Browns TE Dae’Quan Wright Enters Transfer Portal After 5-in-5 Eligibility Ruling
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Updated · NBC Sports · Aug 20
Browns TE Dae’Quan Wright Enters Transfer Portal After 5-in-5 Eligibility Ruling
3 articles · Updated · NBC Sports · Aug 20
Summary
Dae’Quan Wright entered the college transfer portal while still on Cleveland’s roster, opening a path to join a college team within weeks even as he prepares for the Browns’ preseason game Saturday.
Wednesday’s temporary restraining order let players seek retroactive application of the NCAA’s new five-seasons-in-five-years eligibility rule, and Wright was one of the named plaintiffs in that case.
The move highlights a new gap in college football’s shifting rules: players who otherwise would have exhausted eligibility can now argue they should regain 2026 access under the revised framework.
Wright, previously under contract with the Eagles and now with the Browns, has become a test case for how the NCAA’s overhaul could let fringe NFL players return to college.