The Xavier Lucas saga has about as many turns and twists in it as a ride at an amusement park. The latest wrinkle is that Miami is now filing a motion to dismiss the Xavier Lucas lawsuit that was put forth by Wisconsin earlier this summer. Pete Nakos of On3.com says that Miami is hoping the dismissal will put the whole mess behind them.
Miami is expected to file a motion to dismiss the Xavier Lucas lawsuit filed by Wisconsin, sources tell @Brett_McMurphy and me for @On3sports. The lawsuit alleged Miami interfered with a binding rev-sharing contract involving the Badgers and DB Xavier Lucas.… pic.twitter.com/Ce5XTcULRG
— Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) August 8, 2025
Mario Cristobal and Xavier Lucas are carrying on in training camp as usual while lawsuits hang over them from Wisconsin
The story starts with Xavier Lucas signing a new agreement to play for Wisconsin for his sophomore season. Then, behind the scenes, he heard that Miami would pay him more to come back to his home state and play for the Hurricanes. Then he tried to transfer. This sort of thing happens a lot, but Wisconsin felt they had a binding agreement with Lucas, and Miami clearly tampered.
Wisconsin decided not to let him transfer and wouldn’t file his transfer paperwork. Lucas and his lawyer Darren Heitner took things into their own hands, and Lucas unenrolled from Miami as a student, walked on at Miami (sort of), and got his new contract after all…