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Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is not the only former junior college player who now has more NCAA eligibility heading into 2025-26.
As Ralph D. Russo of The Athletic relayed Monday, the NCAA DI board responded to a previous ruling involving Pavia and granted a blanket waiver that will allow athletes who attended non-NCAA schools for at least one year to remain eligible in 2025-26 even if they initially would not have been on their individual timelines.
This comes after ESPN's Dan Murphy reported Wednesday that a federal judge in Tennessee granted an injunction allowing Pavia another year of eligibility after the Vanderbilt quarterback sued the NCAA saying counting his time in junior college against his NCAA eligibility is a violation of antitrust law and prevented him from maximizing his name, image and likeness opportunities.