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

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

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.

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.

Wisconsin has claimed that Miami tampered with defensive back Xavier Lucas, who elected to withdraw from the school and enroll at UM with an intention to play football for the Hurricanes in 2025. Wisconsin says it has “credible information indicating” that Miami engaged in impermissible contact with the player before he decided to move to that school.

Wisconsin cornerback Xavier Lucas has left for Miami, according to Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger. He does so without entering the transfer portal. Wisconsin blocked him from doing so during the winter window after Lucas reportedly “signed a two-year revenue-share agreement” in early December, per Dellenger.