Jaden Rashada

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Jaden Rashada
Georgia Bulldogs
Position Quarterback
ClassFreshman
Personal information
Born: (2003-08-31) August 31, 2003 (age 20) [1]
Pittsburg, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career history
College
High school Pittsburg
(Pittsburg, California)

Jaden Rashada (born August 31, 2003) [1] is an American football quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs. He previously played for the Arizona State Sun Devils.

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Early life and high school

Rashada initially attended Liberty High School in Brentwood, California before transferring to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida after his freshman year. [2] He spent the summer at IMG, but moved back to California before the start of the football season and enrolled at Pittsburg High School. [3] As a junior, he passed for more than 2,220 yards with 27 touchdown passes. [4] Rashada passed for 3,055 yards and 32 touchdowns as a senior. [5] He is believed to have been the first high school football player to sign an endorsement deal after reaching an agreement with a recruitment app in December 2021. [6]

Recruitment

Rashada initially committed to play college football at Miami over offers from LSU, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas A&M. [7] It was reported that Rashada received a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) offer of up to $9.5 million after his commitment to Miami. [8] He later denied that any deal had been offered to him. [9]

He later flipped his commitment to Florida. [10] Shortly before he was set to enroll for Florida's 2023 spring semester, Rashada requested a release from his National Letter of Intent. [11] It was later reported that a $13.85 million NIL deal with the Gator Collective, an athletic booster group that is unaffiliated with Florida's athletic program, had fallen through. [12] Rashada ultimately enrolled at Arizona State, where his father had played. [13] On May 21, 2024, it was announced that Rashada was suing Florida coach Billy Napier and Gators booster Hugh Hathcock over the failed deal. [14]

College career

Arizona State

Rashada joined the Arizona State Sun Devils as an early enrollee in January 2023. [15] He was named ASU's starting quarterback prior to the team's season opener against Southern Utah. [16] Rashada passed for 236 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-21 win in his collegiate debut. [17]

Georgia

Rashada transferred to Georgia on April 25, 2024. [18]

Lawsuit

On May 21, 2024, Rashada filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Florida accusing University of Florida head football coach William “Billy” Napier and others of fraud and failing to pay a purportedly promised $13.85 million name, image and likeness (NIL) agreement. [19] The lawsuit alleged that $13.85 million, funded by “[Hugh] Hathcock’s Gator Guard collective” was promised to Rashada on December 7, 2022. [20] The Gators’ backers also arranged a payment to Rashada to help pay off money owed to University of Miami booster John Ruiz after the quarterback flipped his verbal commitment from the Hurricanes, per the suit. [21]

According to Rashada and his attorney Rusty Hardin, Napier promised the-then-high school senior that Florida alumni “were good on their promise that Jaden would receive $1 million if he signed with UF on National Signing Day. [22] Rashada claims the only funds received from Hathcock totaled $150,000.00 to repay the University of Miami booster. [23] Less than a month later after early signing day, Rashada asked for his release from his letter of intent with Florida. [24] The lawsuit claims that Rashada suffered the loss of his $9.5 million NIL deal with Miami and other collective-sponsored NIL compensation. It also seeks punitive damages. [25] As of May 24, 2024, the litigation remains on-going.

Rashada is the first known college athlete to sue his coach or a booster due to a dispute of a name, image and likeness (NIL) deal. [26]

College stats

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
Arizona State Sun Devils
2023 331−2448253.74855.943112.114231.60
Georgia Bulldogs
2024 00−000.000.0000.0000.00
Career331−2448253.74855.943112.114231.60

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