Jevon Porter has joined the growing legal fight over college basketball eligibility, becoming the second Missouri player tied to a lawsuit seeking a fifth season.
According to a report Friday from CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, the Mizzou and Tolton High alum is part of a group of athletes who filed an injunction against the NCAA in California. The move comes after Shawn Phillips Jr., Porter’s teammate last season in Columbia, was involved in a similar case filed in Ohio in June.
That Ohio case already produced a ruling. On July 9, a judge granted Phillips a preliminary injunction, which means he can sign with a new team and is eligible to play in the 2026-27 college basketball season.
Porter, the younger brother of Michael Porter Jr. and Jontay Porter, is now among the athletes trying to reach the same result.
The legal challenges are aimed at the NCAA’s newly approved age-based eligibility model, which is not being applied retroactively to members of the 2022 high school class who used up their eligibility in four seasons. Several similar injunctions have been filed around the country.
In June, the NCAA Division I Cabinet unanimously approved the change to its long-standing eligibility rules. The new system, officially called the “age-based eligibility model,” is set to be finalized Wednesday and fully implemented in fall 2027, though current college athletes can use any immediate eligibility benefits right away.
Under the new rule, athletes will have five years to play five full seasons. The eligibility clock begins at high school graduation or a player’s 19th birthday, whichever comes first. The NCAA also says medical redshirts and waivers will be extremely limited.
For athletes who still have eligibility, the choice will be between the old system and the new age-based model, depending on which is more favorable.
The issue for Porter and others is the non-retroactive part of the rule. Players from the Class of 2022 who finished four years in four seasons will not automatically get an extra year. The NCAA has said that if an athlete’s eligibility ended after the 2025-26 season, that eligibility is considered complete.
Porter spent one season at Mizzou after transferring from Loyola Marymount ahead of the 2025-26 campaign. The 6-foot-11 forward began his college career at Pepperdine and played two seasons there.
In 12 nonconference games, Porter averaged 6.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists before an injury ended his season.
Before college, he helped lead Tolton to the MSHSAA Class 2 title game.
Porter has also spent the past 10 days with the Memphis Grizzlies’ Summer League team in Las Vegas. He played as recently as Thursday, logging two minutes in Memphis’ 96-64 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
Mizzou is already at its roster limit of 15 players for the 2026-27 season, so there is no room for Porter or Phillips to return to Columbia next season. If Porter’s case ends up like Phillips’ did, both players would have to find another college team if they want to keep playing.
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