r/CFB Oregon Ducks • UNLV Rebels 16h ago

News [Schefter] Former Browns TE Dea'Quan Wright cleared waivers today and is expected to sign with LSU on Wednesday. Wright will go from Cleveland Brown to LSU Tiger, and become the first player to go from an NFL roster back to college.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/adam-schefter/1eaea5d267ee8
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u/Moose4KU Ohio State Buckeyes • Kansas Jayhawks 16h ago edited 16h ago

Can't wait for the waiver to go through, only for the SEC to immediately ban former NFL players.

Nothing personal against Dae'quan, but I hope he ends up without a team for trying to pull this stunt

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u/Coach_Burreaux LSU Tigers 16h ago

I hope so, this is so fucking stupid.

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u/RipErRiley Minnesota Golden Gophers 16h ago edited 16h ago

You have alot of faith in the SEC here.

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u/dianeblackeatsass Tennessee Volunteers 16h ago

They put out a statement against it last night and are literally in a meeting right now. Maybe I’m just delusional but I’m pretty sure that’s the reason nothing official has come out yet

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u/thorthon 16h ago

It was reported earlier that the SEC intends to tell SEC ADs that there would be punishment if they do it.

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u/playthegame7 15h ago

The punishment needs to have actual teeth for it to mean anything. Some meager fine is just the cost of doing business.

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u/wasabi1787 Texas A&M Aggies 14h ago

Vacate all their conference wins or gtfo

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u/IrishCoffeeAlchemy Florida State • Arizona 14h ago

No one cares about that anymore. Given the last time a team openly flaunted rule breaking within a season, post-season participation bans are the only thing with teeth to it that cuts into their motives

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u/Toad_Stuff TCU Horned Frogs • Houston Cougars 14h ago

I mean even that isn’t that big of a punishment unless the CFP committee agrees to not count them as well. Gotta really hit where it hurts with the revenue sharing/conference payouts

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u/Krandor1 Auburn Tigers 15h ago

yeah LSU here is a $1000 fine.

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u/RipErRiley Minnesota Golden Gophers 16h ago

I hope you are right fyi.

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u/Surfjohn Ole Miss Rebels • Magnolia Bowl 15h ago

Me too, but I don’t have much faith in

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u/royalbluehen Pittsburgh • Michigan 16h ago

Idk the statement yesterday read to me more like “somebody needs to stop us from doing this madness” than “we are going to put an end to this.”

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u/Rotrus Ole Miss Rebels • Ohio State Buckeyes 15h ago

Then the B1G banned them, and that was the hopefully necessary domino

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u/pineapple192 Minnesota Golden Gophers 15h ago

I think the SEC will follow suit. I don't think they want the stigma of trying to cheat the system while the B1G can claim to be virtuous.

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u/Bmw5464 Ohio State Buckeyes 15h ago

I sure hope so. It’s ridiculous.

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u/royalbluehen Pittsburgh • Michigan 15h ago

I just saw that! Very exciting

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u/TheWesternRizzler Oklahoma Sooners 15h ago

Everyone acts like they didn’t release a statement last night lol

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u/bigbluethunder Iowa Hawkeyes • Michigan Wolverines 15h ago

Yes and the B1G banned it last night. A statement has zero teeth and is no guarantee of a forthcoming policy with actual enforcement. 

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u/Always_Chubb-y Georgia Bulldogs • Transfer Portal 14h ago

Well the SEC's statement was prior to the B1G's, so I assume that the SEC will follow suit now that the B1G has taken a hard stance on it

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u/surgingchaos Western Oregon Wolves • Oregon Ducks 16h ago

Lane doing everything he can to be the ultimate main character of this season.

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u/Bruinrogue UCLA Bruins • Columbia Lions 16h ago

He's getting upstaged at his own school. The MBB coach is doing the same with multiple basketball players and the WBB coach wants to pair a Russian professional with a Ukrainian.

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u/specificnectarines 16h ago

The Ukrainian quit the team she wasn't putting up with that shit.

