Fifth-year Red Storm forward Keyshawn Hall is moving his eligibility case from his home state of Ohio to New York, where he hopes to get a ruling sooner rather than later, with preseason play set to tip off in two weeks.
Hall submitted a summons and complaint against the NCAA in the Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday as the Auburn transfer seeks injunctive relief for a fifth year of eligibility. This filing comes weeks after an emergency motion to lift a stay on Hall’s case in Ohio was denied, keeping
the Cleveland native ineligible for now.
The documents state that the NCAA is not applying the new five-in-five eligibility model as written for athletes such as Hall, who was 19 years old or younger when he enrolled, and his five-year window runs through the 2026-27 season. Hall’s representation also argues that the Cleveland native had to compete against athletes granted one or more additional seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic eligibility waivers without receiving the benefit of a fifth year himself.
“Applying the revised model to the 2026-27 season is therefore prospective, not retroactive,” the filing read, “On the face of the rule, every student-athlete within five years of initial full-time enrollment, and who was 19 or younger when he enrolled, is eligible for 2026-27. [The] plaintiff is both.”
After finishing his senior year at Auburn, in which he averaged a team-high 19.3 points and 7.1 rebounds, Hall competed in the NBA Summer League and agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with the Miami Heat; however, he never officially put pen to paper on that deal.
Hall is one of four Red Storm newcomers still seeking clearance to play in the 2026-27 season, as Quinn Ellis, Babacar Sane, and Reed Bailey await their own rulings. Time is running out to attain eligibility before St. John’s opens their preseason against Drexel on Wednesday, October 14.
