hokies evans tears ACL

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He may have some tough luck getting a sixth year still. I read this from another board:

 

"A "medical redshirt" is used if you HAVE not taken a "regular" redshirt

year, and you get hurt after playing in less than some percentage of

your teams games (I think 25%, could be 30%). In this case, that year

will become a redshirt year just as you've never played a down. If you

have already had a redshirt year, like Darren Evans has, this option is NOT

available, period. They're applied for immediately the season of the

injury.

 

Now, for people like Darren Evans, who have already used a RS season, there is

a "medical harship waiver", that in some cases would grant a 6th year

of eligibility. You apply for it at the end of your regular eligibility. These

are almost never granted to D1 football guys...maybe 1 or 2 guys a

year. They're typically only ever granted if a kid misses significant

parts of more than 1 season. In other words, if DE comes back and

suffers no further injury, he would almost certainly not get the "6th

year"... "

 

Jason White from Oklahoma got TWO of them.

I still think Evans will get his medical hardship.