Remaining Eligibility

I'm gonna say 3 years left because his redshirt cost him the fifth year.  2019 redshirt but started the cycle, 2020 everyone got it back so did not count, 2021 ? but counts as a year.  He should be eligible to play 3 more years.  Why is he not eligible for D1?

He doesn't meet D1 4-2-4 transfer gpa requirements, but does meet D2 requirements.

I think he has four.  Redshirt year doesn't count as one of his 4, and neither does 2020.  Glad to hear he's ready to play again.

A lot of kids, if they played covid right, could come out on the other end with advanced degrees before their college career is over. With Dalton, it's been a long road, but luckily, he's stayed in shape and there are plenty of D2's willing to give a guy with a 94mph fastbll a second or third chance.

No doubt.  My kid was going to be one of them.  Set up to earn a Masters of Finance at grad school associated with his college and keep playing baseball - or rather, resume playing baseball, as he is at one of the handful of D3 colleges in the country that are not playing at all this year. As a family we had all our ducks in a row when he surprised all of us and landed a job that is too good to turn down.  As @smokeminside understands all too well, I whipsaw several times a day between being really PO'd and really grateful.  Anyway, his job is basically a 3-year training program with one possible outcome being a return to school for his MBA.  Since he has two years of eligibility left, who knows...?

The 5 years to play 4 doesn't apply to him now since he's D2. He's got 10 full-time semesters to play 4 seasons. Unfortunately, I don't think DII got a free pass on semesters for the 2019-202 season, so if he's been full-time since he started school, he'll have 2 more seasons of eligibility from the beginning of next school year. That's also assuming that he continues to be a full-time student in fall and spring. I think he could go part-time one of those fall semesters to squeeze out a 3rd season. I'd check with Rick Allen if he's thinking about more that 2 more seasons.

Hey Root, good to see you posting again.

I think PitchingFan has the right answer, but you should ask Rick@InformedAthlete for the real scoop.

The way it seems to me:

  Fall 2018  -  The 5-year clock started, but he didn't play, so didn't use a season of eligibility.

  Fall 2019  -  Played Juco, but didn't use a year off the clock or a season of eligibility due to Covid

  Fall 2020  -  Not playing at all?  Still uses a year off the clock

  Fall 2021  -  Three years left to play 3 more seasons of eligibility

It does look like D2 passed a waiver of two semesters toward the 10 if the student opts out of the 2021 season, but was otherwise eligible. That could come down to technicalities since he was eligible for JUCO this season, but I don't believe he would have been academically eligible at a D1 or D2. I'm not going to worry too much about it. I'm just happy to get him playing again. I'll let the school deal with the remaining eligibility questions. However, it's possibly worth having him discuss NOT taking a full-time semester in the fall.

I also believe he has 3 years of eligibility remaining but I second the idea to ask Rick@informed athlete.