Vols' 2026 QB commit Faizon Brandon inks NIL trading card deal
Earlier this year, Faizon Brandon’s family launched a lawsuit against the North Carolina Board of Education related to NIL rights, due to Brandon competing at a public school, he was not able to profit from his name, image and likeness, while student-athletes at North Carolina private schools were able to.
Earlier this week, a North Carolina judge signed a preliminary injunction which signaled the start of Brandon and other public school athletes in the state being able to earn from NIL.
On Wednesday evening, Leaf Trading Card Company announced an exclusive, multi-year trading card deal with Brandon. A press release from the company is listed below
Brandon is currently viewed as the No.1 quarterback prospect in the On3 Rankings, and he is one Director of Scouting and Rankings Charles Power has been high on for some time.
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“Faizon Brandon is a guy that we have known about for some time playing at a talent-producing high school in North Carolina,” Power told Volquest in August. “He is one we have known about even before he became a full-time starter at Grimsley. He was working into the mix as a backup and you could see as a freshman how talented he was. He took over that full-time role as a sophomore, and I think for me, it was the combination of physical talent, arm talent, and his athleticism. I think among the top quarterbacks in 2026 when we were creating that initial On300, I went back and forth, but I really thought his upside and his athleticism combined with the arm talent and what he had put on film as a sophomore as a full-time starter kind of gave him the nod. I think we were the first ones to rank him as a No.1 quarterback in the 26 cycle. It seems like right now, he is the industry-rated top guy. I feel good where we are at with that, and since that time, he has only shown really well this off-season. We got to see him at multiple exposures at camps, and he showed really well.”
Brandon most recently visited Tennessee this past weekend for the Vols overtime thriller against Florida, and he is set to return to campus again this weekend. The elite signal-caller has been a strong peer recruiter for the Vols.
