Lynn became an agent for Young Money Sports in '15 when she was 26 years oldGETTY IMAGES
Jets' first-round draftee DE Quinnen Williams is represented by Young Money Sports' Nicole Lynn, who became the "first black woman to represent a top-five draft pick" in the NFL Draft, according to Nikki Baim of YAHOO SPORTS. Lynn is the "latest crusader in an industry where women make up a small percentage of the field." There are currently 795 agents in the league, but just 41 of them are women. Of those 41, "only 21 have a client on a current NFL roster," which is less than 3%. Lynn, now 30, "started representing players at 26." KMM Sports Founder Kelli Masters in '10 "became the first woman to represent a first-round pick" when she co-represented No. 3 overall pick Gerald McCoy. Masters said, "A woman's approach to representing is different. We're more caring, comprehensive. We can juggle a lot of issues at once. A lot of young men in the NFL were raised by a single mom. Nothing against men, they've done a great job. Women are really well equipped and fierce advocates, protectors." Athletes First agent Savannah Foster agrees with Masters, saying, "There's certain things we can tune into as females that maybe the men sometimes don't see." This past year, 33 women took the agent certification exam, a "record high since the exam began" in '01 (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 5/12).