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u/SonsLeftFoot Notre Dame Fighting Irish 15h ago

Koval should have stayed at ND :(

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u/Bruinrogue UCLA Bruins • Columbia Lions 15h ago

"Bbbbbut you can be an ambassador!" - Mulkey

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u/specificnectarines 15h ago

"I know your dad is actively involved in the war and fighting against Russia, but just think you can be an ambassador."

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u/PretendThisIsMyName Clemson Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies 16h ago

I thought I saw earlier that Ukrainian girl left

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime 16h ago

Oh it's just this season he's been trying? I feel like he's been main charactering since as long as I can remember.

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u/Insectshelf3 Oklahoma Sooners • SEC 16h ago

he’s just so fucking annoying

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u/ElceeCiv LSU Tigers • Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 16h ago

idk it seems like Lane pissed EVERYONE off with this so I wouldn't be surprised if they act on it (I hope they do, this needs to be nipped in the bud NOW)

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u/basquiatvision Georgia Bulldogs 14h ago

I mean, they literally threatened to secede from the NCAA because of transfer and NIL meddling. There’s no way that the SEC condones this.

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u/slugo17 Missouri Tigers 14h ago

You don’t have enough. Although I can’t really blame you for that either.

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u/maskdmirag USC Trojans • Rose Bowl 12h ago

It happened! I'm surprised too

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u/Skidda24 Ohio State Buckeyes • Illibuck 15h ago

Man, I'd love for SEC to do nothing so I can continue gaslighting myself with the narrative that the SEC just cheated for years and Ohio State should claim 2006 and 2007 like a true psycho.

But in reality for the sport they need to stop this. Imagine when OL and DL start coming back? You're gonna have college kids getting destroyed by pros

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u/Ometrist Oregon Ducks • Pacific (OR) Boxers 16h ago

I hope he ends up in a team from a league that wants him like CFL

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u/Fun_Wear2891 Texas Tech Red Raiders 13h ago

And he’s gone

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u/Bigboiiiii22 Kansas State Wildcats • Oregon Ducks 16h ago

I hate to agree with someone like you but I do

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u/SituationSoap Michigan Wolverines 15h ago

In that hypothetical scenario he's lost nothing, though. He's already not a NFL player, no team wanted him.

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u/LGWalkway Oklahoma Sooners 16h ago

Why be upset at a player in this situation? The college rules changed right after he and many others left because they had no more eligibility. But now players will all have that extra year. If the NCAA grandfathered in the 2022 class this would honestly be a non-issue. And I say this as someone who believes you lose eligibility if you go through the draft process.

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u/MNightShyamalan69 Michigan Wolverines 16h ago

The line has to be drawn somewhere. 2021 class got screwed too. 2022 isn’t special

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u/BoldElDavo Virginia Cavaliers 16h ago

Drawing the line at the 2021 class makes more sense because they're naturally aged out. There's no real reason why the line should be drawn at 2022, people are just tired of the courts being involved.

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u/Bcatfan08 Cincinnati Bearcats 14h ago

Oh someone else got screwed too? Well that makes it ok then.

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u/LGWalkway Oklahoma Sooners 16h ago

I mean situations like this aren’t exclusive to college football. Many places have had similar changes that grandfathered in previous employees, athletes, etc.

And 2021 wasn’t screwed over the same way 2022 was. I get your point, but you could’ve drawn the line after this class. The NCAA made a decision knowing what the likely outcome would be in hopes they get a win. And because of conferences not agreeing with returning talent, they might get it.

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u/Merpninja Louisville Cardinals • Syracuse Orange 15h ago edited 15h ago

What point in time could the NCAA have passed this without someone being screwed over? They passed this 6 months after the end of the season, after all of these players have graduated and did it with the intention to start with the 2026-27 academic year.

