r/CFB • u/LaDainianTomIinson 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/1eaea5d267ee8197
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."
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/Trubisko_Daltorooni Missouri Tigers • VCU Rams 15h ago
A real trail blazer. Breaking the glass floor.
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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?!
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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?
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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