St. John's Oziyah Sellers takes next step in hopes of earning extra year of eligibility

College basketball players around the country are still scrambling to find another year of eligibility as the fall semester quickly approaches and former St. John’s guard Oziyah Sellers has officially taken the next step to getting a fifth season.

Sellers, along with 23 other players, have joined a lawsuit in California as plaintiffs in hopes of landing that elusive fifth year as the NCAA digs in and tries to halt all waivers for its 5-for-5 rule until the start of this academic year.

After the initial injunction was granted by a judge in Colorado, several other states have passed similar rulings to allow college athletes to be granted their fifth year immediately.

Oziyah Sellers, after spending his first two seasons at USC before finishing at Stanford and St. John’s, signed a Summer League contract with the New York Knicks after he was not selected in the 2026 NBA Draft but did not ink a professional contract, a major stipulation in the new proposed rules.

NBA level contracts, two-way deals, and Exhibit 10 contracts would negate any potential for an existing college basketball player to return to the sport.

St. John’s was mulling the potential return of captain Dillon Mitchell despite his selection in the NBA Draft, but Mitchell opted to sign a two-way deal with the Celtics earlier in August than attempt a legal battle to return to the Johnnies.

Currently, there is no talk of Oziyah Sellers to return to the Red Storm as he announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal in August. Sellers averaged 10.3 points per game for St. John’s while shooting 42.9-percent from the floor and 35.1-percent from 3-point range.

The Johnnies are still looking to add a player to its roster in the wake of Donnie Freeman’s Achillies rupture in late June but the group of players who are seeking a return to college basketball must be deemed eligible.

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