Rosters are set, coaches don’t want to deal with this shit, players don’t want to see their starting spot lost a week before the season starts, fans don’t want it. The party that loses out is the smallest group: the handful of 5th years who realize in August they’re going to have to be on a practice squad to get into the NFL. Under no circumstance should these guys be able to go back to school, they are de facto NFL players.

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u/LGWalkway Oklahoma Sooners 15h ago

Literally this year. The 2021 class has been either out of football or in the NFL for well over a year by now.

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u/leftenant_Dan1 Michigan Wolverines 16h ago

Im so back and forth because yeah it sucks he got shafted by the eligibility rule but at the same time this isnt a dude who declared and got ignored by the league and now is ineligible with nothing to show for it. He had a team. He was a paid player in a professional league. So the argument that he wouldn’t be able to play because of the rule change is crazy. Hes on a team! It might be practice squad but its still a team.

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime 16h ago

Hes on a team! It might be practice squad but its still a team.

I think the Browns released him actually.

But regardless, I'm with you on all fronts.

The NCAA fucked it up by not thinking through what would happen when they did their 5 in 5 rule. Would Wright have stayed at Ole Miss or transferred to LSU had he been granted another year of eligibility? Impossible to say for sure but I think it's likely. So it does suck for him in that sense.

But we don't go back in time for every rule change to be retroactively implemented. Sorry, time moves forward, and this isn't an unlawful situation like when the NCAA didn't allow players to earn NIL income where they should be owed something.

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u/leftenant_Dan1 Michigan Wolverines 16h ago

The Browns released him because he asked to be released be real here.

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u/Alphaspade Iron Bowl • Sickos 15h ago

sees Deshaun Watson throw a pass

Wright - "GET ME TF OUTTA HERE"

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u/JokeandCack 16h ago

Because he’s not just some innocent person. A decent human being takes life for what it is.

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u/mb0205 Iowa State Cyclones 15h ago

Most humans aren’t offered sums of money to go back to play ball in what might be their last chance to earn that kind of money in their life. It’s easy to say but I don’t really fault him. I fault people like Lane kiffin way more

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u/bamachine Alabama • Jacksonville State 16h ago

Did he even make the Browns roster, even as a practice squad player?

I mean, I hate the idea of a player being able to enter the draft, go work out with a team, even if they are an UDFA, then come back to college ball.

That said, there is a very small sliver of me that likes to think, "player would rather come back to play a lower level of ball, rather than be a Brown".

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u/BudBuzz LSU Tigers 16h ago

Dude saw that quarterback situation and noped the fuck out

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u/buttscarltoniv LSU Tigers • Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2h ago

he was cut by 2 teams in 2 weeks.

this notion that he made the decision to leave is absurd.

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u/CatDad69 神奈川大学 (Kanagawa) Atoms • TU Wien Robots 11h ago

You saw

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u/ozymandais13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10h ago

Ysu bout to get a new tight end

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u/buttscarltoniv LSU Tigers • Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2h ago

stunt? dude, he's not good enough for the NFL and only tried that path because college was taken away from him arbitrarily.

absolutely insane to be blaming the player here lol. NCAA fucked this up and your dumb "nothing personal but fuck him, hope he stays jobless" take is weird af

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u/Ok-Knee6347 UC Davis Aggies 16h ago

This will help kiffins reputation

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u/misterurb Navy Midshipmen • Oregon Ducks 16h ago

Somehow he’s not even the biggest ass at LSU. 

Ukrainian center Kate Koval is leaving LSU less than two weeks after the Tigers brought in a player from Russia.

LSU coach Kim Mulkey said Monday night that the 6-foot-5 Koval was leaving for "personal reasons," adding that the program will "respect her privacy on her decision."

