Georgia athletics is taking Missouri football defensive end Damon Wilson II to court in a novel, nearly first-of-its-kind case over an NIL contract dispute.

The news was first reported by ESPN’s Dan Wilson on Friday, Dec. 5. The Tribune confirmed the news through a university source and court documents filed in Georgia by the Bulldogs.

UGA is attempting to take Wilson into arbitration and is seeking $390,000 in liquidated damages from the star edge rusher, who transferred to the Tigers in January 2025, over what the university views as an unfulfilled contract in Athens. The lawsuit is not against the University of Missouri, only Wilson.

According to the ESPN report, Georgia is arguing that Wilson signed a contract — a common practice in the NIL era — with what was then UGA’s ma

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