Ahmari Huggins-Bruce officially back on Louisville's roster

After a fascinating saga of will-he-wont-he, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce is headed back to the Louisville Cardinals, as he’s officially back on their roster.

Jeff Brohm wasn’t ready or able to confirm or deny as of yesterday, but the wide receiver now appears on Louisville’s roster page. That’s about as official as it gets ahead of their opener this weekend against Austin Peay.

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Huggins-Bruce spent the first three seasons of his collegiate career at Louisville. He appeared in 37 games over that span, including seven starts as a sophomore. In those years, he caught 80 passes for 1,121 yards and 10 touchdowns. That was good to consistently have him amongst the top pass-catchers for the Cardinals.

Still, after last season, Huggins-Bruce entered his name into the transfer portal. He did so as the No. 67 WR and the No. 377 overall player in On3’s 2024 Transfer Portal Top Players.

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After less than a week available, Huggins-Bruce committed to return to his home state at South Carolina. He was a former Top-10 prospect from there as a three-star talent back in 2021.

However, after enrolling and spending the spring and summer with the Gamecocks, On3’s Pete Nakos reported last week that Huggins-Bruce was no longer with the program with him planning to re-enroll with Louisville. With that, he would have to walk on to the team this time.

Nevertheless, now that he’s ended up back on the team, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce will be a welcome addition back to the receiving corp for Louisville.

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Moreover, On3’s Pete Nakos originally reported Ahmari Huggins-Bruce was no longer with the Gamecocks, and he instead was planning to re-enroll at Louisville and weigh his options moving forward.

“Just spoke with South Carolina WR Ahmari Huggins-Bruce on the phone,” Nakos tweeted last week on Thursday. “He has re-enrolled at Louisville and is weighing his options. He’s yet to join the Louisville football program again. Would have to walk-on. UL’s Caullin Lacy is out for 6 weeks.”

Huggins-Bruce left the Cardinals at the end of last season and decided to play for South Carolina. Just before the season opener for both teams on August 31st, though, he is back with Louisville.

During a radio show later on Thursday, Shane Beamer confirmed that Huggins-Bruce was no longer with their program. Beamer did not have any information on what the wide receiver’s future plans were at that time.

“He is no longer a member of the team,” Beamer said. “I’ll have more to say about that. I just have to talk to our own team first. I talked to him literally as I was walking into the radio show tonight.”

On3’s Sam Gillenwater contributed to this article.