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Under Armour Reps Flew to Amir Khan to Give Him Latest NIL Garb: A Jumpsuit

The manager is having a moment.

Josh Wilson

Khan is one of the most recognizable college basketball team managers of all time
Khan is one of the most recognizable college basketball team managers of all time / @MattNorlander on X (formerly Twitter)
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Amir 'Aura' Khan, the McNeese State basketball team's manager, has been having the ride of his life alongside his team that has advanced to the second round of this year's NCAA tournament. Khan gained incredible popularity when a video of him leading the basketball team out in a walkout--where he was carrying a boombox and rapping along to the music with the players--went viral.

Since, the Cowboys have qualified for the tournament and given his popularity an even larger platform. Clearly, his fellow teammates love him, too—happy to surrender the spotlight to "Aura" whenever they can. It was Khan who took a postgame locker room interview with Fox Sports, during which players chimed in to express their support for Khan. The team's cheerleaders got in on the action, too, wearing socks with Khan's face on them.

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Ahead of McNeese's second round game on Saturday afternoon against Purdue, Khan appears to have landed another big NIL deal with Under Armour, who—according to Matt Norlander of CBS Sports—flew to Providence in part to get Khan a customized jumpsuit. Take a look:

It's all yellow, one of the Cowboys' colors, and appears to have come complete with shoes as well. On the back, of course, it says "Aura." He told Madeline Hill of the Impersonal Foul newsletter that UA was his "dream" NIL deal.

Norlander and others report his profile of NIL deals now total beyond six figures. He was the first student manager to secure an NIL deal, and he now has several.

One thing is for sure: As far as McNeese goes, Khan will lead the way.

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Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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