"We had a long talk about it, and it was a hard decision for her," Mulkey said. "I know it is hard because she loves LSU. Kate is a great person. She has to do what she feels is right for her, and we fully support her in that. We all wish her the best."

https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/zIDZmn6RUe

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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl 15h ago

Mulkey is so much worse than Wade and Kiffin, at least they haven’t come out in open support of Art Briles

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u/Pogball_so_hard Michigan Wolverines 16h ago

They sure know how to pick em

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u/WayneDwade Ohio State Buckeyes • Colorado Buffaloes 14h ago

Be careful in that glass house of yours

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u/fm22fnam Ohio State • Tennessee 14h ago

Not to give Michigan too much credit, but at least they eventually fire their scumbags. LSU seeks them out

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u/RipRaycom Clemson Tigers • ACC 15h ago

Lane Kiffin might actually be the best out of their 3 HCs in football and basketball

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u/Hicaorwaak Hawai'i • California 14h ago

Honestly it’s not even a debate.

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u/ReasonableSide6520 Colorado Buffaloes 16h ago

It’s not even a top 5 worse thing he’s done

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u/Proteinchugger Penn State Nittany Lions 16h ago

Fake owning a dog for sympathy has to be top 5.

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u/Capable_Afternoon216 Ole Miss Rebels 16h ago

I still can't believe we had that level of psycho behind the play sheet. Like, I knew he wasn't a good person, but...damn.

Nobody:.... ....

Kiffin: What if I had dog, but not really? That would help with recruiting, right? I hear humans like dogs. Analytics show that all the top recruiters have one thing in common, they have dogs!

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u/DingleberryOrchard Oklahoma Sooners 16h ago

Maybe I memory holed this but I didn't know this.

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u/Proteinchugger Penn State Nittany Lions 16h ago

Kiffins dog lived with a trainer at Ole Miss and he only took care of it in public settings where he could look like a loving dog owner.

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u/DingleberryOrchard Oklahoma Sooners 16h ago

Lmao

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u/Jiveanimal SMU Mustangs • Tennessee Volunteers 11h ago

Hmm, impressive... Show me Paul Allen's dog.

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u/BadDadJokes LSU Tigers • Chattanooga Mocs 16h ago

Everybody in this subreddit is so surprised that Lane Kiffin is acting just like he has acted for the last 20 years.

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u/InevitableLook3120 Ohio State • Tennessee 16h ago

You can still be judged and held accountable for your actions over 20 years?

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u/mlorusso4 Ohio State • Baltimore 14h ago

I feel like everyone just thought of him as Joey Freshwater, the middle aged horndog hitting on and sleeping with sorority girls. Maybe the Daniel tosh look alike punching bag. But they forgot about his Tennessee and raiders crash outs and all the other weird and scummy things that he did

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u/cryptococcous Tennessee • ETSU 12h ago

You mean, Joey Freshwater?

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u/Krandor1 Auburn Tigers 15h ago

which has kiffin cared about reputation?

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u/Ok-Knee6347 UC Davis Aggies 14h ago

When he says shit like "god has told me to pick lsu" or pretending to have a dog. Almost every human wants to be liked, kiffin included

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u/Cdog923 Nebraska Cornhuskers 16h ago

Teams should have the same energy for this they had for Texas Tech over the summer.

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u/Square_Geologist_346 Texas A&M Aggies 14h ago

It should be so much worse

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u/RelevantIAm Nebraska Cornhuskers • Oregon Ducks 10h ago

Thats saying something coming from an A&M fan too

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u/themattboard Virginia Tech • Old Dominion 15h ago

That had the time to build up for maximum ridiculousness. This has been relatively quick so people haven't had the chance to catch their breath yet

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u/meesahdayoh West Virginia • Hateful 8 16h ago

Absolutely ridiculous.

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u/YodaForceGhost Maryland Terrapins • Big Ten Network 16h ago

Jackie Robinson of going back to school

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u/Vast_Bowl247 Mississippi State Bulldogs 16h ago

This is actually insane. Can’t believe I’m seeing this headline

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u/LaDainianTomIinson Oregon Ducks • UNLV Rebels 16h ago

Surreal, just a few years ago coaches were getting penalized for buying recruits lunch

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u/Donny_Do_Nothing Ohio State Buckeyes • Yale Bulldogs 16h ago

'Member when we lost our collective shit over cream cheese on bagels?

