Ruling allows select NFL rookies to return to college football
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 20, 2026, 2:58 PM
Last updated Aug 20, 2026
A Louisiana judge has granted a temporary restraining order that permits 16 football players, including some who participated in NFL training camps, to return to college for the 2026 season. The lawsuit challenges NCAA eligibility rules that limited players to four seasons in five years. This legal twist could allow players like Dae'Quan Wright and others to rejoin college rosters if their NFL teams release them by September 1. The order also allows these players to enter the transfer portal for one week following the ruling.
- •Louisiana judge grants restraining order affecting 16 players.
- •Players involved could leave NFL and join college teams.
- •NCAA faces multiple lawsuits regarding eligibility rules.
- •Dae'Quan Wright is among notable players potentially returning.
- •Affected players have until September 1 to be released by NFL teams.
- 2:58 PMYahoo Sports — New ruling could let NFL rookies return to college football in another eligibility head-scratcher
"In the latest legal twist surrounding college football, a few newly-minted NFL players could return to school.
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