Georgia QB sues Florida Coach Billy Napier over failed NIL deal

Former University of Florida recruit Jaden Rashada sued head football coach Billy Napier, a millionaire donor and others on Tuesday, claiming that they lured him into abandoning a commitment to rival University of Miami last year with the promise of a $13.85 million payday that never materialized.

Rashada, now a quarterback for the University of Georgia, claims in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Pensacola that UF donor Hugh Hathcock promised him the massive payday, including a $500,000 signing bonus, and that Napier and another UF official pressured him to commit to the university with promises that he would be immediately financially set for life. According to the lawsuit, Hathcock even suggested he could secure Rashada’s father a job if his son committed to UF.