{"id":1169287,"date":"2025-06-24T13:29:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1169287"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:29:58","slug":"alabama-star-latrell-wrightsell-jr-has-medical-eligibility-waiver-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/alabama-star-latrell-wrightsell-jr-has-medical-eligibility-waiver-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Star Latrell Wrightsell Jr. Has Medical Eligibility Waiver Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alabama Crimson Tide men\u2019s basketball team got tremendous news on Tuesday when they found out one of their most important players will be returning for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>After tearing his achilles, Alabama star sharpshooter Latrell Wrightsell Jr. has been granted a medical waiver by the NCAA and awarded a sixth season of eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>The news was first reported by Alabama\u2019s NIL collective,\u00a0<em>Yea Alabama<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: Latrell Wrightsell Jr. has been granted a medical redshirt year for the 2025-26 season.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlabamaMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlabamaMBB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zxcCfxU5K2\">https:\/\/t.co\/zxcCfxU5K2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6TvSfvq3lB\">pic.twitter.com\/6TvSfvq3lB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yea Alabama (@yea_ala) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yea_ala\/status\/1937189724084477963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wrightsell\u2019s injury occurred just eight games into last season, and his absence was a huge part of the reason Alabama ultimately fell short of its goals going into the year. During those eight games, he averaged 11.5 points and was a major factor in the Crimson Tide getting off to a strong start.<\/p>\n<p>Wrightsell is expected to be fully recovered and ready for the start of next season as he continues to take steps towards getting back on the court.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Nate Oats knows he has his star back, the real team-building process can begin before the season starts in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Alabama Crimson Tide men\u2019s basketball team got tremendous news on Tuesday when they found out one of their most important players will be returning <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/alabama-star-latrell-wrightsell-jr-has-medical-eligibility-waiver-approved\/\" title=\"Alabama Star Latrell Wrightsell Jr. Has Medical Eligibility Waiver Approved\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1049502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,8,91,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1169287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-al-basketball","8":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","9":"category-alabama","10":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dbf032023006_sds_ala.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169288,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169287\/revisions\/1169288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1169287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1169287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}