As the SEC is set to attempt to immediately enforce its ban on players who have signed NFL contracts returning to college to play for schools in the conference, LSU coach Lane Kiffin said that he and his coaching staff are simply playing the waiting game.
Thursday, the SEC is set to argue against a possible preliminary injunction favoring players who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in a Louisiana federal court. Those plaintiffs were granted a temporary restraining order allowing them to play college sports in 2025, and many of those players had been on NFL rosters this summer.
The group included former LSU defensive end Jack Pyburn, former Ole Miss TE Dae'Quan Wright and ex-Rebels DT Zxavian Harris. Pyburn, who was cut by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the weekend, was picked up on waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs and is set to stay in the NFL. Wright and Harris have committed to play for Kiffin at LSU after playing for him at Ole Miss in 2025.
Assuming they're eligible, of course.
"We don't put any energy into it," Kiffin said about Thursday's hearing during Wednesday's SEC teleconference. "We're not in it. So this is a lot of athletes from a lot of different sports from a lot of different states in the hearing tomorrow. So we don't put any energy into it. We're waiting to get more information tomorrow, more guidance from the SEC."

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