Fresh off a season-opening victory over No. 3 Clemson, Georgia quarterback JT Daniels has signed a six-figure deal to use his name, image and likeness on trading cards.
Daniels and UNC quarterback Sam Howell partnered with Super Glow Trading Cards to create roughly two dozen different designs for each player.
The arrangement will pay each quarterback $100 for every card they sign as well as a 50% royalty fee for every one — with or without a signature — that is sold. The substantial royalty fees are rare, if not unprecedented, in the trading card industry, according to the players’ agent.
“Both guys have a significant six-figure guarantee,” said agent Dan Everett of ESM. “If they’re playing well and their teams do well, this could turn into a seven-figure opportunity by the end of January.”
The cards range in price from $15 to up to $1,000 for one that includes Daniels’ signature and a small piece of his high school jersey. These cards will be among the first available memorabilia from current college athletes after the NCAA changed its rules this summer to allow players to profit from their names, images and likenesses while in school.
