Beau Pribula reveals investment plans, strategy with NIL dollars: 'I'm going to be smart with this money'

Shortly after Beau Pribula committed to Missouri out of the transfer portal, he landed a seven-figure NIL package. Sources told On3’s Pete Nakos it will pay out $1.5 million in 2025, which is similar to other quarterbacks in the SEC.

Before Pribula transferred from Penn State, he didn’t think much about what he would do with his NIL dollars. But once he committed to Mizzou and landed his deal, he decided he was going to “be smart” with his money.

Pribula saw how players across college football used their earnings, whether it be on cars, jewelry, or anything of the like. He chose to take another path and invested, especially taking an interest in real estate. He chose to trust his advisers, and his focus is on setting himself up for success post-college.

“I think it’s kind of a problem in college football, too. Guys buy sports cars, jewelry, clothing – blowing all this well-deserved money they’re getting,” Pribula said on Next Up with Adam Breneman. “I’ve had teammates where it’s like, ‘I got this sports car and all these clothes and jewelry.’ And it’s April, and it’s like, ‘I have to pay 30% to 40% of what I earned all year in taxes? I don’t have it.’ Or, they leave college and they have nothing. That’s really disappointing to see, and that is the No. 1 thing that I wanted to stay away from.

“The first thing I [said] when I signed the contract, I was like, I’m going to be smart with this money. I’m not going to spend a dime. I’m going to invest all of it. Thankfully, I’m around smart businessmen every day. My brother is one. … Right away, I was like, I don’t know much about it right now. I’m new to this thing. But I’m going to trust the people that do and I’m going to let them help me. So I’ve invested in real estate already, a good chunk of it. Just really listening to everything that they have to say because they have a lot of experience with it. Other than that, I’m using my stipend to pay for food.”

Beau Pribula: ‘I’ve seen guys spoil it away’

Beau Pribula recalled a recent run to Chipotle that summed up his philosophy with money. He thought there would be more chicken on his burrito, and his brother told him to get double instead. The quarterback didn’t want to, though. Double chicken costs more.

“I was in Chipotle a couple weeks ago and I was like, ‘They didn’t put enough chicken on my burrito.’ My brother’s like, ‘Get double chicken,'” Pribula said. “I was like, ‘It costs more money.’ … I’m a little stingy, but seriously, I want to be smart with it because I’ve seen guys spoil it away and it’s sad.”

That mindset helped Pribula adjust once he started earning more NIL money. It’s a change of pace from when he was at Penn State, where his focus was simply on football as he backed up Drew Allar.

Now, he’s learning more about the financial world as he invests his dollars. Pribula called that one of the positives of the NIL era, as athletes get educated on the need to spend wisely.

“I had zero interest in January,” Pribula said of real estate investment. “I didn’t care about anything but football. And I still, really, just only care about football, to be honest. But earning this money has kind of forced me to be interested in it and learn all about it and everything like that.

“One thing that is good for college athletes earning money, I think it kind of forces you to mature quickly and think strategically with your money. So yeah, I’ve become more interested in real estate and investing and all that stuff because you kind of have to.”