http://media.jsonline.com/documents/Bret+Bielema+Offer+Letter.pdf
Not sure if this is real or not, but the last page is interesting. Among the listed incentives, Beilema gets extra cash for graduation rates:
60% graduation rate gets him an extra $25k
65% graduation rate gets him another $25k
70% graduation rate gets him another $25k
75% graduation rate gets him another $25k
It stops there. But what is not clear is if the bonus kicks in for going above or below these thresholds.
In all fairness, it's not as if the Big ? is killing it when it comes to graduating football players:
Big 10
Northwestern 94%
Penn St. 87%
Iowa 83%
Illinois 76%
Michigan 71%
Nebraska 67%
Ohio St. 67%
Indiana 66%
Wisconsin 66%
Michigan St. 62%
Minnesota 59%
Purdue 59%
Average: 71.4
Average w/out NU: 69.3
SEC
Vanderbilt 86%
LSU 77%
Florida 76%
Alabama 69%
Georgia 65%
Auburn 63%
Mississippi St. 62%
Kentucky 61%
Tennessee 61%
Arkansas 56%
South Carolina 55%
Mississippi 54%
Average = 65.4