14-year-old D.C. football star hires agent to navigate NIL deals

WASHINGTON — A football player who just finished eighth grade in D.C. already rakes in name, image and likeness money and has an agent to help him navigate sponsorship deals at just 14 years old

WASHINGTON — A football player who just finished eighth grade in D.C. already rakes in name, image and likeness money and has an agent to help him navigate sponsorship deals at just 14 years old.

Kaden Coleman Bennett has had a knack for finding the end zone on the football field since he first discovered the sport, and he says he’s just getting started.

“I found something that I love; I found something that I wanted to do,” he said. “And you know, since then I’ve always been playing football since I was four.”

His athletic abilities as a running back have already earned him verbal college offers from Syracuse and Virginia Tech. He also was invited to Bill Belichick’s football camp at the University of North Carolina.

“It is kind of crazy, but it’s not hard to see because of my work ethic and the work that I’ve been put in throughout the years of me with football and school,” said Coleman Bennett, who committed to DeMatha Catholic High School.