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Andrew Luck discusses challenges of NIL as Stanford football general manager

February 6, 2026

By Dylan Grausz, Stanford Cardinal on SI: Stanford football is ready for its comeback. Once one of the most dominant college programs of the 2000s and 2010s, recent seasons have seen the Cardinal struggle immensely, finishing 3-9 every season from 2021-24 before going 4-8 in 2025.

Stanford has ended up missing a bowl game in seven straight seasons. Since the era of NIL and the transfer portal began, Stanford has been unable to keep up, and has gone from a perennial contender, to a program that is barely able to tread water.

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