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DT Sian Cotton (official thread)

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TheStoicPaisano;1274429; said:
How can another year be possible for Cotton? This is already number six.
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The NAIA rules are a little different. With the NAIA elgibilty rules a student may participate in one sport within 10 semister hours (or equivalent) of attendance.

Note: "of attendance".

You have 5 years to play 4 years; however, this clock is only ticking when you are in school. Basically a student can compete in a given sport for 4 years; but the years do not have to be consecutive.

Example: A student plays for one year and then drops out for "X" years; after x years when the student returns to school he/she will still have 3 years of elgibilty left. The years that the student was not in school has no bearing on his/her elgibility when he/she returns to school.

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TheStoicPaisano;1275447; said:
Don't the NCAA rules count towards the NAIA clock, though? He was here for three years (2003-5), YSU in 2007 (he played in the spring game so was enrolled) and Walsh this year, no?
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I didn't read the entire booklet of NAIA rules; however, I would think that actually playing in the NCAA would count.

According to the article:

"Cotton last played three years ago for Ohio State. He was part of one of the top recruiting classes in the nation in 2003 and played five games for the Buckeyes in 2005.
He left Ohio State for Youngstown State the following year, but did not play football so he could concentrate on academics. Cotton won't kid you. He sometimes wonders about what it would be like if things worked out with the Buckeyes."

year 1 (2003): probably red shirt ?
year 2 (2004): never got in a game ?
year 3 (2005): played in five games
year 4 (2008): playing at Walsh

Things to consider:

1. red shirt year
2. possibility of a medical redshirt
3. just playing in a spring game wouldn't use up a year of elgibility.

Since he has 5 years to play 4 he could still have one more year left.
 
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Cotton's career no longer hangs by a thread
Posted by Jodie Valade November 01, 2008

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Photograph courtesy of Walsh University
Sian Cotton, who started his college career at Ohio State, is hoping he can still turn enough scouts' heads at Walsh University in Canton to get a shot at an NFL career.

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Bill Kennedy, Plain Dealer File Photograph
Cotton, far right, became good friends with LeBron James, center, while both played high school basketball at St. Vincent-St. Mary in Akron.

If Sian Cotton's mere presence at Walsh University isn't enough to prove he's serious about football this time, if his path from Ohio State to Youngstown State to the tiny NAIA school just down the road from where he played high school ball at St. Vincent-St. Mary isn't persuasive, consider this the greatest indication Cotton is undeniably committed:

He missed the premiere of his own movie.

While LeBron James, Cotton's own father, Lee, and many others laughed and cried at the first screening of "More Than a Game" at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 6, Cotton was in Canton, preparing to anchor the defensive line for his Cavaliers against West Liberty State.

He considered making the short trip to Canada to squeeze in the flick. But then he saw the movie was scheduled to begin just 30 minutes after the start of his football game that afternoon. And he made a commitment to play for Walsh.

Most of all, he's made a commitment to continue pursuing his dream of playing in the NFL -- even though he's now 23 years old, has kicked around through three universities, and hadn't started a college game until he reached the NAIA level.

"I just love to play football and I'm not ready to give up the dream," Cotton said. "I still want to have a shot."

He thought that shot would come with Ohio State, the school he chose after heavy recruiting from Florida. But after he redshirted his freshman year in 2003 and saw limited time his first two seasons, he grew impatient.

"We tried to tell him he had to wait his turn," said his father, Lee Cotton Sr. "That they're just loaded and that's how it is. I guess he wanted to move on. He wanted to get on the field and he didn't want to wait anymore."

He wasn't committed then either, Cotton admits. Not to football, not to classes. He spent too much time outside the classroom, not enough time working on his game.

"A lot of it was my fault," Cotton said. "Things didn't go the way I wanted them to go."
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