The Tennessee Volunteers are deep into a recruiting battle with the Ohio State Buckeyes for 5-star Baylor (TN) running back David Gabriel Georges. Vols running back DeSean Bishop gave DGG his pitch on why Rocky Top is the way for any aspiring star RB.
Meanwhile, ex-Texas Longhorns guard Cole Hutson is suing the NCAA for eligibility in yet another case of the non-profit understanding that the federal government’s proposed rulings to “Protect College Sports” can be met with resistance in the court of law.
Here are the latest headlines from the “It Just Means More” conference on the gridiron:
DeSean Bishop touts Tennessee’s success with RBs to DGG
Bishop took an interesting route to persuade Gabriel Georges to choose Josh Heupel’s Tennessee football program over the 2024/2025 CFP champions, and one of the richest teams in the sport, the Ohio State University.
“We have a long history of elite running backs. You go into that running back room we have; I don’t think anybody can touch it in the SEC. But shout out to him,” Bishop told On3’s Peter Nakos.
The Vols have produced two fourth-round draft picks since Heupel took over the program: Jaylen Wright in 2024 and Dylan Sampson in 2025. Meanwhile, in the 2025 draft alone, Ryan Day, Carlos Locklyn and Co. had two second-round RBs in Quinshon Judkins and TreyVeon Henderson. Throw in Trey Sermon (third-rounder in 2021) and J.K. Dobbins (second-rounder in 2020) and you realize that Bishop may not have made the point he was thinking he was.
We’ll see if DGG is pulled by the home-state angle or if he chooses a program that not only produces more draft picks at his position but is also far better equipped between the tackles in a few days.
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Cole Hutson sues the NCAA to play a fifth season for Texas
Per Nakos, “Former Texas OL Cole Hutson has filed an age-based eligibility lawsuit against the NCAA, requesting a judge to grant an injunction to play the 2026-27 college football season.”
Hutson is no longer on the team, but he’s seeking a temporary injunction to combat the NCAA’s Seasons of Competition Rule (Bylaw 12.6) that seeks a five-year eligibility clock that begins with full-time college enrollment or the academic year following the athlete’s 19th birthday, whichever occurs first.
Hutson is using previous rulings in Ohio that allowed basketball players to return as the basis of his lawsuit. Obviously, Texas is a different ballgame, though. While the Lone Star State allowed Brendan Sorsby to return to the Texas Tech Red Raiders despite gambling on his own team while with the Cincinnati Bearcats and Indiana Hoosiers, that was heavily influenced by Cody Campbell’s campaign donation to AG Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate bid. Unless Robert Rowling and the Cockrell family want to play ball in the same manner in Travis County, it’s a 50/50 coin-flip at best. Since Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is one of the biggest proponents of curbing eligibility, Hutson faces an uphill climb, to say the least.
