Overview
- Virginia quarterback Chandler Morris had his preliminary injunction denied by Judge Claude Worrell II on Thursday, leaving him ineligible to play a seventh season as his case continues.
- The NCAA opposed the request by arguing Virginia failed to prove an incapacitating condition and said Morris’s mental‑health notes did not meet its standard because they were not from a licensed psychologist.
- Morris sought to exclude his 2022 TCU season after a knee injury and limited late‑season appearances he said were part of a treatment plan, but the court declined to grant relief.
- Virginia has turned to transfer quarterbacks Beau Pribula from Missouri and Eli Holstein from Pitt, a move the program made after the NCAA denial earlier this year.
- The case is part of a wider legal wave, with the NCAA reporting 71 suits since 2024 and more denials than grants, including a win for Ole Miss’s Trinidad Chambliss in Mississippi and a loss for Tennessee’s Joey Aguilar; Morris, who led UVA to 11 wins in 2025, did not attend the NFL combine or UVA’s pro day, and filings cited about $1.52 million in NIL earnings last season.