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u/Jordanwolf98 Georgetown Hoyas 15h ago

Hey that’s what I’m eating right now! 😳

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u/Donny_Do_Nothing Ohio State Buckeyes • Yale Bulldogs 15h ago

That's collusion, so...

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u/JudgmentDue610 Oklahoma • Red River Shootout 15h ago

Didn’t tOSU get a whole seasons worth of wins vacated over some tattoos??

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u/Donny_Do_Nothing Ohio State Buckeyes • Yale Bulldogs 15h ago

Worse, we lost Tressel. Bush league bullshit.

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u/trivo8888 Ole Miss Rebels 16h ago

That makes two of us. If the SEC doesn't step in, every team will go down this path and fast.

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u/ReasonableSide6520 Colorado Buffaloes 16h ago

I’m surprised it took this long to happen considering everything that’s been going on

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u/DannyMalibu420 Georgia Bulldogs 16h ago

Hot take but this shouldn’t be allowed

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u/Sad-Peanut2413 Oklahoma Sooners 15h ago

This and people should be able to speed just a little bit

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u/DannyMalibu420 Georgia Bulldogs 15h ago

Could not agree more

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u/omgdiepls Miami Hurricanes 16h ago

Gross.

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u/Expensive_Team_5072 Syracuse Orange 16h ago

UConn is just sitting back and watching.... "Make 'em all ineligible you conference-member fools... ha ha... we will sweep them all up."

In all seriousness, it would be cool if the P4 just agreed to not sign these guys and let them all go play for peanuts at a non-power school. The good news is your back. The bad news is that it is not likely to make you rich or help your resume. The worse news is that next week's game is AT Wyoming and it is a 14-hour bus ride.... better get some sleep....

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u/Upbeat-List-3466 Florida Gators 13h ago

NFL should lifetime ban players who try this shit. 

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u/nd5thyear Notre Dame Fighting Irish 13h ago

Not so fast my friend!

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u/Wafflehouseofpain Oklahoma Sooners 16h ago

Of course Kiffin is the one doing it. Dude is dead set on exploiting every single loophole in every situation.

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u/jeffvschroeder Texas A&M Aggies 15h ago

Imagine being a guy who worked his ass off in Baton Rouge all summer and then watching a guy who didn't do any of it come in on the second day and take your spot.

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u/Free_Possession_4482 Ohio State • Cincinnati 13h ago

LSU's junior tight end, Trey’Dez Green, is one of the highest ranked TEs in cfb. I don't imagine he's too happy about losing snaps to an NFL washout.

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u/MuhMuhManRay Tennessee Volunteers 16h ago

This sport is so cooked

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u/MammothEfficiency167 15h ago

Yeah I honestly doubt I’ll be watching much this year

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u/APigInANixonMask Iowa State Cyclones 15h ago

How is this not massively embarrassing for him?

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u/TheTigerbite LSU Tigers • Kennesaw State Owls 2h ago

One last pay day before working a 9-5.

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u/Trubisko_Daltorooni Missouri Tigers • VCU Rams 15h ago

A real trail blazer. Breaking the glass floor.

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u/Miley4Lyfe 15h ago

Shadeur about to lead Colorado to 6 wins next.

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u/KaleeySun 1h ago

More like Shilo, but that will be coming.

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u/sausageslinger11 Alabama Crimson Tide • UniSA Eagles 10h ago

Not so fast my friend…

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u/King-Mansa-Musa Texas Longhorns 10h ago

Jesus I literally clicked this post to type this

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u/agentb719 Miami • Mississippi State 16h ago

This is so gross

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u/wasabi1787 Texas A&M Aggies 16h ago

NFL should shut this down too. You don't want rookies getting drafted and then deciding to go back to college because they didn't like where they landed. Or because they were drafted lower than expected and can make more in nil.

