Sources: Luis, '25 Big East POY, commits to LSU; eligibility TBD - ESPN

Former St. John's star RJ Luis, the 2025 Big East Player of the Year, has committed to LSU, sources told ESPN, although a long eligibility fight likely remains.

After a terrific 2024-25 campaign for the Red Storm, Luis entered the transfer portal and entered the NBA draft. He remained in the draft past the withdrawal deadline before going undrafted. Luis then signed a two-way contract with the Utah Jazz before being traded to the Boston Celtics in early August in exchange for Georges Niang and two future second-round picks.

He was waived by the Celtics before signing an Exhibit 10 contract with the Maine Celtics, Boston's G League affiliate. The Maine Celtics then waived Luis, who was injured, before he played a game.

The NCAA has previously ruled that players who sign NBA contracts are ineligible, with the organization recently prevailing in the eligibility saga of former Alabama center Charles Bediako.

Bediako played for the Crimson Tide for two seasons in 2022 and 2023 before declaring for the 2023 NBA draft. He went undrafted but signed a two-way contract with the San Antonio Spurs and played for three different G League teams. In January, however, Bediako sued the NCAA to gain immediate reinstatement after he was ruled ineligible. He was granted a temporary restraining order that allowed him to play five games last season for Alabama before a judge denied his motion for a preliminary injunction, ending his college career for a second time.

«Common sense won a round today,» NCAA president Charlie Baker said at the time. «The court saw this for what it is: an attempt by professionals to pivot back to college and crowd out the next generation of students. College sports are for students, not for people who already