re: Is Brian Kelly retarded?

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Anyone on our team who is rated a late round pick 5-7, but still has eligibility left, we offer them NIL over what they'd get paid in the NFL. I think they have all mostly stayed.

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For 1, advising to pay 5th-7th round picks to stay in college with more money than what is being in the NFL is dumb. They aren’t high draft picks.
Mason Smith and Mekhi Wingo were each offered a minimum of $500k (likely more) to return. Smith surprisingly made the right decision as he got drafted in the 2nd round and will likely be getting a lot more than that.