Overview
- Ole Miss filed breach-of-contract suits on July 27 in Lafayette County Circuit Court seeking roughly $950,000 from Princewill Umanmielen and Devin Harper for allegedly failing to pay predetermined revenue-sharing buyouts.
- The university says both players signed revenue-sharing agreements in early January and entered the transfer portal within days before signing with LSU, and that neither paid within a 30-day deadline.
- Ole Miss asked LSU to cover the payments on March 12, and LSU declined six days later saying it was not a party to the players’ contracts.
- LSU coach Lane Kiffin has declined to comment on the legal matter during recent SEC Network and ESPN appearances, describing it as a legal issue he will not discuss.
- The case could set a legal precedent for enforcing individualized buyout agreements in the transfer and NIL era and may leave the two players facing financial claims that could affect their status with LSU this season.