These are players who enroll at their chosen school immediately after the fall semester of their senior year has concluded. This allows them to take part in spring practice and does a great deal to assimilate the player into the team culture-wise and with understanding the playbook and style of play. However, this is only allowed if the player has enough credits to graduate from high school early.
This term is used to describe college football recruiting targets who have signed with a school during the early signing period. Specifically, players can sign during a three-day period in December instead of waiting for the regular signing period, which lasts from early February to early April.
A walk-on player is someone who has not signed with that school but has chosen to walk on to the team instead, without a scholarship. These players may have been recruited by that college but never received a scholarship offer, and they could have received offers elsewhere but turned those down. Sometimes, walk-ons earn scholarships later in their time at that school.
These are players who did not compete for one of their expected five years at the school. This is often the first year so that they have time to build their physique, learn the playbook, focus more on the academic side of their experience there or for other reasons.
One reason why a redshirt may be used at some point during a college career is due to injury. On rare occasions, some players are approved to take six years to complete four years of eligibility, but this requires special approval from the NCAA.
A grey shirt is a player who does not attend classes his initial school year after graduating from high school. For example, he would enroll in the winter quarter or spring semester, not in the fall. Since the five-year clock does not start until initial enrollment begins, he then has five football seasons to play four years.
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