What does it mean to be redshirteded?

Question

ok so if your afreshman does that mean you will be garrunted a starting spot

Answer 1

In the NCAA you have four years of eligibilty, by being a 'redshirt' freshman, it allows you to grow into the program and gives you an additional year of eligibility

a player granted extra eligibility by the NCAA because they didn't praticipate in any games for his team one or more of the regular 4 years of college



A redshirt freshman is a player who sits out their first year of attendance at a college. In NCAA rules you can only play four years. So if a team has a position already filled a player will redshirt for a year in order to maintain the full four years of elligibility for when the position opens up. When a player redshirts they are able to practice with the team and even play a minimal number of plays during the season.

Answer 2

you cant play in games and idk about practice or scrimages

Answer 3

LMAO. Not at the asker, but at every one that said "No Contact" They are thinking of the QB wearing a red jersy so he wont get hit/hurt. Red shirting a player is just like mike c or mark c said. What dumb ***'s. You could also apply for a medical redshirt which means you got a season ending injury and my have played a LITTLE, but still get your 4 years.LMAO "No Contact" they still hit and get hit

Answer 4

When You are redshirted u r on the football team but u can hav no contact for the first year of college. then the next 4 years u can on the football field.

Answer 5

Red-shirted means you can not compete in any of the games, and you will be given another year of eligibility. That means, you can work out, practice, and even dress out for the games. But once you enter the game you lose red-shirt status, hence the term red-shirt freshman. There are also  medical red-shirt and other red-shirts granted by the NCAA for injuries and other extenuating circumstances. These can be granted on any year of eligibility and would give the recipient another year of eligibility.

Answer 6

It has nothing to do with starting or not.

College students have academic eligibility, and they have athletic eligibility.  If someone wants to maintain their academic eligibility, they must make a minimum grade point average, and take a minimum number of hours, typically 12.  If someone wants to maintain athletic eligibility they must maintain the academic requirements, plus "make the team" to the level of satisfaction of the coaching staff.  If they want to "bank" athletic eligibility, an athlete can "redshirt".  So, a person could be an academic sophomore, but an athletic "freshman" - what is commonly called a "redshirt freshman".  To redshirt, you can't play in (this means "appear in" - not "start", and not "play the whole game")  more than a couple games in a given season.  

Redshirting is used when someone has an early season or preseason injury, so as not to lose a year of eligibility while healing/rehabbing.  And it is also used to maximize the use of personnel resources.  For example, if you're knee deep in QBs, and your #3 or #4 guy is good enough to challenge for the starting job in the future, but not this year, he will typically redshirt to preserve eligibility when his chances of starting are better (in the future), whether at his present school, or, as so often happens, at another school if things don't work out at the initial squad.  

Answer 7

For example Lets say your a coach and you got 3 senior RB ..then you can redshirt one of them and he can come back and play next year....do you get it??

Answer 8

No contact