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True freshman is a term used in collegiate sports, indicating that an athlete is playing the sport in his first year of college, rather than redshirting for one or more years to protect future college eligibility. In football, freshmen usually are redshirted because they do not have as much of a chance of starting or getting playing time for a team as a sophomore, junior, or senior, and could allow them to play an additional year or years later on in their collegiate careers when they are more experienced and physically mature. Redshirting is used less frequently in other sports. According to Wikipedia.com.
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∙ 13y agoYou are probably referring to a redshirted freshman. In football you receive a redshirt by not playing in any games in a given season. Also by receiving a redshirt it does not count against your years of eligibility. So a redshirt freshman or rFrosh can still play 4 years just like a true freshman can.
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If you transfer from a D3 college as a true freshman football player to NAIA football are you eligible?
No, you are not eligible. Transferring from a smaller school cancels out your availibility to play.
Can you try out jacksonville state football during college as a freshman?
yes
Who is the first college football freshman to start in a bowl game?
Hershel walker of Georgia
How can a college football player graduate and return the next season as a senior?
If they are a redshirted freshman this can happen
What is freshman college?
A freshman is just a new student in a college.(any)
What is meant by a fifth year senior when playing football in college?
It has to do with whether or not he was redshirted as a freshman. If he was redshirted, that means he did not play in any games during his first year at the college. Players are eligible to play in actual games for 4 years, those years are freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. If they redshirt, by the time they are team "seniors" they have actually been on the team for 5 years, thus "5th year." If a freshman doesn't redshirt, then he is referred to as a "true freshman." I assume this is the same for transfer players, but don't know.
Who is the tallest college football wide receiver?
6' 7" Victor Dean at Fresno State a redshirted freshman is currently the tallest college receiver
He is a freshman in college?
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If you get held back your freshman year do you play with the freshman football team or sophomore?
You will be put on the Freshman team
What year did Tom Brady start playing football?
He started playing football when he was a child
Is this true you were told because you were a full time student freshman year at college you lost a year of football eligibility even though he never went out for the football team?
Students have 5 years from initial enrollment in a division I school before eligibility runs out. More info: http://www.ncaa.org/
You heard on ESPN there were 920 college football games being played on Saturday true or false?
how many college football teams are there?
