If LSU fires coach Brian Kelly this season, it must pay him roughly $54 million — an amount large enough to become one of the most expensive buyouts in the history of college football.

Kelly is four years into the 10-year, $100 million contract he signed in 2022 to succeed Ed Orgeron as LSU’s head football coach. According to his term sheet , the school’s athletic department would owe him 90% of the remaining value of the contract should it fire him without cause at any point before the deal expires.

On Saturday, Kelly was asked about his job security after LSU suffered a 49-25 loss to No. 3 Texas A&M.

“That’s out of my hands,” Kelly said. “It’s impossible for the head coach that’s been here for four years and 35 years of doing this to think anything else, but this is my res

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