DESTIN, Fla. -- Resolution is expected Friday in the SEC intraconference transfer case of Florida wide receiver Van Jefferson, sources told CBS Sports.
Jefferson, who previously played for Ole Miss, is seeking immediate eligibility within the conference. League rules require any transfer within the SEC -- whether undergrad or graduate -- to sit out a year before being eligible to play at another SEC program.
An SEC rule change sponsored by Florida and Texas A&M would allow any player from a league school suffering a postseason ban to transfer and be eligible immediately at another SEC program.
Ole Miss is entering the second of a two-year bowl ban.
Jefferson would be the seventh such player from Ole Miss granted immediate eligibility at another school after NCAA sanctions were announced last year. He is the only player among that group seeking an intraconference transfer, hence the delay.
Florida has not yet filed an official NCAA waiver request for Jefferson pending the SEC vote on the rule change.
More here at the jump.
Jefferson, who previously played for Ole Miss, is seeking immediate eligibility within the conference. League rules require any transfer within the SEC -- whether undergrad or graduate -- to sit out a year before being eligible to play at another SEC program.
An SEC rule change sponsored by Florida and Texas A&M would allow any player from a league school suffering a postseason ban to transfer and be eligible immediately at another SEC program.
Ole Miss is entering the second of a two-year bowl ban.
Jefferson would be the seventh such player from Ole Miss granted immediate eligibility at another school after NCAA sanctions were announced last year. He is the only player among that group seeking an intraconference transfer, hence the delay.
Florida has not yet filed an official NCAA waiver request for Jefferson pending the SEC vote on the rule change.
More here at the jump.
