There's More Than One Type of Redshirt?
Redshirts, Grayshirts, Greenshirts, and Blueshirts
By Isaac Haney|January 12, 2022
Redshirting is something that most athletes don't envision themselves doing when they sign to a college. But, the truth is that it can be one of the best things a...
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The Redshirt Mentality
By Dylan Tehada|January 3, 2022
It's hard to wait for your turn to get playing time. But, it is inevitable. There are many situations in sports that test your patience, whether it be getting benched,...
To Redshirt or Not to Redshirt
Pros and Cons of Redshirting
By Christie Ackendorf|December 31, 2021
As a college athlete, you have 10 semesters to graduate and 4 seasons to play. You immediately use a year or season of eligibility when you compete in an organized...
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How Many Times Can You Redshirt?
By Paramveer Chohan|December 3, 2021
Most people say that athletes only have one “redshirt” season. And for most athletes, this is true. However, there are other “shirts” when it comes to preserving eligibility. Athletes can...
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Grayshirt vs Redshirt: Pros and Cons
By Isaac Haney|November 24, 2021
We've all heard of a redshirt, but do you know what a grayshirt is? Redshirting in college means that you're sitting out of competition, oftentimes in order to develop. This...
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2 Ways to Qualify for a Redshirt Year
By Noah Fisher|November 22, 2021
There are a lot of unfamiliar terms when entering the college recruiting process. One of the most common is “redshirt.” Originating from the color of shirt worn by said players...
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Redshirt or COVID: How to Use Your Extra Year of Eligibility
By Andrea Leitner|November 12, 2021
COVID has created a new reality for many athletes who thought their athletic career was going to be cut short. This comes in the form of the “COVID Year:” an...
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Redshirting | Everything You Need to Know & Athletes’ Personal Experiences
By Thomas Walker|August 5, 2021
Redshirting can have different meanings and utility depending on your situation. As a collegiate coach, you can use redshirting to help with roster construction, depth, development of fundamentals, or to...
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Redshirt | An Athletes Experience with being a Two-year Red Shirt, Transfer, and a Medical DQ
By 2aDays Staff|August 2, 2021
Lindsay Sammis started her collegiate soccer career at Kansas University and then transferred to the University of Rhode Island after her freshman year. Not only was Lindsay a transfer, but...
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FSU Football Player, Chaz Neal, talks Redshirting, Grades, and Social Media
By 2aDays Staff|October 26, 2020
Chaz Neal is an offensive lineman for Florida State University; he stands 6'7 and is 317 pounds. In 2018 he worked with Florida State University's scout team while redshirting. In...
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U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist and Division I Ice Hockey Captain Kelly Pannek Talks Redshirting and Coaches
By Monique Felix|May 6, 2019
Kelly Pannek, a Minnesota native and team captain at the University of Minnesota, has gone far beyond most NCAA women's hockey players in her accomplishments since entering the university. Among...
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What Your Coach Hasn’t Told You About Redshirting
By Nicole Fondots|April 15, 2019
NCAA Redshirt: What Recruits and Student-Athletes Need to Know After who knows how many college visits and coach emails, you finally did it, you have been recruited. As you prepare...
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Recruiting Horror Stories™ by 2aDays | The Pressure to Voluntarily Redshirt
By Morgan Hollenback|February 20, 2019
Ten semesters of school, but four years of athletic eligibility. What does that add up to? The trend of voluntarily redshirting on competitive college teams. It is most heard of...
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How Will the New NCAA Redshirting Rules Impact College Football Players?
By Samantha Nemirov|November 26, 2018
The NCAA is always changing, for better or for worse or whether we like it or not. In the case of the two rule changes that were made by the...
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Redshirting| NCAA Rules and Regulations
By Keirsten Sires|December 18, 2017
New redshirt rule in place for coaches state that football players will now be allowed to play in up to four games and still qualify for a redshirt season, maintaining four years of eligibility. In the past, playing just one game could cost a player an entire season of eligibility Athletes are allowed four years of eligibility to compete, and if you redshirt one year, you could ultimately get five years of education and experience.