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RB DeaMonte “Chip” Trayanum (transfer to Kentucky)

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Dryden said:
See here: https://www.ncsasports.org/coronavirus-sports/ncaa-eligibility-coronavirus

SAs get an extra year of eligibility, not an extra year of PT. Simply stated, students get 6 years to play 4 instead of 5 years to play 4. His 2020 season would count as a RS year and he exhausted 1 year of eligibility this season, so he has 4 years remaining to play 3.
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that makes more sense. Otherwise many redshirt freshmen would be freshmen again next year in their final year before NFL eligiblity

Had asu flipped how they used him, and the year of only 4 games was in 2021, then he would have 4 years of PT left.
 
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Dryden said:
See here: https://www.ncsasports.org/coronavirus-sports/ncaa-eligibility-coronavirus

SAs get an extra year of eligibility, not an extra year of PT. Simply stated, students get 6 years to play 4 instead of 5 years to play 4. His 2020 season would count as a RS year and he exhausted 1 year of eligibility this season, so he has 4 years remaining to play 3.
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Ok, now I am confused by this then:
For example, a D1 freshman athlete, whether they compete in the 2020-21 competition season or not, is eligible for an extra year of competition. Starting their sophomore year, this athlete competes in 100% of the season through senior year. After their senior season, this athlete’s eligibility count is 3 years and they decide to enroll as a fifth-year senior to compete in their fourth collegiate season. Upon the completion of their fourth competition season, this athlete has the option to compete for one final season, a fifth year, because the NCAA D1 had granted all 2020-21 athletes an extra year of eligibility.

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Jaxbuck said:
Ok, now I am confused by this then:
For example, a D1 freshman athlete, whether they compete in the 2020-21 competition season or not, is eligible for an extra year of competition. Starting their sophomore year, this athlete competes in 100% of the season through senior year. After their senior season, this athlete’s eligibility count is 3 years and they decide to enroll as a fifth-year senior to compete in their fourth collegiate season. Upon the completion of their fourth competition season, this athlete has the option to compete for one final season, a fifth year, because the NCAA D1 had granted all 2020-21 athletes an extra year of eligibility.

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What does an extra year of eligibility mean?
Traditionally, a student-athlete has 5 years to play 4 years of their sport. An extra year means a current college student-athlete would have 6 years to play their 4 years. This means, NCAA student-athletes can compete in all or a portion of the 2020-21 season, but it won’t be counted against their years of eligibility depending on their division level specific eligibility rules.

2020 didn't count. 2021 did.
 
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jwinslow said:
What does an extra year of eligibility mean?
Traditionally, a student-athlete has 5 years to play 4 years of their sport. An extra year means a current college student-athlete would have 6 years to play their 4 years. This means, NCAA student-athletes can compete in all or a portion of the 2020-21 season, but it won’t be counted against their years of eligibility depending on their division level specific eligibility rules.

2020 didn't count. 2021 did.
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Let's just roll with it and hope he's good enough that it matters.
 
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I admittedly was initially put off when I saw the first headline (here we go, using another makeshift LB, etc), however, it seems I was flat wrong. While maybe a little short (but certainly taller than Rolle) for a LB, he was better on defense in HS and it seems like he had a pretty good shot at starting at RB for ASU this year. To walk away from that to come home to play LB with plenty of tread/time left to develop seems like a great pick-up and critically intelligent use of the transfer portal. We'd planned to take 3 LBs in the 22 class and lost one; this seems like a better than solid replacement.
 
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ShowMeBuck said:
Obviously his play on the field is what he will be judged by, however I posit that guys like this also contribute heavily to locker room culture in most cases. He clearly WANTS to be here. He is an Ohio guy coming home and that does mean something.
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I also like that he doesn't seem to have just picked ASU over tOSU. He wanted to play RB coming out and, apparently, they were willing to commit to that and we weren't. Hard to fault him under those circumstances.
 
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jwinslow said:
What does an extra year of eligibility mean?
Traditionally, a student-athlete has 5 years to play 4 years of their sport. An extra year means a current college student-athlete would have 6 years to play their 4 years. This means, NCAA student-athletes can compete in all or a portion of the 2020-21 season, but it won’t be counted against their years of eligibility depending on their division level specific eligibility rules.

2020 didn't count. 2021 did.
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Unless they go on a Mormon mission. Between that and CoVid, I’m expecting a few 26 year-olds to be playing for BYU in 2024 thru 2026.
 
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Trayanum says he “had a lot of phone calls” with Ohio State’s coaches, primarily linebackers coach Al Washington and new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, about how he will be utilized in Ohio State’s defensive scheme. And he believes Ohio State, a school he visited frequently as a high school recruit, will set him up for success not only as a football player but also in life.

“Just taking a step back and seeing the big picture and just looking at opportunities, not even what just Coach Day can do for me on the field but off the field as well with the connections in Ohio and just helping me set myself up to have the most successful future,” said Trayanum, who plans to major in economics at Ohio State. “Football is just the platform as of right now, but I plan on going very, very far after this with my life, and planning on making positive impact for change with whatever I decide to end up doing after football.”



Chambers was available to reporters out at the Rose Bowl and was asked about Trayanum and making the move to defense.

“I mean, it’s hard, but I bet he’s going to be able to push through it pretty easily,” Chambers said. “I mean, it’s hard at first, but once you make that jump from offense to defense and you don’t really look back, if you’re all in, I think it’ll be fun.

“It’s a tough transition, but I feel like he’s going to be able to do it pretty easily. I mean, he’s an Ohio guy. I’m pretty sure he’s mentally tough. So I think he’ll be fine.”

A move like this cannot be done without necessary amounts of both confidence and patience. The two can sometimes fly in the face of each other. It won’t be a smashing success each and every day, which can cause a lack of confidence. That’s where patience needs to take over.
 
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