Freshman edge rusher Dylan Stewart has been a revelation for the South Carolina Gamecocks.
A former five-star recruit who was ranked because the No. 1 EDGE within the 2024 class, based on the 247Sports Composite, Stewart has 5.5 sacks, two pressured fumbles and a fumble restoration by means of seven video games of his freshman season.
That is elite manufacturing for a younger participant. The one problem for South Carolina is that within the NIL and switch portal period, it is now going to need to pay to make it possible for Stewart would not get poached.
According to The State, a deal is being labored on between Stewart’s illustration and South Carolina’s NIL collective, The Garnet Belief, to get the younger EDGE paid. Sources have told On3 that no matter Stewart makes in NIL ought to be round $1M to $1.5M, and this is able to be only for his second 12 months of faculty soccer motion.
“The Garnet Belief and Fairness are nonetheless working by means of how the settlement will probably be paid out, with income sharing set to start July 1, 2025. Faculties will probably be allowed to share $20.5 million yearly with athletes,” On3 writes.
If that is the way it actually goes down, Stewart will probably be the highest-paid participant on South Carolina’s 2025 roster. This additionally would not embody every other NIL offers that come his means.
