Texas Tech FB Commit Felix Ojo Lands Eye-Popping Income-Sharing Deal

Texas Tech commit Felix Ojo is likely one of the first massive winners within the revenue-sharing world that has now begun in school sports activities. As a part of his dedication to Texas Tech, the five-star offensive deal with recruit agreed to a three-year, $2.3 million revenue-sharing take care of the varsity, The Athletic reported.

Ojo’s deal is believed to be one of many largest revenue-sharing agreements between a college and a student-athlete because the approval of the Home v. NCAA settlement in June, which allowed faculties and student-athletes to conform to revenue-sharing offers beginning on July 1. The deal pays Ojo $775,000 per yr, in accordance with The Athletic.

When information first broke about Ojo’s dedication, his agent, Derrick Shelby of Status Administration, informed ESPN that the revenue-sharing deal he acquired was price $5.1 million. Whereas that determine is not absolutely assured, Ojo’s revenue-sharing deal can climb to that quantity if there’s a big soar within the cap faculties can spend on revenue-sharing offers with student-athletes, The Athletic added in its report. 

Getting into the 2025-26 educational yr, faculties are allowed to spend roughly $20.5 million in revenue-sharing offers per yr throughout all sponsored sports activities. Nonetheless, that quantity is predicted to extend on a yearly foundation. 

Ojo cannot formally put pen to paper on his revenue-sharing settlement with Texas Tech simply but, although. Recruits cannot signal their revenue-sharing offers with faculties till the signing interval begins, which is Dec. 3 for FBS soccer. Pupil-athletes enrolled for the 2025-26 educational yr may start negotiating revenue-sharing offers with their present faculties beginning on July 1. 

Nonetheless, Ojo will doubtless turn into one of many richest gamers in school soccer, at the very least by way of income sharing, when he takes the sector in 2026. To place his settlement in perspective, the entire potential worth of Ojo’s settlement ($5.1 million) could be equal to what a fourth-round decide within the 2025 NFL Draft would make over the totality of their rookie deal, per Spotrac. Ojo may really make extra on a per-year foundation than these gamers as nicely, as NFL rookie offers are 4 years lengthy. 

“Soccer is a brutal sport, and athletes should not capable of play professionally till their graduating class has been in school three years,” Shelby informed ESPN of Ojo’s deal. “It was vital to have the ability to safe Felix Ojo’s future and provides him and his household some safety as he continues to develop right into a first-round NFL draft decide.”

Previous to touchdown Ojo in a wealthy revenue-sharing deal, Texas Tech has made main monetary commitments in acquiring and securing student-athletes as of late within the identify, picture and likeness (NIL) period. Softball phenom NiJaree Canady has reportedly acquired two $1 million offers by way of Texas Tech’s NIL collective, reciting one to switch from Stanford in 2024 and incomes one other to stay with the varsity in June. 

Basketball star JT Toppin additionally remained at Texas Tech following his All-American season in 2024-25 by reportedly signing a $3 million take care of the varsity’s NIL collective. That deal has made Toppin one of the vital invaluable gamers in all of faculty sports activities. 

Texas Tech’s JT Toppin has been one of many largest beneficiaries within the college’s monetary dedication to athletics. (Picture by Mitchell Layton/Getty Photographs)

That spending has additionally carried into the soccer program. The Purple Raiders spent greater than $10 million by way of their NIL collective to land 21 gamers within the switch portal this offseason, in accordance with The Athletic. Its switch portal class ranked because the second-best this offseason, through 247 Sports activities. 

Ojo, who additionally had affords from and visited Michigan, Texas, Florida, Ohio State and others, headlines a 2026 recruiting class that at present ranks twenty sixth within the nation, through 247 Sports activities. He is at present 247 Sports activities’ fifth-best prospect within the Class of 2026 and is the very best recruit this system has ever landed, in accordance with the recruiting service. 

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