Pearce has not (Publicly) Declared

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To James Pierce, Jr...please consider the following...

(a) as long as you are in college, you are a big fish. Once you hit the league, there are way many more studs as good and better than you
(b) NIL and player compensation is amazing...it's not like you will be a starving college student athlete
(c) college is way more fun than 'the real world'
(d) college stadiums, Saturday's, atmosphere (especially at Neyland) are way better than 90% of NFL venues and Sunday's
(e) wouldn't you like to relax, recover, and just watch film on Sunday's? see, you get an extra day each week (don't do the math or you will figure out the lie here)

Considering staying for one more year. You won't regret it.
 
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tngivem6 said:
Probably waiting to see what team he is projected to. Rookies do have a set $$ figure cap I think. Now that we are in the NIL world, sometimes staying in college is worth more than a rookie contract in a crappy NFL team.
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Very good points! This will be an unpopular opinion but he needs another year in college to polish his game more. He may have been sandbagging to avoid injury but there were many games where he was not a factor or would be well out of position. I know he was projected to be the number one overall pick at the beginning of the year by some analysts and maybe my expectations were too high based off of those projections. He just did not look like a number one overall draft pick, defensive end. He has had several great moments and individual games but I would view a draft pick that high as a defensive end would be a game changer and I just did not see that in his overall body of work.
 
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BigBadVol said:
Also, keep in mind some of these players have significant insurance policies to guard against injury. Some have already made enough money to retire if they invest wisely.
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That's not how it works as an athlete. Peyton got an $11M signing bonus, that's guaranteed, right off the bat money in 1998, not mention his salary for the first contract.

Sure, he was set for life after that contract and should've retired after his rookie deal, right?

Like Peyton, Pearce can earn an absolute MOUNTAIN of cash in his second contract in the NFL if he's successful at that level. Even if he's not, if he goes early in the draft, he'll have a massive guaranteed signing bonus to cushion him if he doesn't do well.

The sooner he gets to that second contract, the quicker he makes huge bucks AND with just 3 seasons becomes vested in the NFL retirement/health benefits package.

He gone.
 
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BigBadVol said:
Also, keep in mind some of these players have significant insurance policies to guard against injury. Some have already made enough money to retire if they invest wisely.
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Someone in the know please enlighten us, but I thought I read somewhere that Tennessee’s NIL collective provided not only financial literacy information, but also guidance on how to invest their money. If not they should be. For most of theses players they will never make this short term big money again.
 
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Zues1 said:
Maybe he's a throwback kinda guy and doesn't find it necessary to announce his departure.
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Or maybe he’s coming back next year to destroy opposing QBs. 😉

The Vol social media department is diligent about making sure they get announcements out for each player. If he’s going they will make one.
 
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ShelbourneVol said:
Someone in the know please enlighten us, but I thought I read somewhere that Tennessee’s NIL collective provided not only financial literacy information, but also guidance on how to invest their money. If not they should be. For most of theses players they will never make this short term big money again.
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If only these players had a place to go where they could be taught stuff like finance and economics
 
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ShelbourneVol said:
Someone in the know please enlighten us, but I thought I read somewhere that Tennessee’s NIL collective provided not only financial literacy information, but also guidance on how to invest their money. If not they should be. For most of theses players they will never make this short term big money again.
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An attorney who seems to be well connected called DeerPark has said UT offers financial materials and encourages players to get someone to help them with their money. The school itself, I believe, cannot manage their money for them, only give them advice that they should manage it wisely.
 
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BigBadVol said:
Also, keep in mind some of these players have significant insurance policies to guard against injury. Some have already made enough money to retire if they invest wisely.
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Great for them! Capitalizing on their God given talents. Hopefully, with the proper maturity and advisement, they can set themselves up for a lifetime.
 
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Zues1 said:
Maybe he's a throwback kinda guy and doesn't find it necessary to announce his departure.
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That’s my guess. I don’t remember seeing much social media stuff from him posted on here. Seems like a low key guy that doesn’t need all the constant attention like so many others do these days.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
That's not how it works as an athlete. Peyton got an $11M signing bonus, that's guaranteed, right off the bat money in 1998, not mention his salary for the first contract.

Sure, he was set for life after that contract and should've retired after his rookie deal, right?

Like Peyton, Pearce can earn an absolute MOUNTAIN of cash in his second contract in the NFL if he's successful at that level. Even if he's not, if he goes early in the draft, he'll have a massive guaranteed signing bonus to cushion him if he doesn't do well.

The sooner he gets to that second contract, the quicker he makes huge bucks AND with just 3 seasons becomes vested in the NFL retirement/health benefits package.

He gone.
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The rookie salary cap includes how much signing bonus a draft pick can get, this isn’t like when Peyton was drafted. Each pick is set and that contract limit also includes their signing bonus. Of course last years 30th pick was something like 13 million total and that included a 6million signing bonus. So Pearce is gone for sure, but the rookie limit is one reason some players that aren’t 1st rounders come back because their NIL deals are pretty good.
 
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Bigorangefaninga said:
The rookie salary cap includes how much signing bonus a draft pick can get, this isn’t like when Peyton was drafted. Each pick is set and that contract limit also includes their signing bonus. Of course last years 30th pick was something like 13 million total and that included a 6million signing bonus. So Pearce is gone for sure, but the rookie limit is one reason some players that aren’t 1st rounders come back because their NIL deals are pretty good.
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It's the getting in the league and getting to that second contract ASAP that's the reason I'd never tell a kid to stay in college. If they believe they can get a second contract and it's a no brainer for Pearce, get in the league.

Too much can go wrong and end a career when you earn money running into about 300lb men on every play even in college.

Pearce seems to be a low key guy and may be working his butt off to get either school finished and/or ready for the Combine/Pro Day.
 
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He could still stand to gain some weight at Dend, he is a very good player but he is light for a every down end in the pros. Maybe he moves to outside linebacker if he can’t get bigger. GBO
 
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