Redshirt question

[sbcmortgageman]

I know we got some guys who obviously aren't getting redshirted. Question is how much can one play before coaches decide to redshirt them? A half? None? And also, sine Malone wasn't redshirted, can he get a med redshirt?

[trob115]

Once you play a single snap, you lose any chance of redshirting unless you are injured. Malone would be eligible for a medical if he doesn't return this year.

[Coach34]

Malone has already redshirted- he would have to go for a 6th season if undrafted

[msstate7]

Once you play a single snap, you lose any chance of redshirting unless you are injured. Malone would be eligible for a medical if he doesn't return this year.

Didn't freshmen used to get to play up to game 3 before having to choose to redshirt? I could've sworn that was the case. Have I lost my mind?

[Bo Darville]

If you play one play you cannot redshirt. You can apply for a medical redshirt if you have played and then get hurt, but haven't redshirted (example Cedric Jiles last year). If you get hurt but have already redshirted (Malone and Jay Hughes), you cannot get a medical redshirt. You must wait until you have exhausted your eligibility, then you can apply to be granted a 6th year. Hughes and Malone would easily get it.

[sbcmortgageman]

If you play one play you cannot redshirt. You can apply for a medical redshirt if you have played and then get hurt, but haven't redshirted (example Cedric Jiles last year). If you get hurt but have already redshirted (Malone and Jay Hughes), you cannot get a medical redshirt. You must wait until you have exhausted your eligibility, then you can apply to be granted a 6th year. Hughes and Malone would easily get it.

Do you say easily because the got hurt in games one and two, respectively? What s the cutoff in a season you can't get one?

[Bo Darville]

Do you say easily because the got hurt in games one and two, respectively? What s the cutoff in a season you can't get one?

I don't know if there is a cutoff. When applying for a 6th year, I think they look at it on a case by case basis. I think they look at how much you played. Hughes played less than 1 quarter. Malone played 2 or 3 quarters. Based on past decisions, they would easily get a 6th year. They will have to prove that the injury ended the season. An Achilles tear and broken foot will work. You can't fake an injury to get a 6th year. The university will have to provide the medical records with the application.

[sbcmortgageman]

I don't know if there is a cutoff. When applying for a 6th year, I think they look at it on a case by case basis. I think they look at how much you played. Hughes played less than 1 quarter. Malone played 2 or 3 quarters. Based on past decisions, they would easily get a 6th year. They will have to prove that the injury ended the season. An Achilles tear and broken foot will work. You can't fake an injury to get a 6th year. The university will have to provide the medical records with the application.

I hope you're right.

[dawgoneyall]

Though often called a "medical redshirt" by sportswriters and sportscasters, the actual term is a "medical hardship waiver". The concept goes like this: Every student-athlete who meets the minimum academic standards coming out of high school gets four season of NCAA Division I Competition eligibility in each sport.

If a student-athlete is injured during a season and cannot return to competition, he or she may qualify for another opportunity to utilize that season of competitive eligibility.

To receive a medical hardship waiver - in any sport - the injury must limit the student-athlete?s participation to no more than 20 percent of the team?s contests (rounded to the next whole number), with all participation occurring in the first half of the season.

Therefore, for a football player, the maximum number of games that he can play in and still receive a medical hardship waiver is three (20 percent of 11 equals 2.2, which is rounded up to 3), and none of his time on the field can occur after the fifth game (the sixth game of an eleven game season is considered in the second half of the season).

In the case of a 12 game regular season none of the player's time on the field can occur after the sixth game. The seventh game of a 12 game season is considered in the second half of the season.

[sbcmortgageman]

Though often called a "medical redshirt" by sportswriters and sportscasters, the actual term is a "medical hardship waiver". The concept goes like this: Every student-athlete who meets the minimum academic standards coming out of high school gets four season of NCAA Division I Competition eligibility in each sport.
If a student-athlete is injured during a season and cannot return to competition, he or she may qualify for another opportunity to utilize that season of competitive eligibility.

To receive a medical hardship waiver - in any sport - the injury must limit the student-athlete?s participation to no more than 20 percent of the team?s contests (rounded to the next whole number), with all participation occurring in the first half of the season.

Therefore, for a football player, the maximum number of games that he can play in and still receive a medical hardship waiver is three (20 percent of 11 equals 2.2, which is rounded up to 3), and none of his time on the field can occur after the fifth game (the sixth game of an eleven game season is considered in the second half of the season).

In the case of a 12 game regular season none of the player's time on the field can occur after the sixth game. The seventh game of a 12 game season is considered in the second half of the season.

Nice explanation and breakdown, thanks.