Question about Red Shirting players

[joejccva71]

Forgive me if this is ignorant but I never understand this "Red Shirting Players" thing. What exactly is this and why would I want to (or not want to) red shirt a player? What benefits do I get from it?

[coolbreez35]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

When you reshirt a player he will not lose a year ..so if you have 3 good qbs ,let's say one is a sr and jr and you have a very good fr coming in reshirt the fr for the year and he will still be a fr next year.... only it will say reshirt fresh..... but if you reshirt him he will not play that year

[joejccva71]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

When you reshirt a player he will not lose a year ..so if you have 3 good qbs ,let's say one is a sr and jr and you have a very good fr coming in reshirt the fr for the year and he will still be a fr next year.... only it will say reshirt fresh..... but if you reshirt him he will not play that year

Ahh so the idea is if you are recruiting a top QB, when he accepts and joins your school the idea is to redshirt him if you already have a decent JR or SR QB playing for you. That way when that SR graduates and you start your recruited player, he will still be a freshman.

And I assume you can only redshirt a player for 1 year, right? Dumb question but had to ask.

[Solidice]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

you basically can 'save' a year of eligibility.

say you recruit a WR that is not quite good enough to start or get any kind of decent playing time his freshman year, you can have him sit out a year by red shirting him. so the following year, he'll still be a freshman in terms of eligibility. He'll still be able to play 4 years, but he would have been at the school for a total of 5. during his red shirt year, he can not play in any games at all(in the game at least), but he will be able to progress in ratings.

you can only redshirt a player once in the game. in real life there are possiblities that could extend that further(injuries), but that is not in the game.

[joejccva71]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

you basically can 'save' a year of eligibility.

say you recruit a WR that is not quite good enough to start or get any kind of decent playing time his freshman year, you can have him sit out a year by red shirting him. so the following year, he'll still be a freshman in terms of eligibility. He'll still be able to play 4 years, but he would have been at the school for a total of 5. during his red shirt year, he can not play in any games at all(in the game at least), but he will be able to progress in ratings.

you can only redshirt a player once in the game. in real life there are possiblities that could extend that further(injuries), but that is not in the game.

Gotcha...another question I have would be. Would there be any reason to redshirt a sophmore, junior or senior? Wouldn't really make sense, but wanted to ask.

[KentuckyJared20]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

I red-shirted a lot of players because injuries rarely happen(ed), and fatigue wasn't a big factor. So there was no reason for a Freshman to waste a year at corner back (for instance) when he's 8th at the depth chart, you could use the same example for every position. One time a 4* punter was interested in my school so even though I already had a Jr. punter (usually I only keep 1 punter and 1 kicker) I signed the punter and red-shirted him, so that he had 4 years of eligibility left to use.

[Solidice]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

Gotcha...another question I have would be. Would there be any reason to redshirt a sophmore, junior or senior? Wouldn't really make sense, but wanted to ask.

you can, it's not as common I don't think.

I've red shirted upperclassmen before, I just played it off as a medical red shirt, even though they weren't injured.

[ttech10]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

I really wish they would add the ability to redshirt for injuries. There's been many times that I've had a starter injured in the first two games for the entire year.

Gotcha...another question I have would be. Would there be any reason to redshirt a sophmore, junior or senior? Wouldn't really make sense, but wanted to ask.

I'll redshirt them sometimes if it looks like I'll end up with 2+ SR's in the same position I'll have to replace. If it's a position that's hard to recruit top players in then it's pretty crucial you pay attention and redshirt smart.

[Dr Death]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

Everything Solidice just said is right on. I personally Red Shirt Freshman QB's almost every time. For several reasons. I like having a QB that starts for 3 or 4 years. As much as I love Mike Leach I could never change a QB every year like he did before Graham Harrell came along.

But say you have a Fr. QB who has AWR of 65 and Throwing Accuracy of 83. Red shirting him will increase his AWR up to around 70 and his accuracy to 85 or 86. So when he does take the field he's even better than when you recruited him. I have had guys start w/ 85 accuracy and by their Junior year they are 94 or higher. Mainly because I throw the heck out of the ball and my QB's always put up huge numbers, so their numbers tend to increase faster.

Typically I only Red Shirt QB's, WR's and CB's, though occasionally I will RS an O-lineman.

[KentuckyJared20]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

Would there be any reason to red-shirt a sophomore, junior or senior? Wouldn't really make sense, but wanted to ask.

And I assume you can only red-shirt a player for 1 year, right? Dumb question but had to ask.

If for whatever reason you switch a RB to FB, then it might make sense to red-shirt a player, and you can red-shirt however many players as you want.

[FOREST007]

Re: Question about Red Shirting players

Gotcha...another question I have would be. Would there be any reason to redshirt a sophmore, junior or senior? Wouldn't really make sense, but wanted to ask.

Juco players

Strategy

Boredom

Since i always start off with a 1* school, its hard to start redshirting players. But eventually I'll get a Freshman that is better than a Junior or Sophomore, and I'll red shirt them for added depth in the next seasons. Sometimes I'll even RS DTs, DBs, and WRs just so they get better and I'll have 2 years with them playing next to a stud Freshman....or Sophomore when they become eligible

Now only if they actually brought back Medical Redshirts...In my Online Dynasty in NCAA 09 and 10, Demarco Murray (OU RB #7) keeps getting injured for 8+ weeks