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Redshirt, in United States college athletics, is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility.Typically, a student's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons, aligning with the four years of academic classes typically required to earn a bachelor's degree at an American college or university.
Here is the NCAA's "redshirt" rule for college football 12.8.3.1.6 Exception: In football, a student-athlete representing a Division I institution may compete in up to four contests in a season ...
In football, for instance, a player can play in up to four regular-season games and still use his redshirt season (the NCAA recently updated this rule to exempt all postseason competition from the ...
Current NCAA eligibility rules permit an athlete to play four full seasons in a five-year span and grants them the ability to play a portion of a fifth season by using a “redshirt.”
The best known usage of the redshirt is for college football and college basketball, which at the highest levels are big-money sports and most players are playing in college to prepare for a professional career. Having a fifth year allows a student-athlete to progress farther, enhancing their prospects for a professional career.
On October 27, 2022, the D-II Presidents Council voted to support a change to redshirt rules that had been proposed by six D-II conferences. Under the proposal, players in their first season of college attendance can play up to three games before losing redshirt status.
NCAA rule changes designed to improve the game in 2022 include additions to targeting fouls, fake injuries and blocking below the waist.
Here's a look at college football's new rules for the 2024 season, including coach-to-player communication, a two-minute timeout and more