Brandon Spikes said on the "Bussin' With The Boys" podcast that leaving Florida for the NFL in 2010 amounted to a pay cut.
The former Patriots linebacker said his college compensation was unofficial and predated NIL, then joked that Massachusetts taxes made his New England checks look smaller.
Spikes denied clearing seven figures at Florida but said the school found a way to move his mother to Gainesville, letting him keep getting home-cooked meals during his Gators career.
The remarks add to long-running claims that top college football players received under-the-table benefits well before NIL made athlete compensation legal.