Grayshirt

Coach Davis · February 5, 2015

If a player signs can you then move him to gray shirt status? To make room for a player such as Cain!

greenit · February 5, 2015

Yes.

LOI = intent

signed financial aid agreement upon enrollment and begin classes = final, counts against signing class

BillySee58 · February 5, 2015

Yes, the players who sign can be grayshirted. Chumley signed last signing day.

However, you're not allowed to officially announce and talk about a player you are grayshirting. I don't expect any of these signings to grayshirt, as they were officially announced yesterday. Chumley was not officially announced last year.

greenit · February 5, 2015

But some teams intentionally 'oversign', with the idea that some may drop before reporting for Fall camp, and some show up expecting to enroll only to be told that there are no spots. The practice of oversigning got so bad that they started capping the number of LOIs that could be signed to 28.

Technically, we could still sign Cain, with the intent of allowing him to enroll if a spot opens up (someone doesn't qualify or drops or accepts a gray shirt). However, if a spot did not open up, he would be SOL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oversigning

forevereagle · February 5, 2015

But some teams intentionally 'oversign', with the idea that some may drop before reporting for Fall camp, and some show up expecting to enroll only to be told that there are no spots. The practice of oversigning got so bad that they started capping the number of LOIs that could be signed to 28.

Technically, we could still sign Cain, with the intent of allowing him to enroll if a spot opens up (someone doesn't qualify or drops or accepts a gray shirt). However, if a spot did not open up, he would be SOL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oversigning

I hope that the reason we didn't have him sign was so that he could go somewhere else and not be left in the cold should no spot open up. That would be the right thing to do.

UNT90 · February 6, 2015

Question about grayshirting:

We Grayshirtted Chumbley. Can we now redshirt him for a year? Or does a grayshirt eliminate the ability to redshirt?

greenit · February 6, 2015

He is just like a normal recruit at this point. His eligibility clock just starts in January instead of August.

buff64 · February 6, 2015

Grayshirts do not enroll in school until they receive a scholarship . Most of the time a grayshirt sits out the 1st semester and enrolls in the spring , when they are put on scholarship and count on the next recruiting class.

GrandGreen · February 6, 2015

Yes, the players who sign can be grayshirted. Chumley signed last signing day.
However, you're not allowed to officially announce and talk about a player you are grayshirting. I don't expect any of these signings to grayshirt, as they were officially announced yesterday. Chumley was not officially announced last year.

What did he sign? I don't think offering a grayshirt is anymore than a verbal agreement just like a commitment. Preferred walk-ons and grayshirts may sign something for ceremonial reasons, but it is not a contract.

buff64 · February 7, 2015

Letters of intent , even walk-ons must sign them.

UNTLifer · February 8, 2015

So, I read that UTSA signed 37 kids due to the amount of players they lost. If the limit is 28, how does this happen? I am sure this has been discussed in the past when Troy was in our conference, but I forget.