Comments on: How Virginia Tech might go about replacing Antone Exum

By: Dools

Dools — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:45:39 +0000

Xman will be back for at least some portion of next year out of sure will power if nothing else. He’s got too much on the line for the 2014 draft to let himself fall off the radar for a full year. Rob, youre correct, a Fuller brother tandem on the corners would be very intriguing and in my opinion the best option with jarrett and bonner deep should exum recover slowly….Also, shout out to hokies lineman Laurence Gibson for hooking me up with tix to the Bama game next fall!

By: Charles Gardner

Charles Gardner — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:48:11 +0000

Exam will be missed. I wish him well.

By: Andy Bitter

Andy Bitter — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:29:56 +0000

You can only get a sixth year of eligibility if you miss two seasons because of injury. Exum’s redshirt year was just a developmental one, so he wouldn’t be eligible for it.

By: Mack

Mack — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:29:50 +0000

Wiki: “On rare occasions, a player may be allowed to play in his or her sixth year of college if he or she suffered a serious injury which kept him or her from playing for more than one season. Former Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jason White is perhaps the best known example of this, as he had redshirted his freshman year, then subsequently tore the ACL in both knees, causing him to miss nearly two years of eligible playing time. A more recent example is former Houston Cougars quarterback Case Keenum, now a member of the Houston Texans practice squad. His story is similar to that of White; Keenum redshirted his freshman year of 2006, and then tore an ACL three games into the 2010 season, which would have otherwise been his final year of eligibility.”

“The NCAA has ruled against the Boston College football program, declining WR Ifeanyi Momah’s request for an extra year of eligibility.”

“The NCAA ruled that Miami QB Robert Marve would be granted a sixth year.”

“PSU’s Michael Mauti used a medical redshirt during his sophomore year, which he missed the entirety of after tearing his right ACL in August 2009, but there is no rule that forbids a player from using the medical redshirt twice, and Mauti’s 2011 junior season seems to be eligible for that label.

Here’s the relevant excerpt from the NCAA’s Hardship Waiver bylaw:

“In team sports, the injury or illness occurs when the student-athlete has not participated in more than three contests or dates of competition (whichever is applicable to that sport) or 30 percent (whichever number is greater) of the institution’s scheduled or completed contests or dates of competition in his or her sport.””

By: Mack

Mack — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:20:43 +0000

AE is a rising R-Sr, so he already had a redshirt year. While it does not do a lot for VT for at least the first half of the 2013 season, if he could take the year off and still play later, he would have a better chance to fully recover. Does anyone have factual evidence that a similar player in the past received a medical redshirt after already having taking a typical redshirt? Just the facts, please. Thanks!

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:17:01 +0000

Andy,
Can you let us know about any new recruits that are hot on the list. (O-line)Josh outlaw?.

By: Rob Thommins

Rob Thommins — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:16:44 +0000

Fullers on the corners, Bonner and Jarrett on the backside.

By: 540Hokie

540Hokie — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:28:08 +0000

I hope Exum has a speedy recovery. Don’t mean to sound cold, but injuries are part of football, every team has to deal with them. I sure Coaches Foster and Gray will look over all of the options and choose the best for the team. It may be an “all of the above” kind of thing. Who knows, there is a lot of time between now and then.