Eligibility Question

floridafan5,000+ posts

My son injured himself at the end of his senior year in HS and never made a roster for any team. He has been rehabbing and rebuilding strength for the past year and nine months and will be 21 in September.

He threw a pen with an instructor for the first time since his injury, and the first pen ever for this instructor. It went very well and my guy threw well keeping his velo around 85+ estimated by the instructor, who played MLB.

Anyway, 85 is a good number for my son who traditionally had a sick curveball which he did not throw yesterday.

So the question is, if he can find a college to play for, how many years can he play? He has been at a community college for 2 years and will have his AA by June.

Thanks, I know I can get the proper answer here!

4/15/128:11 AM

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Rick at Informed Athlete5,000+ posts

floridafan,

Based on what you've indicated, he could have 3 years of eligibility available. It will depend upon when he began his college enrollment as a full-time student, and how many terms he has been enrolled full-time

NCAA Div. I has a "five-year clock" during which athletes can use their four years of eligibility. The clock starts when they enroll at any college - 2-year or 4-year - as a full-time student, and continues even if they take a semester off, or only enroll part-time.

NCAA Div. II and III, and NAIA have a 10-semester/15-quarter rule. It applies the same as above, except that they only count the terms of full-time enrollment and can exclude terms when they were not enrolled, or were only enrolled part-time, unlike Div. I.

Good luck to your son!

4/15/128:30 AM

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floridafan5,000+ posts

Thank you Rick!

4/15/1210:02 PM

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