In another era, DJ Lagway’s nightmare in Baton Rouge a week ago would have been just that: a bad night for a young quarterback in the deafening, intimidating confines of Tiger Stadium. Five interceptions, a soul-crushing 20-10 loss to LSU, and a painful learning experience that, in the past, might have been filed away under the heading “growing pains.”

But this isn’t another era. This is now. And now is different.

Because DJ Lagway isn’t just Florida’s quarterback. He’s not just a developing young player trying to learn how to navigate SEC defenses. He is a multimillion-dollar brand. He is the face of a new age in college football, where teenagers can become millionaires before ever throwing a touchdown pass. And with that money, that fame and those commercials comes a level of scrut

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