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How Many Times Can You Redshirt?
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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...

Grayshirt vs Redshirt: Pros and Cons
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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
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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...

Redshirt or COVID: How to Use Your Extra Year of Eligibility
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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...

Redshirting | Everything You Need to Know & Athletes’ Personal Experiences
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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...

Redshirt | An Athletes Experience with being a Two-year Red Shirt, Transfer, and a Medical DQ
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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...

FSU Football Player, Chaz Neal, talks Redshirting, Grades, and Social Media
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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
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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...

What Your Coach Hasn’t Told You About Redshirting
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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...

Recruiting Horror Stories™ by 2aDays | The Pressure to Voluntarily Redshirt
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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...

How Will the New NCAA Redshirting Rules Impact College Football Players?
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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...

Redshirting| NCAA Rules and Regulations
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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.

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Who Is Mykolas Alekna?
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Who Is Mykolas Alekna?

By Bella Nevin|April 19, 2024

Mykolas Alekna is a discus thrower on the men's track and field team at the University of California, Berkeley. Alekna is a junior from Vilnius, Lithuania, and has secured himself...

Transfer Policy Update: NCAA Multi-Transfers Now Allowed Immediate Eligibility
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Transfer Policy Update: NCAA Multi-Transfers Now Allowed Immediate Eligibility

By Bella Nevin|April 18, 2024

NCAA policy just made it even easier for athletes to transfer schools as many times as they want.  On Wednesday, the NCAA Division I Council Board unanimously voted in favor...

Who Is Samantha Pirosko?
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Who Is Samantha Pirosko?

By Bella Nevin|March 22, 2024

Samantha Pirosko is a redshirt senior on the women's basketball team at Gannon University. The 5 foot 10 forward leads her team in total minutes (1225), total points (726), points...

DIY College Baseball Recruiting Guide
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DIY College Baseball Recruiting Guide

By Will Rizzo|March 18, 2024

Baseball recruiting involves unique processes and checkpoints that separate it from other sports. Key milestones in baseball include verbal commitments, unofficial visits, camps, signing days, and much more. Among these,...

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