B1G Football Guy Alert: Ohio State's Cade Stover Wishes NIL Could Be Paid In Tractors Instead Of Dollars

Find me someone who is more Big Ten than Cade Stover. In the day and age of NIL, we've got star quarterbacks driving around campus in $200,000 Mercedes and running backs down in Texas pulling up in Lamborghinis. But not Farmer Gronk. This blue-collar Tight End straight off his family's farm in Lexington, Ohio just wants to block, run people over, and till the land. My guy doesn't want your cash; he just wants a tractor. And to all the rich, spoiled dummies that say hey Cade, money can buy you tractors. Let me counter with this: tractors can make you more money. That's the Ohio Way. Tell me you didn't have chores growing up without telling me you didn't have chores growing up.

And for those wondering, this is not an act now that Cade is one of the best Tight Ends in the country. Buddy announced his commitment to Ohio State back in 2018 by carrying bales of hay and getting up into his tractor. 

Elite announcement video. And the bright lights of Columbus haven't changed him at all. He's on record saying the only thing he's ever known is growing up on a farm, and he believes it's the best way to raise a family. That's the kind of leader I want in my program.

And yes, hard work has paid off for Cade. He actually has an NIL with John Deere, which provided tractors to his family farm.