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Robert Griffin III reacts to Lane Kiffin leaving to LSU: 'No one is turning down $100 million'

IMG_6598by: Nick Kosko12/02/25nickkosko59

Robert Griffin III was on Lane Kiffin’s side when he saw the coach choose LSU over Ole Miss this past weekend. The former Heisman Trophy winner said it was nearly impossible to turn down the offer.

Whether or not Kiffin actually knows the figures of his contract is irrelevant, it was something he couldn’t pass up. Griffin III cited Kiffin did it for him and his family, right or wrong.

“Lane Kiffin did what was right for his family and his career,” Griffin III wrote on Twitter/X. “No one is turning down 100 Million to Coach one of the most prestigious teams in College Football.”

As confirmed by Low, after reporting as well by Wilson Alexander at the Advocate, Kiffin will be on a seven-year, $91 million contract, around the mark of $13 million a year in salary, with the Tigers. That will make him among the highest-paid coaches in all of college football, with Georgia’s Kirby Smart being the only one currently set above that average with a close second going to Ohio State’s Ryan Day.

That figure is noteworthy as they’re two of the three active coaches who have won a national title with their teams having won three of the last four national championships in the College Football Playoff. Kiffin is looking to become the latest at his new stop.

However, incentives-wise, Kiffin could become the highest-paid coach in the nation. Winning a national title of his own would, at this time, get him over the top as far as salary goes. That was before further reporting that LSU will pay Kiffin what he would have earned in incentives on his last deal pending how his former team performs in the CFP.

According to the term sheet, acquired by a public records request, as well, Kiffin will be owed an 80% buyout, to be paid monthly through the remainder of his deal, if fired, but with no clause for mitigation or an offset, by LSU. That’s also of note considering how the firing played out over the past month for Brian Kelly, with the Tigers now set to pay him his full buyout of $54 million.

For reference, Kiffin was within the top-ten or top-fifteen or so with his reported salary at Ole Miss. That’s as he was being paid around $9 million per year by the end of his tenure with the Rebels.