college football term "redshirt"?

Question

what exactly does the term "redshirt" mean, when your talking about a college football player?

Answer 1

It means that he did not play his freshman year so he has an extra year of eligibility to play when he is older.
A redshirt freshman is actually a sophmore as far as time at the school but he did not play the first year.

Answer 2

A "red shirt" year is a year the player receives little or no playing time in order to gain another year of eligibility. Each player has 4 years to play football. if a player red shirts a year, the person will go to school for 5 years and play football for four of them. Ex: The term "red shirt freshman" is a player who is in their sophomore year but playing their first year as an eligible player. In addition, there are two types of red shirting available to players. The above type is the type you will see most often and is used in instances where a player may be an incoming freshman quarterback behind a powerful sophomore quarterback. Red shirting one year will make the player a "freshman" as far as eligibility is concerned the next year when the starting quarterback becomes a sophomore. This way, when the starting quarterback graduates, the red shirt player gets more playing time. John Brantley, from Florida, used his red shirt year this year behind sophomore quarterback Tim Tebow. Really, he is only a year younger than Tebow, but if Tebow leaves after his senior year, Brantley will be a "junior" eligibility-wise, not a senior. The second red shirt status, a medical red shirt, is used when a player is injured early in the season and has to sit out the rest of the season. In 2005, Andre Caldwell from Florida broke his leg on a kickoff return against Tennessee (the 3rd game of the season) and used his medical red shirt status for the rest of the season, so that he didn't lose a year of eligibility. This red shirt status can't just be used, it has to be granted by the NCAA. Each player can only use one red shirt year, regardless of what kind of red shirt it is. And no, they do not have to wear a red shirt.

Answer 3

means that the player is setting out a season, but practices with the team. whenever you hear of a "redshirt" freshmen it means he is not a "true" freshmen, which means he has been working out with the team for an extra year opposed to a player who has just started on the team. a player can take a redshirt year.

Answer 4

Players who train with the team but do not play in active competition.

Redshirt player do not lose a year in eligibility, either.

Answer 5

If a team has 2 All-Star QB's on their team, and they get a commitment from the #1 QB in the nation, they would red-shirt him.

This means, he preacitces with the team throughout the year, but does not play. What this does is allows them to keep their ungodly prospect, and he will get a chance to play after the other 2 QB's have graduated.

Answer 6

they sat out there freshan year, if they are a redshirt freshman they sat out there first year so they are a sophmore but still have two years of eligbility

Answer 7

It means that during the week of practice they took the biggest and smelliest dump.. Therefore they have to wear a redshirt the entire week so everyone on campus knows to not use the toilet when this guy is around

Answer 8

a player who's on injured reserve in college

Answer 9

It's an athlete who doesn't compete in sports for a year.

They're still on the team, but they don't play in any of the games.

Answer 10

traihng a player. making them sit out the season depending on position and depth chart