{"id":774765,"date":"2026-02-25T06:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/774765\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T06:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:05:29","slug":"ou-linebacker-owen-heinecke-denied-extra-year-of-eligibility-by-ncaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/774765\/","title":{"rendered":"OU linebacker Owen Heinecke denied extra year of eligibility by NCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OU linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/owen-heinecke-161445\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Owen Heinecke<\/a> has been denied an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA, his family has informed SoonerScoop. <\/p>\n<p>Heinecke\u2019s initial petition was denied on Jan. 30. He then appealed the decision, hoping the NCAA would look further into his case for another year. But his appeal was also denied by the NCAA. It\u2019s unclear if Heinecke will take legal action against the NCAA, with some athletes having success when going that route. He intends to participate in the NFL combine this week in Indianapolis. <\/p>\n<p>Heinecke\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/oklahoma-sooners\/news\/owen-heinecke-waiting-on-ncaa-decision-gives-his-pitch-for-another-year-of-eligibility\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spoke with SoonerScoop<\/a>\u00a0in January, explaining his situation and why he believes another year. He said that if his appeal was denied, he does not know if he will take legal action. Right now, he is focused on his NFL future. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019m taking it kind of one step at a time,\u201d Heinecke said in January. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of a problem for later. I\u2019m hoping that it doesn\u2019t even get to that point. But it\u2019s something that I would have to consider. There\u2019s always costs and all that, so it\u2019s something that I have to think about with my family and with just the timing of it all. It\u2019s difficult because I don\u2019t, it\u2019s hard for me to bank on. A lawsuit, knowing that the previous two obviously came back as a no, and then I\u2019m kind of forfeiting my shot at the draft waiting on a lawsuit. So that\u2019s a tough one. I would definitely consider it. But I\u2019m just taking it one step at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA is currently counting 15 minutes of playing time in lacrosse against Heinecke. He played lacrosse for Ohio State in 2021 before transferring to OU to play football in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>For information on Heinecke\u2019s case for another year,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/oklahoma-sooners\/news\/owen-heinecke-waiting-on-ncaa-decision-gives-his-pitch-for-another-year-of-eligibility\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">read SoonerScoop\u2019s full story on the situation.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OU linebacker Owen Heinecke has been denied an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA, his family has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,1787,102860],"class_list":["post-774765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-owen-heinecke"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116129769843356045","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}