US EditionCollege football eligibility: Coaches vote to expand redshirt years to nine games
The unanimous recommendation seeks to address eligibility pressures from transfers and NIL by increasing redshirt game participation from four to nine, pending NCAA approval.
- Tuesday, FBS coaches at the American Football Coaches Association Convention in Charlotte and Irving, Texas, voted unanimously to allow players to participate in up to nine games while preserving a full season of eligibility.
- Coaches had urged a five-for-five model but were constrained by litigation, including Trindid Chambliss, Ole Miss quarterback, while added NIL and transfer portal activity increased midseason opt-outs.
- The current four-game redshirt rule lets players appear in four regular-season games and playoffs while preserving eligibility, used by North Dakota State University with players Myles Mitchell and Taylen Eady.
- The recommendation now goes to NCAA Division I committees for approval, with coaches saying a nine-game limit would keep players on rosters and reduce midseason opt-outs.
- Under alternate proposals, NCAA officials noted the five-in-five model could eliminate waivers and redshirts, linking to broader calendar talks and CFP expansion as FCS teams like North Dakota State shift schedules.
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College football coaches recommend allowing players to play nine games and keep redshirt
FARGO — There may be another change coming to college football eligibility rules. Tuesday, FBS coaches voted unanimously to adjust the redshirt rule to allow players to participate in up to nine games while keeping a full year’s worth of eligibility. The vote was taken during the American Football Coaches Association Convention in Charlotte, after several conversations over eligibility concerns. The current rule, which was approved in June 2018,…
FBS coaches vote to expand redshirt rule
FBS coaches voted unanimously on Tuesday to expand the sport’s redshirt rule to allow players to participate in nine games and still maintain a year of eligibility.Currently, players can participate in up to four regular-season games (not counting postseason games) and still take a “redshirt,” a rule that was enacted in 2017. Coaches — who voted on the measure at the annual American Football Coaches Association Convention in Charlotte — were rep…
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