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Another day in college athletics, another eligibility-related lawsuit.
Former Texas offensive lineman Cole Hutson has reportedly been granted a temporary restraining order against the NCAA in his age-based eligibility lawsuit, according to a report from On Texas Football and On3. Hutson requested a judge grant him a fifth year of eligibility to suit up this fall.
Hutson appeared in 48 games and made 23 starts with Texas from 2022-25. He went undrafted this year and was invited to the Cowboys' rookie minicamp, but after going through the NFL draft process he is seeking a return to college football.
On3's Pete Nakos reported Hutson does not yet have a school to play for this fall but a return to Texas is not off the table.
"With Cole's situation, obviously we're monitoring it," Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said during Sunday's media session at the Texas High School Coaches Association convention. "I don't know where it's going to go. I think we've all seen over the past few years there's been a lot of lawsuits that have been filed and piggybacking off other lawsuits and so forth.
"Cole's a guy with a lot of experience, played a lot of football for us. He's a guy that unfortunately didn't get drafted, so he puts himself in a bit of a different situation than maybe most guys that got done playing their fourth year in college. We'll see what that looks like and sees where it goes."
Hutson's lawsuit is a response to the NCAA's move to a model that allows for five years of eligibility. The model is age-based, as the five-year clock starts upon full-time enrollment or at the beginning of the academic year after their 19th birthday, whichever comes first.
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