The NCAA requires schools to adhere to a player’s transfer request, but Lucas' name never appeared in the portal.

Former Wisconsin cornerback Xavier Lucas shared a first look at him in a Miami Hurricanes uniform on Tuesday night. “Feels good to be home,” Lucas wrote on X. It is his first public comment since reportedly bypassing the transfer portal to leave Wisconsin for Miami earlier this month.

The Big Ten, NCAA and Wisconsin have all weighed in the DB's transfer in a battle that could set a precedent for future transfers and revenue-sharing contracts

Wisconsin and the Big Ten said they have "credible information" that the University of Miami tampered with Xavier Lucas ahead of the defensive back's expected transfer.

As transfer-portal season fires into gear, keep track of players leaving and arriving into the Wisconsin football program.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin says it has “credible information” that Miami and Xavier Lucas ...

Wisconsin football is attempting to prevent Xavier Lucas from landing at Miami. Details emerge on a tampering accusation.

In a potentially precedent-setting confrontation, a college football player is transferring even though his former school declined to enter his name into the portal.

Mark Hoffman Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK The University of Wisconsin on Saturday night released a lengthy statement regarding cornerback Xavier Lucas’ transfer to the University of Miami, saying a “binding two-year NIL agreement ...

Those words were chosen carefully. According to Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger, Lucas is not transferring to the Hurricanes, as Wisconsin never officially released him to the portal. He is instead leaving the school for Miami, fully intending to play in 2025. It is an unprecedented move.

The family of a Wisconsin man is suing after they say he died from an asthma attack when his medication price rose from $66 to $539. Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, lived with chronic asthma since he was an infant, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents on Jan. 21 in Wisconsin federal court.

Chris Ash has accepted the job of defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, sources told ESPN. It will be his fifth coordinator job at a power conference program.