Kiffin’s Fifth-Year Gamble | LSU Tigers Football News

LSU Tigers Football Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 27, 2026 · 1m

Two former NFL hopefuls, DaeQuan Wright and Zxavian Harris, returned to college football after being granted a fifth year of eligibility — reuniting with coach Lane Kiffin at LSU — sparking a firestorm across the SEC. Conference leaders swiftly moved to ban players from returning after going pro, but legal challenges loom as these athletes face another court date in August. Kiffin’s controversial recruitment of players already under NFL contracts to join a Louisiana-based lawsuit drew sharp criticism, though he defended it as a response to a judge’s ruling that these athletes were wronged…