Our weekly roundup of the largest faculty sports activities information is solely centered on faculty soccer this week.
Between a flurry of late provides, quarterback competitions coming all the way down to the wire and extra, there’s loads to dissect. So let’s get proper into it.
Fifth-year insanity
The 2026 season is simply days away, and a latest court docket ruling extending the NCAA’s latest five-year eligibility interval to the category of 2022 has added late chaos.
On Monday, 2026 undrafted free agent tight finish Dae’Quan Wright was launched by the Cleveland Browns, and per reviews, he is anticipated to hitch the LSU Tigers after clearing waivers. The Tigers — losing no time to making the most of the state of affairs — additionally added defensive sort out Zxavian Harris, who signed with the New Orleans Saints earlier this offseason as an undrafted free agent.
“They’re both going to play for you or they are going to play for another person,” LSU coach Lane Kiffin mentioned on Monday. (h/t ESPN)
Extra signings are doubtless within the coming days — even after the NCAA’s win in federal court docket on Friday — due to a sequence of lawsuits favoring athletes filed in state courts, together with in Louisiana.
All this courtroom authorized drama makes us pine for the times when faculty soccer was as an alternative selected the sphere.
Faizon Brandon joins uncommon firm
Tennessee Volunteers coach Josh Heupel took the expected (though no much less daring) route by naming Brandon, a five-star true freshman, as his beginning quarterback.
As On3 faculty soccer insider Chris Low famous earlier than the choice was formally introduced, Brandon is simply the second true freshman since 2004 to be named starter at Tennessee getting into the season, becoming a member of Brent Schaeffer, who beat out one other true freshman, Erik Ainge.
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