Another JUCO question

He'll have 2 years of eligibility at the JUCO, however his clock has started if he is a D-I prospect, so he'll have 1 year of 4-yr eligibility left...however, if he goes NAIA or D-III I believe he'll have both 2 years of JUCO and 2 years of NAIA.

A player gets two seasons of competition at JCs, pretty much regardless of his academic year in school.

D1 uses the concept of a 5 year calendar clock, which starts upon first full time enrollment at any college. The clock does not stop, and a player's eligibility is finished at the end of 5 years (or when he has consumed 4 seasons of competition). Transferring to a D1 for a graduate program has somewhat complicated rules, but waivers are not uncommon.

D2, D3, and NAIA all use the concept of 10 full time semesters or 15 quarters, and a player who doesn't attend full time during some terms uses no eligibility. There have been athletes in their 50s playing D2 sports. So for D2/D3, he would have 2 seasons remaining, provided he stays under 10 full time semesters. It is possible to take just under full time hours during the fall, and make it up in the spring or summer, and so stay under 10 full time semesters even past 5 years of college.

NAIA has an additional wrinkle: Once a player has completed the requirements to graduate from college, he is no longer eligible unless he remains at the school where he met the requirements for graduation. So I doubt that a graduate program at NAIA school would work.

Thank you 3FingerdGlove! I knew you would come to my rescue! Straw10 Thank you also for your input!