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How Mikey Williams' huge social media following, meteoric rise to fame will set blueprint in NIL era


is the first player of his kind. At just 17 and a junior in high school, he has 3.3 million instagram followers (more than a majority of NBA players), signed a marketing deal with Excel Sports Management last summer, and just last month became the first high school basketball player ever to sign a multimillion-dollar shoe deal with Puma. (Yahoo! Sports)

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How Mikey Williams' huge social media following, meteoric rise to fame will set blueprint in NIL era