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Once he enrolled the five year clock started. I'm not aware that it has ever been reset for a player.
It is possible to be granted a sixth year however. As I understand it he would have to use the five years first and then petition for a sixth year.
It is possible to be granted a sixth year however. As I understand it he would have to use the five years first and then petition for a sixth year.
I noticed that a lot of posters in this thread stated an opinion. And I am not sure who "knows his situation".
Let's clarify a bit. The NCAA by-laws refer to a "Hardship Waiver" as a medical condition or injury that might warrant a waiver to the 5 year rule, i.e., a 6th year to use any remaining eligibility. In that context a "hardship waivers" are granted for situations when they are (a) requested and (b) clearly meet their criteria for same. While these waivers do happen, they are not all that common because many players are simply ready to hang it up after such problems.
But what we are talking about here is a waiver to the 1 year residency rule requirement when transferring from one 4 year school to another. The criteria here is very limited and very specific (e.g., military service interruption, certain foreign study situation, discontinuance of sport). Outside of the specified circumstances, waivers to this rule are few and far between but they have happened. I believe the NCAA has a some kind of process that adjudicates individual appeals of almost any nature but such actions are on a case by case basis with no binding criteria or precedents.
While not the same situation but Garry Williams, a 2004 recruit, never passed the required NCAA academic criteria. His sister lobbied hard for him and the NCAA granted a waiver to their eligibility requirements and he was allowed to enroll under scholarship. He graduated and still plays for the Panthers. This was a very unusual action but shows that they sometimes make exceptions.
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That might help explain how a FIVE POINT ONE three star commit in the 2004 class is still playing in the NFL. It also helps explain how a lot of our four star recruits never made it to campus, they were usually scholastic risks other schools wouldn't take a chance on.
Of course those ratings were pretty common for UK's classes back then, in fact 4.9 Lyons, 5.1 Lindley, and 5.2s Leger, Pryor, and Johnny Williams were some of the outstanding talent in that one class. The 22 players in the 04 class that had a numerical rating averaged a cool 5.300 on the numerical scale. And that was boosted by the only two a 5.6 or above, 5.8 Micah Jones and 5.6 Little.
Brooks was a miracle worker with the underrated talent he brought in and coached up, and a lot of the reason for the low ranked classes was the lack of support UK football had back then------until recently, in fact.
This post was edited on 2/28 3:17 AM by jauk11
This post was edited on 2/28 3:20 AM by jauk11
Of course those ratings were pretty common for UK's classes back then, in fact 4.9 Lyons, 5.1 Lindley, and 5.2s Leger, Pryor, and Johnny Williams were some of the outstanding talent in that one class. The 22 players in the 04 class that had a numerical rating averaged a cool 5.300 on the numerical scale. And that was boosted by the only two a 5.6 or above, 5.8 Micah Jones and 5.6 Little.
Brooks was a miracle worker with the underrated talent he brought in and coached up, and a lot of the reason for the low ranked classes was the lack of support UK football had back then------until recently, in fact.
This post was edited on 2/28 3:17 AM by jauk11
This post was edited on 2/28 3:20 AM by jauk11
