U.S. District Judge William M. Conley on Thursday prohibited the NCAA from enforcing its five-year rule for D-I football on Wisconsin redshirt senior Nyzier Fourqurean. Conley wrote that the NCAA using amateurism to justify its eligibility rule in 2025 “rings increasingly hollow with elite college football coaches’ salaries,

Cornerback Nyzier Fourqurean played for the Wisconsin Badgers in 2023 and '24 and is poised to return in 2025 thanks to Thursday's court ruling.

The judge did not strike down the NCAA’s rule giving athletes five years to play four seasons, absent a waiver.