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“The NCAA released data Wednesday that showed the graduation rate for a set of Football Bowl Subdivision players who transferred more than once was 27% lower than those who stayed put their entire career, numbers it portrayed as a "warning sign" in the ongoing legal wrangling over eligibility and player movement.

The NCAA provided the data to The Associated Press during a season in which it is being sued around the country by players seeking a fifth year of eligibility, with that fifth year almost always involving a transfer. Courts have ruled against the NCAA's new eligibility rules in multiple cases.

The statistics analyzed the six-year graduation rate - considered on time when redshirts and other factors were weighed in -- for around 36,000 athletes who enrolled in college in the 2018-19 school year. Black athletes across all sports saw the most precipitous decline - from an 82% graduation rate with no transfers, to 74% with one and 62% with more than one.”