I want to say initial reports were, he could possibly return for late season. It would be awesome to have him back for Auburn thru the end. That would (hopefully) be four games and he could still maintain a RS.
*** if this were to happen, I believe this is where the rule truly benefits the player and the team (what the rule was designed to do)***, unlike the Jalen situation where you will have players wanting to play in only 4 games to be able to transfer out to another team. I think this will be an issue all teams will face with this new rule moving forward.
Edit** I know we heard reports that Jalen was only playing in 4 games then RS. I have no idea and the way things are playing out, it doesn't look to be that way. I'm just using his situation as an example of what teams face now with Graduate players wanting to move on.