The NCAA's eligibility rules keep getting picked apart in courtrooms, and Temple defensive tackle Sekou Kromah is the latest to land a haymaker. Pete Nakos reported Kromah has been granted a preliminary injunction against the NCAA, clearing him to suit up for the 2026-27 season.
Kromah's case wasn't about chasing an extra year for fun. According to his complaint, he suffered cascading shoulder injuries during his first two seasons at Temple, with a 2024 preseason misdiagnosis of biceps tendinitis masking real structural damage that eventually required surgeries in November 2025 and January 2026. Temple filed a medical waiver on his behalf back in May, and by his attorneys' account, the NCAA simply never responded. Silence, in this case, became the injunction's biggest exhibit.
There's also a class-year argument baked into the lawsuit that's become familiar in these fights: Kromah's 2022 high school class got squeezed out of the NCAA's blanket rule change granting five seasons of eligibility to current and future athletes, while classes before and after him got the extra year. Two of his four years came at the JUCO level, and he missed the boat on last season's Pavia-style waiver window by a year, per 247Sports. Courts have shown little patience for that kind of arbitrary line-drawing lately, and Kromah's case is just the newest domino.
As part of the injunction, Temple DT Sekou Kromah will be available to transfer ahead of the 2026 season.
That second detail from Nakos might be the more interesting one for Temple fans bracing for the worst. Winning eligibility back is one thing, but the injunction also frees Kromah to hit the transfer portal before the 2026 season even kicks off, meaning the Owls could be fighting to keep a player they just fought in court to help retain in the first place.
Zoom out and this is just the latest chapter in a legal free-for-all that's been reshaping rosters all offseason. Between waiver denials, JUCO credit disputes, and the NCAA's shaky five-year eligibility rollout, more and more players are realizing a lawyer might get them further than an appeal letter. Kromah's win adds another data point, and it's not hard to see why the NCAA's compliance department is bracing for a busy summer.