The Rebel running back has not completed the sufficient “progress toward degree” in his fourth year of eligibility.
When it was announced last week that Ole Miss running back Jordan Wilkins was ruled academically ineligible for the 2016 regular season, many perhaps picked up the old cudgel about student-athletes and bad grades. In Wilkins’ case, his ineligibility is far more complex than that.
"An appeal was filed with the NCAA for Jordan's reinstatement based on an administrative error but was denied this week," the university said in a release. Wilkins isn’t being held out because his GPA is too low.