what's a redshirt freshman?

Question

what is the meaning of a true redshirt freshman in ncaa sports

Answer 1

While you only have 4 years of playing eligibility, you have up to 5 years of scholarship...So you can "redshirt" a year meaning you are not using a year of playing eligibility.

So a redshirt freshman means that it is a freshman that is not playing that year...He can practice and have limited involvement with the team.

Answer 2

A redshirt freshman is a freshman on the roster and practicing with a college sports team, but not playing in games.

Answer 3

A player who is held over from playing or advancing in college, for example, A freshman comes to play, the teams doesn't need him, but they want him to gain experiance, to replace someone ahead of him who's a junior or senior. So.... He's a freshman, then instead of becoming a sopohmore next year, he stays a freshman and can play four more years. Keith Brooking was, it helps the player adjust from high school level to college.

Answer 4

A NCAA player is only elligable to play for 4 years during college.

"Redshirting" is where a player sits out his freshman year in order to save a year of NCAA eligability. So they can play their 5th year.

Matt Leinert of USC did that when Carson Palmer was QB for USC.

Answer 5

redshirt (college sports)
"Redshirt is a term used in American college athletics. Typically, a student-athlete has four years of eligibility in a given sport, to coincide with the standard four-year calendar for obtaining a bachelor's degree. For various reasons (see below) some student-athletes opt to not compete with the team for their first year attending a university, but to only attend classes and practices with the team; this process is known as redshirting. The student-athlete will not use one of his or her four years of eligibility in that season. Using this mechanism, a student-athlete has up to five academic years to use the four years of eligibility. However, each student-athlete has at most four years of actual competition with the varsity team.


Reasons to Redshirt
There are multiple reasons a student-athlete may redshirt. A student-athlete may redshirt to gain a year of practice with the team prior to participating in competition. In football, a student-athlete may redshirt to add size prior to participating, as football tends to favor larger players. As the college years coincide with the typical completion of physical maturity, using a year of eligibility in the fifth college year is generally more beneficial to the team and to the student-athlete's potential professional prospects than it is to use the same year of eligibility in the first college year. Commonly, an athlete will redshirt the first year of college, if the athlete is redshirting at all. In addition, an athlete may be asked to redshirt if they would have no opportunity to play as an academic freshman. This is a common occurrence in many sports where there is already an established starter or too much depth at the position in which the freshman in question is planning to play. In football, for example, a freshman quarterback may be asked to redshirt by the coach if there is already a quarterback on the roster who has established himself as the starter.


Other Types of Redshirt
There is also a medical redshirt that may be obtained to replace a season lost to injury. A medical redshirt can be granted by the governing body for a season lost completely or almost completely to injury. A medical redshirt can allow a player to gain additional eligibility beyond the standard five academic calendar years.

The term redshirt freshman indicates an academic sophomore (second-year student) who is in the first season of athletic eligibility. A redshirt freshman is distinguished from a true freshman (first-year student) as one who has practiced with the team for the prior season. The term redshirt sophomore is also commonly used to indicate an academic junior (third-year student) who is in the second season of athletic eligibility.


Origins of the Term
According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, the term "redshirt" is so called from the red jersey commonly worn by such a player in practice scrimmages against the regulars."

Answer 6

redshirt freshman r players that sit out for a yr. to get better

Answer 7

means they were not allowed to play their freshman year but they will still have 4 years of eligibility and if they stay on team their last year they are a 5th year senior

Answer 8

There not allowed to play in any games. They train and practice with the team. That way they will have a year of practice under their belts, but they will still have 4 years to play.

Answer 9

It is when a freshmen comes in and they want to sit him out either to learn the team playbook and be prepared. They also do it so they can save a year of eligibility and they will be able to play a sport until they are a year out of regular college.

Answer 10

a freshman that cant play on the team the first year