Medical Redshirt Question

MTH,
That bites, this is why I don't like players taking a year off for any other reason than medical.

Redshirt is only a designation as to status as to how many eligible years the player has used or is allowed. There is no such thing as a medical redshirt, rather a waiver, which will have to be petitioned for to the NCAA. I don't see a problem with not being granted, but there may be an issue later on with the coach having a player on his team for longer than anticipated. 3FG will most likely be better in his response than I have been.

This happened to sons friend, missed two college playing seasons and it really put him behind.

JMO.

Once you enroll you have 5 years to get your 4 years of eligibility in. If one year has used as a regular redshirt, then if you miss another year due to injury then that is a lost year. Only very rarely does the NCAA grant a 6th year. They have done that in football, but it is usually for people who miss at least two years due to injury.

Expanding on Mark B's cooment......

A D1 player elibility expires 5 calendar years after enrolling full time in any college.

He also is limited to a maximum of 4 seasons of competition.

Waivers:
1) If the player has competed-- thus using a season of comptition-- but suffers some hardship fairly early in the season which ends his season, he may be granted a hardship waiver which will permit him a 5th season of competition. Hardship could include injury, physical illness, mental illness, family financial catastrophe, etc. Typically, injuries which happen before the season begins don't require a waiver, because the player hasn't competed, and so doesn't use a season of competition. It doesn't matter whether the injury or hardship is related to or caused by baseball.

2) If the player has two seasons interrupted by hardship, he may be granted a waiver permitting a 6th calendar year.

So in this case:
Year 1 no competition [4 years left, 4 seasons left]
Year 2 competes [3 years left, 3 seasons left]
Year 3 no competition [2 years left, 3 seasons left]
Year 4 assume competition [1 years left, 2 seasons left]
Year 5 assume 2nd hardship [0 years left, 2 seasons left], but if waiver is granted,[1 years left, 2 seasons left]


The result of the player redshirting during his freshman (or other) year is that he runs out of calendar time before he runs out of seasons of competion, if he also has a season-ending injury.