers college football and college basketball at Sportskeeda who is currently studying for a masters in Data Science. His degree in Psychology has helped him gain an in-depth understanding of the minds of coaches.

Ben has been involved in sports writing since 2022 and covered the NFL previously. His strengths include providing in-depth profiles of athletes and coaches, with a particular focus on development, and looking at which teams could be in the hunt for today's college stars.

Ben enjoys following college sports more than the NBA or NFL because there is more variation in terms of playstyles. The tournaments are often more competitive than the major leagues, and due to the constant turnover of players, there are rarely any "superteams" in college sports.

He prioritizes research, looks at multiple sources and publications to make sure he gets the full picture of the story before writing. He tries not to write from a one-sided perspective to allow the reader to be able to make their mind up on their own.

A Texas Longhorns fan, as well as a massive New York Giants fan, some of his favorite college players of all time are Arch Manning, Tim Tebow and Reggie Bush.

When he is not working, Ben enjoys watching films (especially Godzilla) and spending time with his cat.

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Edited by Satagni Sikder