Indiana football’s Kellan Wyatt and Stephen Daley, along with IU basketball forward Sam Alexis, have been cleared to compete after a Monroe Circuit Court granted a preliminary injunction on Wednesday.
Per Mike Niziolek of The Bloomington Herald-Times, “Monroe County Circuit Court judge Kara E. Krothe has granted a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit Stephen Daley, Kellan Wyatt filed against the NCAA, they along with the other student-athletes in the case are now eligible for competition, per court records.”
For Daley and Wyatt, that ruling comes just in time for Friday’s Big Ten opener against Northwestern at Memorial Stadium. Both players appeared in Indiana’s first two games, then sat out Saturday’s game against Western Kentucky while waiting on the court after a temporary restraining order expired.
The case includes 97 athletes in all.
Daley, a 6-foot-1, 273-pound transfer from Kent State, played in 13 games for Indiana last season and made six starts. He earned All-Big Ten honorable mention recognition, led the Hoosiers with 19 tackles for loss and added 5.5 sacks. He also missed the College Football Playoff after getting hurt during the celebration after Indiana’s Big Ten championship win over Ohio State at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Wyatt, listed at 6-foot-2 and 257 pounds, started seven games last season before an injury against Michigan State ended his year after that. The Maryland transfer posted 12 solo tackles, eight tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in 2025, and he was Indiana’s fifth-leading tackler with 27 when he went down.
Alexis is working out with IU basketball in Bloomington. Last season, he averaged 8.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 blocked shots and 1.2 assists in 21.3 minutes per game for the Hoosiers.
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