5-Star OL and New Georgia Tech Commit Josh Petty Will Reportedly Receive $800K PER YEAR in NIL Money

On3 — Josh Petty was not looking for the largest financial package when making his college decision, but he needed the number to be “fair.” 

The five-star offensive lineman committed to Georgia Tech on Monday, picking the Yellow Jackets over Ohio State, Florida State, Tennessee and Stanford.

On3 learned Georgia Tech and Petty agreed to terms of a three-year Roster Value deal with an annual payment of at least $800,000. A source at Florida State, which lost out on Petty, told On3 that the offensive lineman “did not” turn the final weeks of his recruitment into a bidding war.

There is not a better profession in the world right now than being a 5-star high school football player. That was always a great gig with good earning potential down the line, but you were probably only going to get maybe $25,000 under the table to last you the next three or four years before you were hopefully good enough to go to the NFL and make real money. Now, you can get a dump truck of cash before you ever step foot on a college campus.

Josh Petty, an offensive lineman, just inked a deal reportedly worth more than $2 million and it sounds like that wasn't even his biggest offer. And we're going to see even more deals like this start rolling in the aftermath of the House v. NCAA settlement that will allow schools to begin sharing revenue with players starting in 2025. These numbers are probably on the low end of what kids will be getting in a couple years.

Georgia Tech is a really good example of a team that could become really interesting in the NIL and revenue sharing era, too. If a school like that — tons of rich alumni, good tradition, great location — decides to go all in on NIL and gets enough money to make a bunch of offers like this, all of a sudden Georgia and Clemson have a problem on their hands with kids wanting to go somewhere where they'll get the same amount of money and not have to sit behind two other Top 100 recruits.

I still have a year of eligibility remaining and could give a school some good reps for a fraction of what a guy like Josh Petty will cost you. Let me know.