How many years of eligibility does he have left? Is it 3? Stating the obvious he is a good player, with the best years ahead of him.
Ja'shon Benjamin
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He might have 4? He played in 4 games plus the bowl game. Didn’t they waive the bowl game from the 4 game redshirt limit or was that only for 2022?
Just looked it up. Bowl games do not affect redshirt for 2024. Don’t know if that was adopted going forward.
He’s a very talented RB
Kirk has to give him enough reps this season to keep him hear beyond
-vic
Kirk has to give him enough reps this season to keep him hear beyond
-vic
There are two incoming freshmen RBs that look like they've got a shot too.
Gabriel Winowich and Edd Guerrier.
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I said that I thought in the spring game Guerrier looked like a mini KM.
Plus we have the 4 star from Fl who reclassified.
With transfer portal you longer count beyond one year at a time. The days of penciling someone in for x number of years are over my friend
Benjamin played in 9 games last year.
2023 (Freshman): Played in nine games ... totaled 45 carries for 172 yards and a touchdown ... added four receptions for 54 yards and a score ... saw action in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... recorded two catches at Wisconsin (10/7) ... contributed a season-high 57 rushing yards and a touchdown against Wagner (9/30) ... added 20 yards in win over Virginia Tech (9/16) ... scored a 31-yard touchdown on first career catch and picked up 36 rushing yards on five attempts versus Temple (9/9) ... rushed for 46 yards on 20 carries in collegiate debut versus Northwestern (9/3
2023 (Freshman): Played in nine games ... totaled 45 carries for 172 yards and a touchdown ... added four receptions for 54 yards and a score ... saw action in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... recorded two catches at Wisconsin (10/7) ... contributed a season-high 57 rushing yards and a touchdown against Wagner (9/30) ... added 20 yards in win over Virginia Tech (9/16) ... scored a 31-yard touchdown on first career catch and picked up 36 rushing yards on five attempts versus Temple (9/9) ... rushed for 46 yards on 20 carries in collegiate debut versus Northwestern (9/3
Oddly, NIL is probably going to take away from the PT competition on the RB depth chart. Every frosh is going to redshirt except the ones who are good enough to be feature backs in their first year of college. It’s not in these kids’ interest to burn their redshirts (the frosh). All of them will play 4 games plus some snaps in a bowl if we make one.
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Guerrier is going to be all B1G in 2 years.
Regardless - he’s not going to want to burn a redshirt to play special teams and possibly get a carry or two in more than 4 games next season. It wouldn’t be fair to him to limit his options down the road that way.
He flashed talent but even Greg said he’s a young pup and not close to seeing the field at RB
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That's all we can judge him on at this time. Just thought that he was pretty impressive all things considered.
I think that all three freshman backs will play some but in the end keep their redshirts this year.