Taulia Tagovailoa revealed this week during Big Ten media days that an SEC school offered him $1.5 million to transfer.

The Maryland quarterback called it “crazy money” when talking about being wanted through the transfer portal.

“It can be eye-opening, but I think for my situation — if I was in a different situation where maybe I didn’t have a brother in the NFL or maybe my parents, it’d be a different situation,” Tagovailoa said, per The Athletic.

According to the report, Tagovailoa consulted Miami Dolphins quarterback and brother Tua Tagovailoa, who asked him what he wanted to do. The younger Tagovailoa said current relationships outweighed financial incentives.

“It would be hard for me to go to another place and not be happy but have all the money in the world,” he said. “(I’d rather) be at a place where maybe I don’t have as much, but I’m happy and I’m here to work.”

Taulia Tagovailoa started at Alabama but transferred to Maryland after one season where he earned the starting job. He now has Maryland career records for passing yards (7,879) and passing touchdowns (51).

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