Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin couldn’t hold back when asked about quarterback Carson Beck’s reported $4.3 million NIL deal with the Miami Hurricanes.

On the flip side of that same coin, former Georgia passer Carson Beck decided to transfer to Miami after suffering a season-ending injury in the SEC Championship game. He signed an NIL deal worth over $4 million, the same number Iamaleava was looking for in Knoxville.

Carson Beck's departure from Georgia to Miami this summer created a number of ripple effects as word of his $4 million NIL package helped reset the market once again for quarterbacks.  Word of Beck's NIL package played a role in Nico Iamaleava attempting to renegotiate his deal with Tennessee,