{"id":1184537,"date":"2026-09-10T05:58:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1184537"},"modified":"2026-09-10T05:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:58:04","slug":"kiffin-and-lsu-back-down-fill-out-remainder-of-roster-without-nfl-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/kiffin-and-lsu-back-down-fill-out-remainder-of-roster-without-nfl-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiffin and LSU Back Down, Fill Out Remainder of Roster Without NFL Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0LSU Tigers and head coach Lane Kiffin\u00a0have been at the center of the college football universe all offseason long, and the last month or so has been especially explosive.<\/p>\n<p>With a\u00a0pending lawsuit from the SEC\u00a0after the Tigers\u2019 attempt to add several players who spent the summer in NFL training camps to their rosters, things got extremely serious this week. It was revealed the conference would be\u00a0meeting to vote on potentially expelling LSU\u00a0from the SEC in wake of this.<\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday morning, the meeting was still scheduled for Thursday, but Kiffin took a major step towards defusing the situation on Tuesday night. The Tigers had left two spots on their roster open last Friday when they submitted the official final count, presumably for Dae\u2019Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris to return.<\/p>\n<p>However, as first reported by Pete Thamel of ESPN, LSU has now filled those spots, eliminating the program\u2019s ability to add Wright or Harris.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: LSU football is adding two players to the school\u2019s roster, which will complete it at 105 players, per ESPN sources. This will lock LSU\u2019s roster for the rest of the year, which will eliminate the program\u2019s ability to add Dae\u2019Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLJj7AyvPw\">pic.twitter.com\/gLJj7AyvPw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteThamel\/status\/2097496395515077072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It does not appear as if a vote will still be held on Thursday on the conference&#8217;s right to move LSU, but it does appear to be a concession on the part of Kiffin and the Tigers program after the SEC illustrated just how serious they were about keeping these players out of college football.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, LSU backing down is a victory for the sanity of college football as the chaotic era of the sport takes one small step towards being mended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The\u00a0LSU Tigers and head coach Lane Kiffin\u00a0have been at the center of the college football universe all offseason long, and the last month or so <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/kiffin-and-lsu-back-down-fill-out-remainder-of-roster-without-nfl-players\/\" title=\"Kiffin and LSU Back Down, Fill Out Remainder of Roster Without NFL Players\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1184538,"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":[147,33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1184537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-news","8":"category-sec"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1262695162_Clemson_LSU.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184537","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=1184537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184539,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184537\/revisions\/1184539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}