College Basketball Star’s $4 Million Price Tag to Return Revealed
It was a very impressive season for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, led by head coach Grant McCasland, who entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the West region, advancing to the Elite Eight before losing to No. 1 Florida. With their season over, there are expected to be a lot of roster changes, with one of the biggest possibly being forward JT Toppin, who ESPN ranked as the No. 42 prospect in the upcoming NBA draft. However, on Wednesday, in an Instagram post from Toppin himself announced that he would be returning to Texas Tech next season. Despite turning away the NBA, he’s still expected to make a lot of money, with Matt Norlander of CBS Sports reporting that he is expected to be paid $4 million in NIL earnings. JT Toppin is expected to be paid ~$4 million in NIL earnings at Texas Tech next season, a source tells CBS Sports. The latest/biggest piece of evidence that reflects how invested TTU is in basketball-and a positive development for the sport to retain a player as great as Toppin. Of course, that is an impressive amount of money, considering that On3 reports that Duke Blue Devils forward Cooper Flagg has the highest NIL valuation in college basketball at $4.8 million. Toppin could certainly prove to be worth it, though after his amazing season, where he started 33 games, shooting 55.4% from the field while averaging 18.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 27.2 minutes per game. Texas Tech Red Raiders forward JT Toppin (15). Eakin Howard-Imagn it will now remain to be seen if Toppin and the Red Raiders can make it even further next year, with ESPN BET tying them for the 12th-best odds (+2500) of winning the national championship. Related: Nation’s No. 7
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