Silvio De Sousa's attorney called on the NCAA to reinstate the Kansas sophomore immediately in a statement released Thursday afternoon.
De Sousa, a 6-foot-9 power forward from Angola, has not played this season while the NCAA reviews his eligibility.
"Silvio has cooperated fully and completely with the investigation of his NCAA eligibility, which has now caused him to miss over half of his sophomore season," Scott Tompsett of Tompsett Collegiate Sports Law said in a statement. "Silvio came to the United States from Angola at the age of 15, and he did everything he was supposed to do and was asked to do to become an eligible student-athlete at the University of Kansas.