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08-26-2024, 09:14 PM
Playing seasons for Miami TE Cam McCormick
Cam McCormick is believed to have set a college football record for years of eligibility. He?s 26 years old and is a ninth-year senior. You read that correctly. The tight end, originally from Oregon, spent his first seven seasons with the Ducks before transferring to Miami.
Get this: McCormick was in the same signing class (2016) as former Michigan defensive lineman Rashan Gary, who begins his sixth season in the NFL this year.
Wondering how he?s still competing in college? It is mostly rooted in receiving extra years of eligibility for injuries and the COVID season, of course. McCormick redshirted as a freshman in 2016; played in all 13 games in 2017; missed most of 2018 after an injury in the season opener; missed all of 2019 and 2020 with injuries; played in two games in 2021 before suffering another season-ending injury; played a full season in 2022 in Eugene; and started 11 games last year at Miami.
This reminds us of something: This is the final year of players using their COVID redshirt season, when the NCAA granted each athlete an extra year of eligibility for the impacted 2020-21 COVID year. Most of those sixth and even seventh-year seniors will be out of eligibility next year.
Cam McCormick is believed to have set a college football record for years of eligibility. He?s 26 years old and is a ninth-year senior. You read that correctly. The tight end, originally from Oregon, spent his first seven seasons with the Ducks before transferring to Miami.
Get this: McCormick was in the same signing class (2016) as former Michigan defensive lineman Rashan Gary, who begins his sixth season in the NFL this year.
Wondering how he?s still competing in college? It is mostly rooted in receiving extra years of eligibility for injuries and the COVID season, of course. McCormick redshirted as a freshman in 2016; played in all 13 games in 2017; missed most of 2018 after an injury in the season opener; missed all of 2019 and 2020 with injuries; played in two games in 2021 before suffering another season-ending injury; played a full season in 2022 in Eugene; and started 11 games last year at Miami.
This reminds us of something: This is the final year of players using their COVID redshirt season, when the NCAA granted each athlete an extra year of eligibility for the impacted 2020-21 COVID year. Most of those sixth and even seventh-year seniors will be out of eligibility next year.