Indiana defensive linemen Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt are eligible to play again after a judge granted them a preliminary injunction in their case against the NCAA, according to ESPN.
Monroe Circuit Court Judge Kara Krothe ruled that Daley and Wyatt, along with dozens of other athletes, could play a fifth season following the NCAA's implementation of the "five-for-five" rule this summer.
Men's basketball players Tamin Lipsey, Tre White, and Malik Reneau are among other prominent names that are eligible following Wednesday's ruling.
"Under the plain terms of the 2026-27 NCAA Manual, they are eligible to compete, and the NCAA is breaching its contractual obligations by denying them that opportunity," Krothe wrote, per ESPN.
The NCAA is expected to appeal the ruling.
The "five-for-five" system was designed to eliminate waivers and redshirts while also preventing a logjam of athletes in their mid-20s from taking up roster spots.
Daley and Wyatt sat out the Hoosiers' 38-0 win over Western Kentucky last weekend because the temporary restraining order that allowed them to play earlier in the season had expired.
Daley's and Wyatt's eligibility was in limbo in August after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit granted the NCAA's motion to overturn a lower court's ruling that had allowed all class of 2022 athletes to receive an additional year of eligibility.
Wednesday's ruling reinstates that the NCAA and its conferences can't prohibit any of the case's plaintiffs from competing in Division I athletics this season.
Daley has recorded six tackles so far this campaign. He posted 19 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks last year. Wyatt, meanwhile, didn't play in the Hoosiers' first two games of the season.
Indiana (3-0) will begin its Big Ten schedule against Northwestern (2-0) on Friday.
