[NU Sports] Gray Shirts ?

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Grey shirting is most often associated with asking the recruit to enroll in
January rather than in August/September under the assumption that a
scholarship will open up or that the recruit will make up his academic
deficiencies in the three months before enrolling.  If all goes according
to plan, he picks up his scholly in January and is counted in the class of
the incoming recruits not his high school graduating class.  The SEC and
Big 12 are known to make good use of the practice.  The Big East uses it to
some extent although most of the schools who were able to use it are gone
now.
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Roy S. Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com
> wrote:

> Another technique, which was used a couple of times by Randy Walker, is to
> have the kid
> delay his enrollment in the school until the next January after they
> graduate. The idea is
> that an additional scholarship might open up after the upcoming season is
> over due to drop
> out or injury.
>
> I couldn't tell you a name, but there was a kid from Wisconsin who didn't
> go "preferred
> walk-on" and was going to delay enrolling. To be honest, I don't remember
> if this kid ever
> came to NU.
>
> Every year there is some kid who makes a stink in their local paper over
> being offered,
> then having the offer pulled at the last minute, and yes it happens down
> in the SEC a lot.
>
> One reason RW required his kids to commit directly to him, preferably in
> person, and then
> expected those kids to sign on signing day. He didn't miss many. That
> handshake was a big
> deal to RW.
>
> rsl
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of
> Jonathan Hodges
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:49 AM
> To: chuck herron
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Gray Shirts ?
>
> It's actually most common in the SEC (due to chronic oversigning: signing
> more recruits to
> letters of intent than scholarships available).  Gray shirting is
> basically telling a
> recruit to come and enroll in the school for a year without playing on the
> football team,
> at which point a scholarship may become available for them to join.
>  Usually, academic
> issues are involved and that year is used to become academically eligible.
> By not walking on the football team right away, it allows them to maintain
> their full
> eligibility time.
>
> --
> Jonathan Hodges
> Contributor, HailToPurple
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> Email: j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:43 AM, chuck herron <cherron604 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > A Chicago sports station just did an interview with the Boise St radio
> > guy, in which he revealed that new Bear Shea McLellin was actually a
> > 'gray shirt' recruit.  Does anybody know, is this 'gray shirting' an
> > Idaho thing, or is it more common ?  I had never heard it mentioned
> before.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Chuck Herron  Tech '85
> >
> >
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