No. Mullen & Simpson can still red-shirt***

Mac Alexander only played for us 2 years.

he redshirted bc of injury and played as a RS FR and RS SOPH and then he was off to the NFL

if he was healthy he would have played as a true freshman and we could have gotten 3 years out of him. Sometimes it doesn't matter. I think John Simpson will play 4 years for us. Wouldn't be surprised if Hyatt played all 4 of his years.

Tre Lamar maybe 3
Skalski probably all 4
Boulware played all 4 years and some people were begging for him to RS
Shaq Smith so far looks like a RS but I wouldn't be surprised if he only gave us 3 years

just bc you get them another year doesn't mean they stay. Some need RS for developmental purposes and some are bc of depth at certain spots. I would have loved to RS Mullen but our depth was questionable as was our experience. He has played and now we know we get 3 years out of him.

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The biggest issue with this is that the type of players

Sep 29, 2016, 11:28 AM

that we really want to be recruiting (and have been recently) don't come into school with the intention of playing 5 years. Ideally these 4 and 5 star guys probably want to play 3 years and then go pro.

First off, i doubt that red shirting elite prospects is a good sales pitch. These guys want to be told that they will have a chance to compete and play immediately. The majority of them are good enough to come in and make positive contributions their freshman year anyway. A couple of positions like OL and QB typically take longer to learn so you don't see true freshman playing big roles there too frequently, but just look at Watson and Hyatt. Kids are coming into college more ready to play as true freshmen these days.

Then of course the other issue is that a RS doesn't pay off unless you keep a player for FIVE years. Mack Alexander took a RS his freshman year (largely due to injury) and still left after 3 years. Ideally we would've liked him to play his true freshman year to get some reps and experience. He was also good enough that he likely could've helped the team immediately. If a guy isn't likely to stay for five years there's just not a real compelling argument for a red shirt. Any experience they can get in that true freshman season is a positive going forward.

Redshirts are mostly for the guys that will be providing depth or come in raw and need more time to develop.

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