Sources: LSU completes roster without adding ex-NFL players - ESPN

The LSU Tigers are adding two players to complete their 105-man roster for the 2026 season, which eliminates the possibility of the program bringing in former NFL rookies Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Tuesday.

Cornerback Aidan Anding and defensive end Gabriel Reliford, two returning players for the Tigers, are joining the roster, sources told Thamel.

Reliford is in his third year with the Tigers and Anding is entering his second year. Both were left off the 105-man roster ahead of LSU's season opener, a 51-10 win over Clemson on Saturday, after suffering injuries in the spring.

The decision means LSU coach Lane Kiffin and the school are moving on from their efforts to add Wright and Harris, an issue that has escalated into a significant legal battle between the school and the SEC.

Attorney Ryan Downton, who represents Wright and Harris, told ESPN that the players are considering their legal options.

The SEC filed a federal lawsuit against LSU last week regarding the school's potential plans to add former NFL players and amended it Tuesday. The league said it has scheduled a meeting Thursday with its presidents and chancellors to vote on whether to terminate LSU's membership in the SEC.

«The SEC and its member universities have the right to establish, through agreed-upon governance procedures, the rules under which they voluntarily compete and to expect those rules to be followed,» the SEC said in a statement earlier Tuesday. «A commitment to those rules, and to the core principles of the Southeastern Conference, is an essential element of SEC membership.

»Today's filing is necessary to defend that right and preserve the Conference's ability to govern competition among its