The current college football climate sees some seriously insane figures being thrown around in the transfer portal to entice players to come to schools, and as each year goes by, those numbers just keep going up.

The latest example is seen with Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ty Simpson, who entered the NFL draft last week with a real decision to make.

Simpson could have stayed at Alabama, but many wondered whether he would try to hit the open market in the portal and cash a huge check.

As big as his draft announcement was, it has not deterred rival schools from calling him to enter the portal.

According to AL(dot)com’s Nick Kelly, Simpson is being offered as much as $6.5 million to take his name out of the draft and return to college, this time wearing a different uniform.

Though the school offering $6.5 million has not been revealed, some have speculated the Miami Hurricanes, who are in the national title game after pulling Carson Beck out of the portal a year ago for a huge pile of cash.

According to Kelly, in addition to the $6.5 million, at least three SEC schools have extended offers in the range of $4 million. It brings into perspective just how desperate teams are for experienced quarterback play in the portal.

Given the fact that each signal caller who was playing in this past weekend’s College Football Playoff semifinal arrived at their respective schools via the portal, perhaps they may be onto something.

By all indications, Simpson is not budging from his initial pledge to the NFL draft. During a video he released upon breaking the news, he talked about how much his Alabama legacy means to him and how he would not trade it for anything.

“I’m proud to be a part of this legacy, to have chosen to be where my feet are, to have learned you can’t be anybody but yourself and to strive to be the best version of yourself every single day,” he said in the video. “There was temptation along the way, temptation to find an easier path. But when you choose Alabama football, there’s a responsibility and a pride that comes with it. It’s something you feel deep down. It’s not a choice to stay at Alabama. You just are Alabama, or you’re not.”

Regardless, if schools are offering him this kind of money, this is absolutely a story worth monitoring.