The possibility of Jack Sawyer, TreVeyon Henderson and other early enrollees immediately playing in college football games when they arrive on campus in January appears to be off the table.
West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons, the chair of the NCAA's Division I Football Oversight Committee, told Ralph D. Russo of the Associated Press and ESPN's Heather Dinich on Thursday that it will not recommend allowing early enrollees to play if college football teams play this spring.
Although Ohio State coach Ryan Day was a vocal proponent of allowing midyear enrollees to play if the Big Ten plays a winter season beginning in January, there was reportedly not widespread support for the idea.