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WWE announces second class of college athletes to receive name, image, likeness agreements

WWE’s second-class college athletes, agreed on names, images and portraits, include the first participants in men’s basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, cheer and dance, and four from the Power5 football program.

A group of 15 members participating in WWE’s Next In Line program will train at the Promotional Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, and receive resources in areas such as brand building and media communications. Olympic gold medalist and NCAA champion Gable Steveson for heavyweight wrestling in Minnesota, along with Miami basketball twins and social media stars Haley and Hannah Cabinder, graced WWE’s first NIL-class headline. rice field.

The new group includes Auburn All-America gymnast Delian Goborn, Tennessee’s outstanding athletics Chandler Hayden, Pac-12 Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Colton Schultz, and Oremis, who won the World Championship at Team USA in 2019. Includes cheering and dance athlete Alimatox.

Illinois tight end Luke FordFormer ESPN Top 100 rookie, who began his career in Georgia, finds a delegation of soccer players, along with Arizona’s Fullback. Case hatchOutside the linebacker at Stanford University Thunder Keck And the tight end of Michigan Malik Car, Transfer from Purdue, who also plays on the MSU basketball team.Classes also include Hampton linebackers Keshon Moore, WWE’s first NIL signatories from the HBCU program. Hayden and Central Michigan basketball player Mikara Hall is one of the participants with large social media followers.

WWE has launched the NextInLine program to identify future superstars and start developing them at a young age. Former college football includes former outstanding Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (Miami Football), College Football Hall of Famer Ron Simmons (Florida), and current stars Roman Reigns (Georgia Institute of Technology Football) and Bianca. We have a long history of hiring players. Belair (Tennessee Track & Field). The average age of 25 athletes (12 women and 13 men) participating in WWE’s NIL program is 21 years.

WWE’s latest NIL class will be honored at the first NIL Summit on Monday night at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. In March, WWE held a tryout for 45 current and former college athletes in the Dallas area as part of WrestleMania Week.

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