Fred Taylor Confirmed Widespread Rumor About College Recruitment Process

You gotta get paid to play?

Former NFL running back Fred Taylor confirmed a widespread rumor about his college commitment process.

The running back was apparently given 50,000 great reasons to play for the Georgia Bulldogs, however that didn’t end up happening. It appears that getting paid includes retired NFL running back Fred Taylor, who addressed a rumor that he received a bag containing upwards of $50,000 to commit to Georgia when he was a high schooler on Bussin’ With The Boys.

Watch Fred explain below:

This is awesome.

The Univ. Of Georgia gave Fred Taylor about $50,000 to come to their school and my man kept the $50k and went to Florida pic.twitter.com/5CboIUnQek

— Will Compton (@_willcompton) March 30, 2022

Twitter reacted to Taylor confirming the wild rumor:

Surprised this hasn’t happened more tbh. And if you think it’s going to stop now with NIL, think again…

This is hilarious https://t.co/pCKbJjxebx

— Daren Stoltzfus WESH (@DarenStoltzfus) March 31, 2022

Holier than thou “we do it the right way and always have” Dawg fans punching air right now… https://t.co/quiZTtI4Z1

— LFG (@WarDamnGray) March 31, 2022

This is rare but it happens. Boosters are usually pretty pissed about it. https://t.co/V3SQrPlP9V

— Truth Social Junk Bonds Fox (@TheBigFoxx) March 31, 2022

One of the wildest parts about the CFB economy is that

1. A majority of these dudes aren’t directly tied to the school. Maybe a booster or just some alumni who wants to see their team perform well

2. The return on this investment is your school winning a football game. https://t.co/rtL6YPwu5z

— Adam (@_aHuby) March 31, 2022

If I know Florida and Georgia fans, they'll peacefully chat about this and not engage in social media warfare. https://t.co/8DsTUv3oDs

— Connor O'Gara (@cjogara) March 31, 2022

The good old days 😆 https://t.co/qI6fyufDBr

— HotsizzleNEWS (@ProbascoLuke) March 31, 2022

As we all know Taylor ended up playing for Florida, and then he went on to have a terrific NFL career.

Keeping the money is pretty savage.

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