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2015-16 Ohio State Quarterback Discussion

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MililaniBuckeye said:
Not sure about this...we've seen sixth-year medical redshirts before. The 12-games thing may be the killer, though...
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Games dont matter for a medical RS. Ben Mauk played in 20 games at WF the year before his injury.
Devin Gardner also played almost a whole year and got a Medical RS as well i believe
you just have to have a great case for him being injured enough to miss next year (if they went that way)
which would be too difficult at this point
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Not sure about this...we've seen sixth-year medical redshirts before. The 12-games thing may be the killer, though...
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Yeah, but it's generally when a player has redshirted once, then was injured very early on in another season. Even then it's been exceedingly rare. The only way I could see it even remotely possible is if he had a recovery time that wiped out his 2015 season...and it's just an ankle fracture. Recovery time was said to be about 6 months.
 
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NFBuck said:
Yeah, but it's generally when a player has redshirted once, then was injured very early on in another season. Even then it's been exceedingly rare. The only way I could see it even remotely possible is if he had a recovery time that wiped out his 2015 season...and it's just an ankle fracture. Recovery time was said to be about 6 months.
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Like I say we will see, the earliest he can be on the field in an officialpractice will be what 30 days before the first game.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Games played in the year for which you're requesting the redshirt do, IIRC...
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There's only one redshirt. He has used it already. There are two policies that everybody is conflating:
  • There is a medical hardship waiver where an unused redshirt can be applied retroactively toward a season if a player meets certain conditions
  • There is a policy where a player can apply for an additional year of eligibility after they have exhausted their 5 years to play 4 seasons, which is rarely granted.
None of this really matters since he'll be ready to play ball, barring re-injury.
 
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Not sure if this is the best resource, but what they're saying sounds real familiar:

http://www.athleticscholarships.net/2012/07/17/how-get-medical-redshirt.htm

To be eligible for a medical hardship waiver, a student-athlete has to meet the following criteria:
  • The student-athlete must suffer the injury during one of their four seasons of college competition or during the senior year of high school.
  • The injury must be incapacitating. That means it must be a season-ending injury.
  • The injury must occur prior to the start of the second half of the season.
  • The student-athlete must not have competed in more than 30% of the season or three contests, whichever is greater.
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