Dae’Quan Wright is set to become the first player to have participated in an NFL preseason game to return to college—a situation unthinkable even a few months ago. He probably won’t be the last.
Wright, who was waived by the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, has a deal in place to play for LSU this season, his agent Drew Rosenhaus confirmed to Front Office Sports. Wright is allowed to return to college thanks to a lawsuit he filed alongside other athletes, including 16 football players, in Louisiana state court last week.
The situation has led players and college teams nationwide to wonder whether they could follow the path of Wright and his fellow plaintiffs as another round of NFL roster cuts approaches. Players currently or formerly in NFL training camps are contacting attorneys to consider whether they can or should file eligibility lawsuits of their own; meanwhile, schools are currently exploring whether to sign them, multiple industry sources tell FOS.
Says one source affiliated with a power conference school: “You have to be looking at any possibility of what could transpire.”
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