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    Redshirt (college sports) - Wikipedia

    • Redshirt, in United States college athletics, is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility. Typically, a student's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons, aligning with the four years of academic classes typically required to earn a bachelor's degree at an American college or university. Ho… See more

    Etymology and origin

    According to Merriam-Webster and Webster's Dictionary, the term redshirt comes from the red jersey commonly worn … See more

    Terminology

    The term redshirt freshman indicates a student-athlete who is an academic sophomore (provided enough credits were earned during his or her true freshman year) whose participation in athletics as a true freshm… See more

    Rationale

    Student athletes just out of high school may not be ready for the academic and athletic demands at the university level. Redshirting provides the opportunity, with tutoring, to take classes for an academic year and become ac… See more

    Use of status

    While the redshirt status may be conferred by a coach at the beginning of the year, it is not confirmed until the end of the season, and more specifically, it does not rule an athlete ineligible in advance to participate in the season… See more

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    A special case involves the eligibility of an athlete who loses the majority of a season to injury, popularly known as a medical redshirt. A hardship waiver may be granted to those athletes who sustain a major injury while appe… See more

    See also

    • Postgraduate year
    • Reclassification (education), repeating a year in middle school or high school to grow physically and academically See more

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