Antwan Owens, a Jackson State D-end, just became the nation’s first athlete to sign an NIL deal.

An @SINow Exclusive | Antwan Owens, a Jackson State D-end, just became the nation’s first athlete to sign an NIL deal.

In a midnight ceremony in NYC, he inked with Three Kings Grooming, a black-owned hair product shop.

“Somebody pinch me!” he tells SI.https://t.co/4iQJb3Sll1 pic.twitter.com/UjTSdNc82C

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