With his flowing mullet and dynamic style of play, Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall has become something of a college football folk hero over the past two seasons. Now, he’s achieved a new level of fame as an auto racing icon.
McCall will be featured on the car of NASCAR driver Ryan Vargas in this weekend’s Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway in Darlington County, S.C. McCall will appear behind the rear wheels in cartoon form, the latest—and possibly among the most creative—instance of NIL opening up ways for college athletes to capitalize on their ever-growing platforms.
The deal was made possible via Myrtle Beach-based apparel printing company Native Sons, which is the primary sponsor for Vargas’s car. The company signed McCall to an NIL deal in August.
