Darren Heitner mentioned to Yahoo Sports that when Xavier Lucas tried one last effort to discuss the matter with Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell, he tried to talk Lucas into staying. Obviously ...

In a potentially precedent-setting confrontation, a college football player is transferring even though his former school declined to enter his name into the portal. Xavier Lucas, a cornerback who ...

Potential legal battle over Xavier Lucas’s transfer raises questions about NCAA NIL agreements, tampering allegations, and player movement rights.

Advertisement “Under the transfer provision used by Xavier this ... comes one day after Lucas’ attorney, Darren Heitner, told The Athletic his client’s move from Wisconsin followed a ...

Lucas retained Darren Heitner, a Florida attorney who teaches ... He posted Wednesday on X: “Let’s clear something up. Xavier Lucas owes Wisconsin NOTHING. The school is holding him hostage.

Wisconsin says it has “credible information” that Miami and Xavier Lucas made impermissible contact with each other before the former Badgers cornerback decided to transfer to his home-state school ...

Lucas’ lawyer, Darren Heitner, said Friday that his client ... “Under the terms of the agreement between Xavier and Wisconsin Athletics, it remains in effect and enforceable,” Wisconsin ...

Xavier Lucas ... Lucas’ lawyer, Darren Heitner, found a solution: Lucas unenrolled from Wisconsin and was admitted to Miami without any contact with the UM football program, Heitner said.

The recent transfer of Xavier Lucas from the Wisconsin ... and the NCAA transfer portal, with both Wisconsin and Lucas’ attorney, Darren Heitner, offering sharply contrasting narratives.

The lawyer for Xavier Lucas says the ex-Wisconsin player is transferring to Miami, even though the cornerback's former school never entered his name into the portal. Darren Heitner has been ...