Greyshirt update

[miamihrrcns2001]

CB Joshua Mitchell is now Greyshirting.

 

Just a heads up for people who were wondering where we were going to get an extra schollie or two... here's one.

[GSG]

Any specific reason why?

[miamihrrcns2001]

I don't know, rivals just put it up but there's a problem with the link they have.

 

[sarge87]

According to HI, Bo & Carl met with Mitchell today and asked him if he would consider a Grey Shirt. Mitchell agreed to it and will be on campus in Jan. 2011 instead.

 

They also said he's quite young. He turns 17 tomorrow and he is a 4.0 student.

[GSG]

Since I'm not real familiar with all of this type of stuff... what does he do until then?

[mmmtodd]

he cannot leave his house unless he is wearing a grey shirt, and only a grey shirt. at all times he is not wearing a grey shirt, or is in his house, he must be studying old husker game tape or be buried in the playbook.

 

 

right guys? right?

[Chucktown Husker]

he cannot leave his house unless he is wearing a grey shirt, and only a grey shirt. at all times he is not wearing a grey shirt, or is in his house, he must be studying old husker game tape or be buried in the playbook.

 

 

right guys? right?

 

 

[GSG]

he cannot leave his house unless he is wearing a grey shirt, and only a grey shirt. at all times he is not wearing a grey shirt, or is in his house, he must be studying old husker game tape or be buried in the playbook.

 

 

right guys? right?

 

Sign me up then. I look good in grey!

[HuskerT]

Any specific reason why?

It realistically means that he's a borderline recruit and they want to save the scholi just in case some of their bigger targets want to commit. I won't be surprised if they ask Jake Cotton to do the same thing.

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

How is it this kid, who apparently is still 16 or at least was 16, able to be offered a schollie?

[mitch7]

How is it this kid, who apparently is still 16 or at least was 16, able to be offered a schollie?

He is a senior, he is just a young senior.

[mmmtodd]

Redshirt/Greyshirt

 

While both recipients of grey and red shirts attend classes at a school before participating in football games, the difference is in the player-to-be's time of enrollment:

 

Via John Mackovic of The Desert Sun: "Grey shirt is a term used to designate an incoming freshman who waits until the second semester to enroll rather than the fall. College athletes are allowed a five year calendar to play four seasons. The calendar begins once one is enrolled. By waiting until the spring to start college, a player will be playing his last season in the sixth year after high school rather than the fifth. "

 

In contrast, infoplease.com explains that "When a player is given the "red-shirt" designation by his or her coach, that means he or she has participated in a college's academic year, but did not participate during that year's sports season. Most likely a "red-shirt freshman" in college football is a sophomore in college who practiced with the team his first year, but did not play in any games (at the coach's request), or was seriously injured during his first season." By redshirting, a player gains an opportunity to learn schemes and techniques, rehabilitate an injury, learn a new position and/or physically develop without losing a year of eligibility.

 

Source

 

----wasnt Terrelle Pryor a greyshirt? This explanation, to me at least, makes a lot of sense considering Mitchell's age.

[sarge87]

How is it this kid, who apparently is still 16 or at least was 16, able to be offered a schollie?

He is a senior, he is just a young senior.

Depending upon GPA and level of intelligence, a student may be able to skip a grade if his skill set exceeds his age.

[missouri_husker24]

Redshirt/Greyshirt

 

While both recipients of grey and red shirts attend classes at a school before participating in football games, the difference is in the player-to-be's time of enrollment:

 

Via John Mackovic of The Desert Sun: "Grey shirt is a term used to designate an incoming freshman who waits until the second semester to enroll rather than the fall. College athletes are allowed a five year calendar to play four seasons. The calendar begins once one is enrolled. By waiting until the spring to start college, a player will be playing his last season in the sixth year after high school rather than the fifth. "

 

In contrast, infoplease.com explains that "When a player is given the "red-shirt" designation by his or her coach, that means he or she has participated in a college's academic year, but did not participate during that year's sports season. Most likely a "red-shirt freshman" in college football is a sophomore in college who practiced with the team his first year, but did not play in any games (at the coach's request), or was seriously injured during his first season." By redshirting, a player gains an opportunity to learn schemes and techniques, rehabilitate an injury, learn a new position and/or physically develop without losing a year of eligibility.

 

Source

 

----wasnt Terrelle Pryor a greyshirt? This explanation, to me at least, makes a lot of sense considering Mitchell's age.

 

I dont think Pryor grey shirted. He started as a true frosh didnt he?

[WVhuskerXX]

Pryor was not a grayshirt