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As for redshirting, I'm pretty sure a medical redshirt is different from a normal redshirt. Theoretically, a player could take a normal redshirt his first year on campus, play a season, have a medical redshirt (if approved), and still have three more years of eligibility.

That isn't correct. To apply for a sixth year, hardship-year, waiver you have to have missed two seasons purely due to injury. If you have done a "regular" redshirt you aren't eligible.

There are some differences between a medical and regular redshirt. You cannot take a regular redshirt if you appear in a game at all. For a medical redshirt you could have played in the first 25% of games. Of course a medical redshirt has to be documented. Terry can probably throw in more details - and correct the above if necessary.

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As for redshirting, I'm pretty sure a medical redshirt is different from a normal redshirt. Theoretically, a player could take a normal redshirt his first year on campus, play a season, have a medical redshirt (if approved), and still have three more years of eligibility.

That isn't correct. To apply for a sixth year, hardship-year, waiver you have to have missed two seasons purely due to injury. If you have done a "regular" redshirt you aren't eligible.

There are some differences between a medical and regular redshirt. You cannot take a regular redshirt if you appear in a game at all. For a medical redshirt you could have played in the first 25% of games. Of course a medical redshirt has to be documented. Terry can probably throw in more details - and correct the above if necessary.