Langston Reynolds becomes latest former Gopher to join a eligibility lawsuit against NCAA

Last week, we reported that former Minnesota Golden Gophers forward Cade Tyson was one of 11 former student-athletes suing the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility as part of Wisner et al v. National Collegiate Athletic Association which was filed in the Colorado District Court. Now, another former Golden Gophers, guard Langston Reynolds is also a part of a lawsuit against the NCAA in regards to his eligibility and the recent 5-for-5 eligibility ruling. According to Pete Nakos of On3, Reynolds is part of a lawsuit filed in California by attorneys Darren Heitner and Ryan Downton. A full list of athletes can be found below, notably Braeden Carrington, a Minnesota native and former Golden Gopher himself is also part of the lawsuit. Sophie Glancey, Jeremy Dent-Smith, Benny Gealer, Josiah Davis, Duke Brennan, Jordan Pope, Donovan Dent, Callin Hake, Adlee Blacklock, Cooper Noard, Charles Johnston, Jaiden Feroah, Camron Amboree, Elijah Fisher, Jaden Henley, Parsa Fallah, Skyy Clark, Amina Muhammad, Tayshawn Comer, Prophet Johnson, Jojo Murphy, Jed Miller, Alexis Marmolejos, Carl Daughtery Jr., Kendall Blue, Jevin Muniz, DJ Richards Jr., Dominick Nelson, Saniyah Glenn-Bello, Langston Reynolds, Keziah Ekissi, Guillermo Diaz Graham, Jorge Diaz Graham, Hannah Stines, CJ Hardy, Jevon Porter, Jaxon Kohler, Nick Townsend, Aidan Mahaney, Joshua Ward, Braeden Carrington, KC Ibekwe, Corey Stephenson, Ines Bettencourt and Isaiah Carr. Why are the athletes suing the NCAA? The lawsuit(s) come a month after the NCAA approved a new 5-for-5 ruling, granting active NCAA student-athletes a fifth year of eligibility. From the ruling on, all athletes would at maximum have five years of eligibility to use, forcibly outlawing the ability for athletes to work their way into having sixth or even seventh years of eligibility as seen in extreme cases. However, athletes like Tyson and Reynolds, who exhausted their eligibility before the ruling, were not granted a fifth year. Last week, a Ohio judge Christopher Wagner granted a preliminary injunction for 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players who sued the NCAA for eligibility. Wagner claimed that the NCAA’s new age-based model was unfair to student athletes who would’ve been eligible for a fifth year but were shut out from doing so since they were no longer eligible under the previous NCAA rules. Could Langston Reynolds return to Minnesota? Similar to Cade Tyson, Ryenolds if granted an extra year of eligibility would be unlikely to return to Minnesota. Currently, Minnesota has a full 15-man roster for its 2026-27 season, any roster additions at this point would come at the cost of another player no longer being on the roster. If granted eligibility, Reynolds would likely be able to enter the transfer portal and could become quite the commodity as a potential last-minute roster addition. This past season, Reynolds in 33 games averaged 11.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.5 assists while averaging 33.2 minutes per contest. He shot 53.8% from the floor including 59.1% from within the perimeter. He also averaged 16.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 3.4 assists the season prior for Northern Colorado. Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Like our page on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Talk about it inside Inside Gophers Nation