If you can trust one thing under USC head coach Lincoln Riley, then it’s the unwavering promise to deliver us a Heisman quarterback. So, while Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, and Caleb Williams sit already on that Heisman list, Riley is helping Jayden Maiava lay out his Heisman path piece by piece this season. He laid out some of that against Michigan recently, passing for 265 yards as USC won 31-13. That performance also came with a $339k reward.

Before the Michigan game, Jayden Maiava was 13th in the country in terms of his NIL value. He commanded a $2.4 million valuation and reportedly took home $604,000 per year. But now, after his scintillating Michigan showing, his valuation has increased by $339k. That puts him with some elite group of players like Ryan Williams and John Mateer($2.6

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