Hedley Lamarr
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They were all wrong....he cant use this year as a transfer year. He will miss two years.
Tyjon Lindsey No Longer a Husker
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theknife
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Well it works for someone in a graduate transfer position like the Clemson QB. If you're a junior or senior and are going to graduate, you can play 4 games and then decide to transfer without losing a year.
BigRedBuster
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That is....if you haven't redshirted.
From my understanding, if you are a 4th year player and play in 4 games and graduate, you can then be a grad transfer and have two years left instead of one.
If you have redshirted, this rule doesn't change anything.
Are my thoughts on that correct?
ColoradoHusk
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You are mostly correct, but wrong on one small part. If you are a 4th year player who hasn't redshirted (like Kelly Bryant), you can play in 4 games this year, graduate, and then be a graduate transfer. Bryant still only has 1 year of eligibility left, as he is on his 5th year of the NCAA clock.
If you have already redshirted, you don''t get to redshirt again.
BigRedBuster
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StPaulHusker
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This is right.
Here is the other side of it. Taj Griffin Senior RB from Oregon. He has not graduated and likely won't before the spring. He has also not used his redshirt. But because of the 5 year clock, he can't transfer to another D1 school because this is now his redshirt year and he would have to sit out next year as well at a D1 school, using his 5th year.
All he can do is transfer to a D2 or D3 school and play one year there.
BigRedBuster
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Why wouldn't this be at least 5 pages and a major topic of discussion? Our team is 0-4 and under a major rebuilding. A top rated player coming in just left the team in the middle of the season basically adding to the total lack of positive influence the 2017 recruiting class has had on the program.
I'm failing to see what the problem is with the discussion.
ColoradoHusk
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But, you say "have 2 years left instead of one". I guess that is the case if the player is able to graduate in a short time table (like Joe Burrow did), but in most instances a player who is a grad transfer typically only has 1 year of eligibility. Maybe we are disagreeing on the semantics of your post.
BigRedBuster
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It took me doing this to figure it out. I'm a pictures kind of guy.
year one = plays
year two = plays
year three = plays
year four = plays 4 games and graduates ends up being his redshirt
year five = grad transfer and new school plays
year six = He's already played 4 years so he is not eligible anymore. Plus, the 5 years to play 4 rule comes into affect.
Huskers93-97
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Yes- I think the interest is more in the fact he was so highly rated and a bust. Thats why I am interested in the topic- not because it is a big loss to the team. He has done nothing to date and shown no flashes of ever being good.
StPaulHusker
Banned
If they transfer to a D1 school, year 5 in this scenario is a sit out year unless they have graduated by December in year 4
ColoradoHusk
Donor
That's the key part. The player has to graduate in 3 1/2 years of schooling (unless they enroll the Spring semester of the senior year of high school). I know a lot of kids do it, but it does require a lot of work in the classroom.
BigRedBuster
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So, for the vast majority of players, once you play your third year, this rule doesn't change anything for you.
StPaulHusker
Banned
If you play a full 3rd year without redshirting, your only option is D2 or D3 to avoid sitting a year
ColoradoHusk
Donor
I think a lot of players (and a number of fans) are misunderstanding the 4-game redshirt rule and how it applies to transfers. The players really don't gain an advantage by deciding to transfer after 4- games, unless they qualify for the graduate transfer route.