Landon Faulkner was all set to join the Georgia Bulldogs this year.
But then an obscure SEC rule prevented that from happening.
“I transferred from Chattahoochee Valley to Chipola College, and being ineligible out of high school for D-1, there’s an SEC rule saying that you have to stay at the same JUCO for three semesters for you to be eligible for SEC and ACC,” Faulkner explained. “So I signed my letter of intent (with Georgia), and Coach (Scott) Stricklin at UGA called me in January (2016) and said ‘Hey, we have a problem here’ and I failed with compliance.