Hendon Hooker signs his contract with the Lions

[LordVOLdemort]

I'm a Hooker fan. I always will be.
I'll pull for the Lions, but not gonna be my favorite team.
I'll pull for Hendon unless they play the Titans.

If it’s Will “scared of milk” Levis vs Hendon, I’m pulling for Hendon.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Excellent. I’m a Bears fan and I hope Hook does great. Even when he plays the Bears

 

[SpookyAction]

Not bad money but compare that to the 8 million that Nico is getting to enroll at UT. I do not get it

I wonder how much of his NIL value is performance and milestone incentives.

 

[JohnWardForever]

That is like stepping over dollars to pick up pennies. He needs to buy a maintenance free home at a modest price and spend all his time learning his craft. Turn the millions into hundreds of millions. I dont Waste a lot of money but I’ve learned to focus on making money Instead of fixing something to save a few bucks. Heck, Larry Bird ruined his back working at his parents house in the offseason.

That He did. Obviously Bird shouldn't have been shoveling rock (and I suspect using a wheelbarrow) on his Parents' driveway; But you can't fault him for doing some manual labor (the key to good mental health that country boys do) but rather fault him for improper lifting. I imagine Larry was out of position when He lifted whatever caused the injury. Been there too, just luckier than the Legend.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

That is like stepping over dollars to pick up pennies. He needs to buy a maintenance free home at a modest price and spend all his time learning his craft. Turn the millions into hundreds of millions. I dont Waste a lot of money but I’ve learned to focus on making money Instead of fixing something to save a few bucks. Heck, Larry Bird ruined his back working at his parents house in the offseason.

Do like Chad Johnson and just live at the facilities haha

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Enjoy Watching Levis be a bust. It seems like the Titans love getting athletic guys that can’t play quarterback. Levis is a pretty good athlete, who proved at two different colleges that he was at best an average d-1 qb. He’s like Jake Locker, except he’s not as good…

People already falling in love with Levis. Titans copeium is strong

 

[vols40]

My distaste for professional sports has allowed me to truly no longer have any allegiance with who my favorite teams were but enjoy seeing former volunteers be successful. Now with that I have also resigned myself to the fact that they will let me down (Arian Foster, Alvin Kamara etc) but I have learned to forgive them for their errant ways and hope the best for them in the future. I am truly much happier now and when the collective Professional sports community gets out of politics I may rethink my position. Until then Go Vols!

 

[Remy]

I gave up on the Titans drafting well when years ago they picked a RB out of Arizona who ran a great 40 time in the first round. They had a high position to pick that year as well. But the kicker was he couldn't break the starting lineup in his years at Arizona. I think they cut him in year three.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Congrats to Hooker on inking his contract.

i mean was it ever in doubt?

twerent like the nhl was on the docket.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

That's great. Start that savings account, buy a modest home. Fix it up on weekends...make good business decisions.
Turn that 7 into 70 mill

Or do like that one NFL player that lived at the stadium for two or three years and saved all his money!

 

[Jackcrevol]

Or do like that one NFL player that lived at the stadium for two or three years and saved all his money!

Daniel Norris, (MLB), lived in his car outside the stadium.

 

[LittleVol]

That is like stepping over dollars to pick up pennies. He needs to buy a maintenance free home at a modest price and spend all his time learning his craft. Turn the millions into hundreds of millions. I dont Waste a lot of money but I’ve learned to focus on making money Instead of fixing something to save a few bucks. Heck, Larry Bird ruined his back working at his parents house in the offseason.

Smart man you are.

Nothing wrong with being "handy".
But investing time into learning how to make money and then EXECUTING that is much more valuable in my opinion.

Unless WW3 happens. Then you definitely want to be a handyman then...

 

[LittleVol]

So...Nico makes more than him?

 

[Orange.]

So...Nico makes more than him?

Nico doesn't have a salary at all. He has NIL deals. Hooker, if successful, will pile up NIL (endorsements, etc.) on top of that salary. Not sure he doesn't still have some active.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

Daniel Norris, (MLB), lived in his car outside the stadium.

Chad Johnson is who I was thinking of.

https://www.kcra.com/article/chad-johnson-lived-in-stadium-cincinnati-bengals-nfl/43059817

 

[Volador]

Well, this is what happens when you reach for the Summit!! Congrats HH - will always pull for you no matter who you play against. You helped change the culture in Knoxville by showing up ready to play ball, and I for one will always be grateful to you for leading us out of the SEC basement. Good luck w the Lions and btw, Goff sucks, so don't catch any splinters on the bench!!

 

[apevol]

I'm a Hooker fan. I always will be.
I'll pull for the Lions, but not gonna be my favorite team.
I'll pull for Hendon unless they play the Titans.

i hope he beats the titans by 50

 

[ClearwaterVol]

I will pull for Hendon EXTRA hard if he ever plays against the Titans who disrespected him and Vol fans so flagrantly

You take offense at some seriously odd stuff.

 

[OrangeTsar]

You take offense at some seriously odd stuff.

I take offense at you taking offense at my taking offense!!!!!!!!

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

The projection for his slot was for a four-year deal worth $5,719,022 that includes a $1,159,289 signing bonus.

Hopefully he doesn’t doesn’t blow through that signing bonus.. he’s a smart dude tho so he probably has a plan for all that moolah.