I understand what you are saying. I am just saying that there a lot of Navy players that went to a Prep School and then were a regular freshman the next year at Navy. That isn't a red shirt but the game doesn't allow such things so the red shirt in the game is the only way to resemble what Navy typically does with freshman. And when they attend prep school, they then attend 4 years at the Navy before graduation and can play all 4 years.