D3 Greyshirt Process

I do not think it is terribly common. I guess it could be in conferences that are limit roster size. My son's team has a player that was cut last fall. This fall he has come back and tried out again and made the team. He was a non recruited player though. It was his decision to stay enrolled and try out again.

I know in my area, with the costs of D3's that may be a bit cost prohibitive. Going to a D3 for 5 years can get expensive. Most schools my son looked at only granted scholarships for 4 years. If you went a fifth year you paid the whole amount. Some players get around that by enrolling a fifth year to get a teaching certificate. The cost of a year for a teaching cert is much less expensive.

I guess if you plan to go on to Grad school and you think you can play at a D1 with the last year of your eligibility, I believe when JH was hurt and had to sit out a year, he used his last year of eligibility to play baseball his first year of Grad school.

BLD pretty much summed it up. 

Just curious, why in the world would you want to Grey Shirt at a DIII? I have heard of kids getting injured and sticking around for an extra year but never a Grey Shirt, seems very strange for a DIII.