It hasn’t generated nearly as much controversy, but Nick Saban’s explosive comments about Texas A&M and NIL payments also included a shot at Jackson State.
While alleging that A&M “bought every player on their team ... made a deal for name, image and likeness” in reference to the Aggies’ top-ranked recruiting class, the Alabama coach also said that Jackson State “paid a guy a million dollars last year.”
“It was in the paper and they bragged about it. Nobody did anything about it,” Saban claimed.
While Saban did not drop a specific name, it was easy to connect the dots to Travis Hunter, the No.