I t is a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) world in college athletics, a time when compensating athletes is the norm and often rightfully celebrated. What the football and basketball players who receive the bulk of the funds actually do with the money is much less discussed. ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla hilariously noted how one player bought a Rolex while in Las Vegas for the $1 million-plus-per-team Players Era Festival. But University of Houston senior forward Ramon Walker Jr. is taking a different approach.

Walker is using his NIL money to invest in real estate, making the first steps towards becoming a developer while he’s still playing basketball at UH.

“My dad always told me, he says, when you have money, you have to let your money make you more money,” Walker tells PaperCity .

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