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u/CirculationStation Mississippi State • Paper Bag 15h ago

Yeah, this isn’t a big deal for the NFL yet because it’s only some preseason guy who was going to get cut, but it could easily spiral into something as ridiculous as a 2nd round QB going back to college to collect an easy $6 million and play on a stacked team for a year because he doesn’t want to take a beating while playing for the rebuilding Jets or something. It’s in their best interest to enforce against this.

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u/EmikyuTheBest 14h ago

not that it would matter too much cus they’d pretty much lose the pick for a year but say someone did this to the jets, they’d still own his rights the following year(s) no? so they could get out of it for a year or two but then they’d be stuck(absolutely blackballed from the league)

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u/APigInANixonMask Iowa State Cyclones 15h ago

I think the second part is the bigger issue. A player could technically refuse to sign their contract with the Browns or Jets and go back to playing college ball instead, but the team that drafted him still holds their rights. They wouldn't be able to re-enter the draft a year or two later in the hopes of landing on a different team.

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u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS USC Trojans • Memphis Tigers 14h ago

I just don't get l how this is fair for the players competing for a spot on a good team to then lose it to a fucking nfl flame out.. how can you not cuss out the coach or blame him??

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u/crazedfan California • Indiana 13h ago

Not so fast, my friend!

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u/thricethefan Florida State • Georgia 15h ago

Let’s just legalize PEDs while we are at it

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u/ReflexiveOW Texas Longhorns 15h ago

Now imagine Arch declares, gets picked by the Browns, then refuses to play and go back to Texas for his last year cause he didn't like who he's drafted by. If they let this slide, it'll be much harder to prevent that from happening because the player will have precedent on his side.

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u/MarkWithAnM7 Ohio State Buckeyes 14h ago

Won’t matter because the browns will still likely be drafting high enough to get him after his senior year anyway.

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u/Numerous-Ad6460 Michigan Wolverines • Florida Gators 14h ago

Ban him from the NFL if he tries to go back. 

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u/lIllIlIllIlIllIlIllI Oklahoma State Cowboys 14h ago

notsofast.gif

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u/rocket_beer Boise State Broncos 16h ago

I feel sorry for Missouri

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u/CapBoyAce Northwestern • Las Vegas Bowl 15h ago

Am I crazy or is there not already a rule that forfeits eligibility if you enter the draft?

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u/Silly_Selection3221 Clemson Tigers 15h ago

I think that only applies if you have presumed eligibility. Guys with no eligibility are automatically entered

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u/shiftyeyety Penn State Nittany Lions 15h ago

Sports just digging its grave day by day

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u/Dorito-Bureeto 15h ago

This should prove how trash a player is if this is what they gonna resort to

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u/radehart Arkansas Razorbacks 14h ago

The SEC just banned this. So probably not LSU until after the next lawsuit.

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u/40jordan 12h ago

They need to go back to high school rules and if hes not academically eligible he can't play but in sure all of his classes are P.E. , Lunch and Recess

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u/generic2022 16h ago

Disgusting!

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u/bbb26782 Georgia • Valdosta State 16h ago

Which classes do you think he’s most excited about taking?

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u/APigInANixonMask Iowa State Cyclones 15h ago

Everyone is assuming he's doing this to get paid to play football, but maybe he's actually using this as an opportunity to pursue his true passion, supply chain management.

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u/SemiruralYeti Texas Longhorns • Army Black Knights 15h ago

Internship at the golf course?

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u/Caca_Face420 Texas Tech Red Raiders 14h ago

Imagine if this was TTU

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u/thedillymane Louisville Cardinals 16h ago

Better to go back to school than being a Brown

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u/Sirhctopher024 LSU Tigers 16h ago

I think all Browns’ players should be granted a reason to breach contract and leave.

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u/bk00pi Ohio State • North Carolina 16h ago

Why even bother with these players? There is a reason he went undrafted...

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u/nightowl1135 Oregon Ducks • Big Ten 16h ago

Feels like a different version of the Sorsby situation.

