If he was or wasn’t probably only 3 people know.

What is known is he didn’t sign anything with the NIL and there was no promise from that group.

I can see a coach saying something like that thinking he can get the kid that $$. Then once he gets off the phone and goes to the NIL group they say nope, or he just never went hoping the player would forget it.

He had now agreed and signed so he was coming.