Lane Kiffin Defends LSU Recruiting 5th-Year NFL Returnees as Courts Open Door for Hundreds
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 24
Lane Kiffin Defends LSU Recruiting 5th-Year NFL Returnees as Courts Open Door for Hundreds
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 24
Summary
Lane Kiffin said LSU is recruiting players who briefly entered the NFL because court injunctions have restored a fifth year of eligibility and put them back on the market.
Multiple rulings found the NCAA failed to properly account for the 2022 class in new eligibility rules, Kiffin said, meaning some players would have stayed in college had they known they still had a year.
Dae'Quan Wright is the highest-profile case, and Kiffin argued LSU is simply acting as other programs would because those players will land somewhere if they are eligible.
Kiffin said he generally would not favor pros returning to college, but called this a unique legal situation that could extend to hundreds of athletes as more cases move through courts.