At Big Ten Media Days Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa revealed an unnamed SEC school offered him $1.5 million to enter the NCAA transfer portal during the offsason. Tagovailoa instead elected to return Maryland to play his fifth collegiate season.
“It would be hard for me to go to another place and not be happy but have all the money in the world,” Tagovailoa told The Athletic. “(I’d rather) be at a place where maybe I don’t have as much, but I’m happy and I’m here to work.”
Given he is a graduate, Tagavailoa could still enter the transfer portal and earn immediate eligibility at his next destination.