DALLAS — A judge in Texas ruled in favor of Indiana University safety Louis Moore on Wednesday in an eligibility case against the NCAA, allowing the 24-year-old starter for the Big Ten’s Hoosiers to continue to play the rest of this season.
Dale Tillery had allowed Moore to play each of Indiana’s first four games as the legal battle continued in Dallas County, near Moore’s hometown of Mesquite. Moore filed suit in August, challenging the college athletics governing body’s five-year rule.
Tillery determined the NCAA rule violated Texas Antitrust Act.
Moore spent his first three college seasons at Navarro Junior College in Texas. He spent 2022 and 2023 at Indiana before transferring to Southeastern Conference member Ole Miss in 2024. This season, he returned to Indiana (4-0, 1-0) and leads the 11th-ranked Hoosiers with 23 tackles and two interceptions.
According to ESPN, Moore’s lawsuit noted he entered the NCAA transfer portal in December after multiple teams told him a recent court ruling that allowed Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia — who played two seasons of junior college football, then two at New Mexico State before joining the Commodores in 2024 — to return for another season in 2025 would allow the safety to do the same.