Here are some of the examples of the NCAA looking out for some of the “star” waiver players just this year.
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech announced Wednesday it has received an NCAA waiver that grants sophomore defensive lineman
Tyree Wilsonimmediate eligibility for the 2020 football season.
Wilson, a Texas A&M transfer, arrived in Lubbock midway through preseason camp, giving the Red Raiders additional depth up front. He will have three years of eligibility remaining with the Red Raiders.
The 6-foot-6, 280 pound defensive lineman saw action in 12 games for the Aggies in 2019, notching 12 tackles as only a redshirt freshman. He was credited with 3.0 tackles for a loss, including 1.5 sacks, while also adding a quarterback hurry as a reserve along the defensive line.
Tennessee and
Cade Mays are still preparing as if the Georgia transfer will be cleared to play in Saturday's season opener, but the Vols are also working through their plans on the offensive line in case no ruling from the SEC comes before the team heads to South Carolina on Friday. Head coach
Jeremy Pruitt updated the latest with Mays, who is awaiting conference clearance after winning his NCAA appeal, during the SEC teleconference on Wednesday. Pruitt also reiterated his stance in favor of transfers getting immediate eligibility.
TCU got some good news on Friday afternoon as two of their defensive players were granted waivers by the NCAA; LSU transfer
Marcel Brooksand New Mexico transfer
Dylan Horton. Both players will be immediately eligible for the 2020 season. Brooks was ranked as the No. 32 overall player in the nation for the 2019 class and ranked as the No. 2 outside linebacker prospect.
New USF tailback Darrian Felix, who appeared in seven games for Oregon last fall, announced via social media Tuesday he has been declared eligible for the 2020 season.
USF also confirmed the news. Because he appeared in more than four contests in 2019, Felix needed an NCAA waiver to earn immediate eligibility with the Bulls. One of the most
prominent of the Bulls’ transfer-portal acquisitions, Felix ― a 5-foot-11, 197-pound Fort Myers native ― had an injury-besieged career with the Duck before arriving at USF in December. Last fall, he had 197 yards and two touchdowns on 34 carries, with six catches for 78 yards.
These are kids leaving major programs to go to other major programs. One would logically deduce that it should be easier for a no name kid to transfer from a no name college.