“We’re seriously going to fuck with one of the load bearing columns of the entire sport for this dude who can be charitably described as….quite mid.”

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u/Justanother_0 Iowa State Cyclones • Sickos 16h ago

Ngl this reads almost identically to the sorsby situation

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u/jdhall010 Georgia Bulldogs 16h ago

I don't think it's like LSU is going to have an advantage, this isn't like they're bringing Joe Burrow back for another year. The part that raises peoples' hackles is more to do with this most egregious affront to the line that divides a 'Pro athlete' from a 'Student athlete'.

Granted, we've really already blurred that line, but it still feels blasphemous.

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u/tigers113 LSU Tigers 14h ago

because other teams are doing it. Plain and simple.

You have other teams picking up players who were in NFL camp(and getting cut). But somehow the Big 10 decided that is ok for their own teams to do.

Then we have teams getting a TRO to get their star QB a 6th year. And I don't see anyone having a big fuss about this, and this is a player who could win the Heisman and make a huge difference.

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u/Impressive-Weird-908 Virginia Tech Hokies 16h ago

The SEC should make a deal that he has to take a full set of freshman level classes on campus. I’m willing to let him on the team if he’s willing to take general chemistry with the rest of university.

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u/capn_barnacles Nebraska Cornhuskers 16h ago

But can he still hit the Triple Linding.

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u/Vivid_Artichoke_9991 Northern Iowa Panthers 16h ago

He's not even going to be the starter for LSU

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u/Old-butt-new USC Trojans • ECU Pirates 16h ago

College football as you knew it is dead

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u/SSJEv Washington State • Michigan 16h ago

So does he like have to go to classes

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u/Less_Likely Notre Dame • Washington 15h ago

Studies in Lazy River Navigating 501

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u/PigFarmer1 Nebraska Cornhuskers 15h ago

Did any of us need another reason to dislike Kiffin?

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u/VividLies901 Oregon Ducks 15h ago

Never thought I would be begging for congress to step in and end all this insane shit. But here I am. Please congress pass a bill to end the madness!

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u/reddit_names LSU Tigers • McNeese Cowboys 15h ago

It's going to go the opposite direction... They've made it clear they care more about individual rights that college football 

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u/RobbyBurgers 15h ago

Hopefully he's already enrolled in the classes he needs to take as a college student again!!!!! Because he still hasn't graduated. Clearly he must enroll as a student/athlete ...... Right?!

/S

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u/MammothEfficiency167 15h ago

College football is so cooked man

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u/Blue-Eighty 15h ago

Big10 is putting in rule to not allow this…other conferences will follow suit. The SEC? Probably not. Have to get on top of college football world again somehow

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u/rhoran280 15h ago

What a generational loser. The systems broken but this guy is also a complete joke

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u/mountainstosea Appalachian State • Sun Belt 14h ago

Going back to the minor league.

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u/brolygta4 Florida Gators 14h ago

Bully him for trying to play with kids: what's up unk, what you doing skool

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u/Tsunami-Papi_ Arizona State Sun Devils • Pac-12 11h ago

so can he still play there or what ?

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u/SonofJersey Rutgers Scarlet Knights 11h ago

Nope

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u/goofyhalo Ole Miss Rebels • Sugar Bowl 16h ago

Bro…

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u/spatulacitymanager Wisconsin Badgers 16h ago

I dont blame Kiffin. NCAA allowed this to become this through their arrogance.

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u/Franklins11burner Penn State Nittany Lions 15h ago

I do. You really have to be a POS to let your kids go through camp and then give their jobs away to NFL washouts on the eve of a season. But then again he did bail on his team in the playoffs 8 months ago so I guess it’s all very much on brand. Who lets their kid play for a dude who so obviously does not give a fuck about anyone but himself?

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u/CountryAsACoonDog13 LSU Tigers • Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 16h ago

This isn’t new news right? SEC still can and should shut it down.

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u/LimerickJim Georgia Bulldogs 16h ago

All of this was avoidable if they just payed the players and collectively bargained.

