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Penn State LB announces NIL agreement with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation
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Brandon Smith is the latest college athlete to get an NIL deal done.
Smith on Twitter announced that he has signed am NIL deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.
Roc Nation is one of the country’s premier entertainment companies that deal with music, sports and all things entertainment.
Excited to join the Roc Nation Sports family for NIL. I’m excited to explore opportunities off the field when time permits. For all paid, non paid, and charitable inquiries, please DM or email (in bio) #WeAre @RocNationSports pic.twitter.com/d8sccja43B
— Brandon Smith (@brand0n_smith12) August 17, 2021
Smith is a 6-foot-3 241-pound junior LB out of Louisa, VA. Through two seasons with the Nittany Lions, Smith has had 51 total tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 1 interception, 2 pass deflections and 1 fumble recovery.
The Nittany Lions are coming off of a 4-5 2020 campaign where after they started, 0-5 came back to win the last 4 games. The expectations in Happy Valley are high again as they ranked No. 19 in the preseason AP Top-25 poll.
Penn State has road games against Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio State. Auburn, Indiana and Michigan all travel to Happy Valley this autumn.
The Nittany Lions open with a B1G road test right out of the gate as they will go into what will be a raucous Camp Randall against the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday, Sept. 4.