Former ASU S Myles ‘Ghost’ Rowser goes to Houston with reported transfer exception
A fan favorite for his hard hits, Rowser racked up 182 tackles, 7.5 for loss, one sack and eight passes defensed over his 27 games in two seasons as a Sun Devil.
Arizona State Sun Devils defensive back Myles Rowser (4) reacts after making a big play during the college football game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Arizona State Sun Devils on September 26, 2025 at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
(Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Arizona State safety Myles “Ghost” Rowser is transferring to Houston ahead of a newly granted fifth college season, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz.
This is after Rowser announced that he was entering the portal.
While most players in Rowser’s high school class of 2022 were granted a fifth year by a recent court order — so that the new “5 for 5” NCAA rule allowing student-athletes five years to play five seasons would apply to them — the order did not open the portal for the newly eligible players.
His official entry into the portal cited a temporary restraining order that made an exception and allowed him to enter, Zenitz first reported Sunday.
A fan favorite for his hard hits, Rowser racked up 182 tackles, 7.5 for loss, one sack and eight passes defensed over his 27 games in two seasons as a Sun Devil.
Head coach Kenny Dillingham teased the potential return of a high school class of 2022 player when ASU’s fall camp opened on Aug. 5, but that appears less likely as each day passes and the Sept. 5 season opener inches closer and now rules out Rowser.
Rowser, linebacker Jordan Crook and defensive lineman Jacob Rich Kongaika were the only seniors whose years lined up, and Crook is not eligible because he has already played several games in the Canadian Football League.
It remains to be seen whether Kongaika can or wants to overcome any hurdles standing between a reunion with the team. The defensive line already looks like one of ASU’s deeper position groups.
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It's an abomination that several of these judicial opinions, including the latest that allow college players who actually had played in the NFL to return to college football, are being made by Judges who are alumni of schools impacted is. From a legal standpoint, the Canons of Ethics should have precluded any Judge from ruling on the matter when they have such an obvious conflict of interest. In some cases the Judges who are ruling have or currently are season ticket holders.
The one District Court ruling that did make sense, was the one that awarded a 5th year of eligibility but didn't allow someone to transfer, but only return to their school, unless they had already entered the transfer portal. Sorry Ghost, but you only have the choice to return to Arizona State, if they want you and it may be too late.
Last Friday, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver put all previously granted relief on hold that had been granted by inferior courts, except for keeping in place the possibility of players returning to their last school. Rowser's paddling up a river of poo without a paddle. His case is going nowhere. He'd be better off going back to Dilly and get on some kind of a waiting list if such is possible. Him playing for Houston is now very unlikely to happen. No doubt his attorneys, who he's no doubt paying, are telling him that he can win. That's simply bad information unless they've told him they're never going to send him a bill... which is laughable on it's face.