Overview
- The Cleveland Browns waived tight end Dae'Quan Wright on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, and his agents say he has an agreement to play at LSU if no NFL team claims him off waivers.
- Wright entered the NCAA transfer portal while on an NFL training-camp roster after a Louisiana judge granted a temporary restraining order that restored eligibility for a discrete group of 2022-era graduates.
- The move would be an unusual precedent because players normally cannot return to college after signing professional contracts and must terminate contracts and repay money to regain eligibility.
- Legal uncertainty remains because the NCAA has won stays in other appeals and is pursuing further challenges, so any state-court restorations of eligibility are provisional and could be reversed.
- Coaches and roster managers are scrambling to respond to timing and rule conflicts — NFL waiver claims, conference transfer rules (notably SEC intra-conference limits), roster and scholarship caps, and the Aug. 30 NFL cut deadline all could still block or complicate individual returns.