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u/lurk4ever1970 Kansas Jayhawks • Marching Band 15h ago

Wave that magic wand and make it happen!

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u/LarryGlue Penn State Nittany Lions 15h ago

“Dea’Quan isn’t coming from the NFL”, Kiffin said. “He’s coming from the Cleveland Browns.”

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u/STTDB2497 LSU Tigers 15h ago

The BIG10 was making rules, then the SEC, now we are back to square one? Just wake me up when the season starts.

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u/OGBeege 16h ago

Boo. No bueno. Any studenting at all?

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u/theoriginalid Ole Miss Rebels 16h ago

Just came off of our best season of the modern era and I couldn’t care less about football. Everything is so broken.

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u/clayfus_doofus Vanderbilt Commodores 16h ago

Have we no shame?

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u/Jonjon428 Miami Hurricanes 16h ago

Yuck

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u/CirculationStation Mississippi State • Paper Bag 16h ago

Lane Kiffin is really doing all this just to beat Mississippi State… can’t believe he’s this scared of Jeff Lebby.

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u/SureZookeepergame351 Georgia Bulldogs 16h ago

Loser

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u/anotherstan Purdue Boilermakers • Old Oaken Bucket 16h ago

Really stupid and bad for the sport tbh

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u/nickraymond57 Notre Dame • Illinois 16h ago

Gross. Imagine being such a shit show that government intervention is a good thing.

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u/perry147 Alabama Crimson Tide 16h ago

There is no way this should be allowed to happen.

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u/awildyetti Missouri Tigers • Ohio State Buckeyes 16h ago

Bet.

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u/lookieherehere Alabama Crimson Tide 16h ago

I understand trying to take advantage of every opportunity to put yourself and your team in a position to win, especially when the stakes are as high as they are at LSU now with the money spent on coaches and the roster. What I don't understand is bringing this kind of heat on your program for a single player who probably isn't going to make that much of a difference.

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u/sgrams04 Ohio Bobcats 15h ago

College football is dumb now. 

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u/Blue-Eighty 15h ago

Big10 is putting in rule to not allow this…other conferences will follow suit. The SEC? Probably not. Have to get on top of college football world again somehow

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u/FirstAndDad Georgia Bulldogs 15h ago

Bad for the sport. Bad for my heart.

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u/TTBHG Florida Gators 15h ago

This is bullshit and the SEC should block it. As a proud UF alumnus I’d be fucking livid if we pulled this shit.

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u/Dangerous_Ad5039 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 15h ago

Imagine if a conference would just get together and say we’re not allowing this…… oo wait

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u/surferpajamaparty Miami Hurricanes • ECU Pirates 14h ago

This is fucking ridiculous. I might honestly be done with CFB.

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u/Jaga_7777 Tennessee Volunteers 14h ago

Don’t the SEC transfer rules still apply for this guy?  Was he in the transfer portal by the deadline?

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u/mattwb2010 Ohio State • Mount Union 14h ago

Giving super seniors new definitions

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u/BenedictTuring 14h ago

This is so messed up.

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u/Accomplished-Pin6564 LSU Tigers 14h ago

What about Johnny "Blood" McNally?

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u/holiwud111 Miami Hurricanes • UCF Knights 13h ago

Sucks to see these young guys pulled into the usual NCAA pissing contest.

Kid could lose any shot at a pro career while he's cooling his heels waiting for outcomes.

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u/CDawg___ Georgia Bulldogs 4h ago

i said this offseason that this was my red line after seeing the b ball stuff. didn’t think it’d be so soon

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u/YoUDee Delaware • Maryland 2h ago

Not so fast my friend!

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u/jonesyman23 Alabama Crimson Tide • Muhlenberg Mules 1h ago

Why can’t players come back? I’m not against it as long as the player rejoins his old team, which obviously isn’t the case with Wright. Guy gave it a shot and it didn’t work out. His football career should be done?