​LSU head coach Lane Kiffin is calling for a NIL “rookie cap” to be implemented across the sport. And while talk of a “salary cap” could lead to potential antitrust lawsuits, Kiffin believes something must be done to rein in the rising cost of players that have never played a down of college football. “Our system is a little bit screwed up in my opinion,” Kiffin said Thursday morning during his podium appearance at the 2026 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days event in Tampa. “The kids that haven’t played at all coming out of high school should be making less. … There should be a freshman or rookie cap (for how much they can make), and then (have) max slots per position that they make. Then they’re signed to multi-year contracts, so no you do really get into building through high school because that guy could stay longer.”This declaration from Kiffin comes as the price for incoming freshmen have skyrocketed recently. Five-Star Plus+ running back David Gabriel Georges, who committed to Tennessee on Wednesday, is expected to make approximately $2 million as a true freshman with the Volunteers, according to On3 insider Pete Nakos. It would be the highest dollar figure a first-year running back has made in the NIL era, far eclipsing the roughly $750,000 that Michigan freshman Savion Hiter was paid last year, per Nakos.This report will be updated.