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Rex Chapman says he received $500,000 offer out of high school

What was the going rate for a can’t-miss high school prospect out of Kentucky in the early 80s? According to Rex Chapman, $500,000.

In a guest appearance on The Dan Patrick Show this week, the former Kentucky star said he received an offer worth half a million dollars out of high school, a sum of money to be collected after leaving school.

Had he accepted the offer, of course.

“I would say just a flat $500,000 in escrow that I’d get when I get out,” Chapman told Patrick on Tuesday. “Think about that. That’s insane.