Dae’Quan Wright didn’t play a snap against the Buffalo Bills on Saturday night, but he was dressed in a Browns uniform for an NFL preseason game.If he clears waivers (and can skirt the SEC’s intraleague transfer rules), the next uniform Wright puts on will likely be the purple and gold of the LSU Tigers.Welcome to the wild world of college football in 2026 — and maybe the clearest example of how aggressively Lane Kiffin and his employers are approaching his first season in Baton Rouge.With less than two weeks before the season opener at home against Clemson, LSU is looking to add Wright and former Notre Dame defensive end Junior Tuihalamaka, a pair of fifth-year college players whose careers appeared to have moved beyond Saturdays.Wright had already signed an NFL contract as an undrafted free agent. Tuihalamaka played four seasons and 54 games in South Bend.Kiffin still wants them.“They’re either going to play for you or they’re going to play somewhere else around the country,” Kiffin said Monday at his weekly news conference. “So we’ve made the decision to recruit them, like probably most people are.”Why is Jayden Daniels and LSU feuding over a jersey number and NIL?Justin WilliamsFor a coach with a roster that will be paid well over $40 million in 2026, it begs the obvious question: Why is Kiffin still recruiting NFL players this close to the start of the season?The answer probably says a lot about what Kiffin thinks his team is still missing.Before we get into that: Yes, LSU is allowed to do this. Last week, Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court granted a temporary restraining order to allow more than 30 college athletes, including 16 football players, a fifth season of eligibility. It’s just one of a string of lawsuits against the NCAA related to the age-based eligibility rule change it formalized this spring.