The Cleveland Browns are reportedly waiving rookie tight finish Dae’Quan Wright, clearing the trail for him to return to school soccer and join LSU.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported the information Sunday, with Wright’s brokers saying that he’ll signal with LSU if he clears waivers.
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Wright made headlines this week after showing up in the NCAA transfer portal on Thursday — regardless of being signed with an NFL workforce. Wright, a former tight finish at Ole Miss, had signed a free company cope with the Philadelphia Eagles after going undrafted; he was waived by the workforce earlier this month and claimed by the Browns off waivers.
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Browns head coach Todd Monken, although, may seemingly solely giggle as he was requested about Wright’s standing in a news conference after Saturday’s preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills.
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“Man, ain’t this s*** crazy? I mean I don’t even know what to say,” Monken mentioned.
Monken mentioned that Wright was dressed and on the sideline for Saturday’s sport, although he did not find yourself taking any snaps.
“As far as I know, he’s had a medical issue that wasn’t allowing him to practice. And that’s a medical issue, it’s nothing to do with me,” Monken mentioned. “Then he was cleared, so we dressed him just in case we had to have him, but when you don’t rep, it’s hard to put him on the field.”
Wright is one of some gamers on skilled contracts who entered the portal as a part of a bid for an additional 12 months of NCAA eligibility after 4 years in school. A judge granted a temporary restraining order to a gaggle of those gamers earlier this week, permitting some to switch again to school regardless of being on NFL rosters — one thing the NCAA has lengthy tried to ban.
This particular spherical of NCAA insanity started earlier this month, after a special choose granted a fifth year of college eligibility to members of the highschool class of 2022. The NCAA is interesting that ruling.
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Though Wright is not the one professional participant to try to revert again to school, he did grow to be the primary to benefit from the loophole. As a part of the ruling this week, the gamers within the group have been allowed to enter a week-long switch portal to try to land with a university workforce.
Monken, in the meantime, appeared to be shrugging his shoulders on the extremely uncommon state of affairs. He talked about that new LSU head coach Lane Kiffin — and Wright’s former coach at Ole Miss — had tried to contact him.
“I wondered why Lane Kiffin reached out a week ago, now I know,” Monken mentioned. “S***, I didn’t know, now I know. I didn’t call him back, guess I should’ve.”
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Notably, the ruling was made by a choose in Louisiana, and the first plaintiff is former LSU beginning edge rusher Jack Pyburn. In addition to Wright, two of the opposite gamers within the group are former Ole Miss gamers who may additionally select to reunite with Kiffin in Baton Rouge.