Sep 19: Meet Justin Giangrande, the UF grad who now helps Florida football stars navigate NIL

Article credit: Andrew Abadie

There were two movies that Justin Giangrande idolized as a child.

The first is “Rudy,” and the other was “Jerry Maguire”. The combination of those two movies laid the foundation for Giangrande’s future profession.

“I always wanted to be Jerry Maguire, the person behind the athlete,” Giangrande said. “I don’t cry about anything but emotional sports movies. That passion and underdog stuff gets me every time.”

The University of Florida graduate essentially did, in fact, grow up to be the modern day version of Jerry Maguire, as Giangrande now represents high school and college athletes as well as coaches through his company, Network.