AJ Storr’s college career isn’t done after all.
The former Wisconsin standout has been granted an injunction against the NCAA and is now eligible to play next season, according to court documents. Storr is one of the players seeking a fifth year of eligibility as part of a case arguing that athletes should be granted that extra season now, rather than waiting for the change to be fully in place going forward from 2026.
Storr is a named plaintiff in the suit alongside Vanderbilt center Jalen Washington, and a judge has granted all of the plaintiffs in that case the chance to suit up next season. That opens the door for Storr to keep chasing the version of himself that flashed so brightly in Madison.
For Wisconsin fans, the name still carries a certain sting and a certain glow. Storr was one of Greg Gard’s clearest transfer-portal success stories, arriving from St.
John’s after averaging 8.8 points per game and then exploding to 16.8 at Wisconsin. That leap turned him into one of the more coveted players in the portal, and Kansas paid heavily to land him.
But the Kansas stop never took off, and by the time his college path reached Ole Miss, Storr was trying to get back to the level he reached as a Badger. He got close, but not close enough to match that Wisconsin peak. At Ole Miss, he averaged 15.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game, still a step behind his Wisconsin numbers of 16.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game.
Now he gets another swing.
The next move was predictable: Storr entered the transfer portal. Rather than finishing his final season at Ole Miss, he’ll look for a fifth school and a rare five-in-five journey that has already taken him from St. John’s to Wisconsin to Kansas to Ole Miss and now, potentially, somewhere else entirely.
His senior year was supposed to be the one that pushed him toward the NBA. Instead, it’s become one more chance to try to top the best stretch of his college career.
And while Wisconsin may no longer be in the mix, Badger fans will still be watching. Storr remains a living example of what Gard can do with the transfer portal when the fit is right.
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