With the Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) era in full swing, student-athletes can finally earn money from autograph signings, merchandise sales, and endorsements. What players do with that money is entirely up to them, but this morning, we got a pretty cool story about how one Wildcat is using his NIL earnings for good.
Kentucky freshmen wide receivers Dane Key and Barion Brown did an autograph signing at KSBar and Grille last night and drew an impressive crowd despite the bad weather. According to our own Ryan Lemond, a close friend of the Key family, Dane donated all of his proceeds from the signing to breast cancer research in honor of his mother, Nicole, a breast cancer survivor.