Rashun Dixon

[DAWGPOUNDROK]

Has he had any playing time this year? Due to his age, I would expect that he would be ready to play early, no redshirt

 

[Miss.Stake]

He hasn't played football in what like 3-4 years? How would he be ready to play early.

 

[aTotal360]

He's played in mop up and on special teams.

 

[DawgsOnTheWing]

He is credited with a solo tackle against USM, but has not made the participation roster since then.

 

[Miketice]

Antonio Gates did it...

played college basketball a few years then jumped right in on football. I'm sure there are more, he just came to mind.

 

[engie]

The fact that we played him game 1 and haven't since kinda tells me there may be something else going on. May be trying to get him a medical redshirt how we did with Jiles a couple of years ago...

 

[Drewbowski]

Why would R. Dixon need a medical redshirt?

 

[StatesboroBlues]

Why would R. Dixon need a medical redshirt?

He played in the first game. Only way to RS is medically after a playing a single play.

 

[Crayon_Eater]

I think he would have to have suffered a severe injury, and even if he did, the medical redshirt application process wouldn't occur until the end of his eligibility.

 

[AFDawg]

That's only the case with a sixth year of eligibility, I believe.

 

[MSUDAWGFAN]

Who is Antonio Gates? You might be thinking of Antonio Harper.

 

[AlCoDog]

And I think you might be thinking of Ontario Harper, which wouldn't apply here

nm

 

[kired]

Doesn't have to be a severe injury if he's never redshirted before. They just have to prove the injury forced him to miss time and he didn't play after the first 3 or 4 games.

 

[Crayon_Eater]

Doesn't have to be a severe injury if he's never redshirted before. They just have to prove the injury forced him to miss time and he didn't play after the first 3 or 4 games.

The injury must be incapacitating. That means it must be a season ending injury. (Severe)

 

[Crayon_Eater]

And the severity of the injury and previous redshirt status shouldn't matter for a medical redshirt?

 

[tenureplan]

No, He was talking about Antonio Gates

Who is Antonio Gates? You might be thinking of Antonio Harper.

Bill's little brother. He played at Harvard.

 

[Miketice]

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

 

[Miketice]

And you may be thinking of Micheal Gholar ( sp?)...

which would also apply here.

 

[AlCoDog]

Nope, I'm well aware of who Michael Gholar is.

 

[Miketice]

Sorry dawgfan might be. Hell somebodys gotta be thinking of Gholar.*

 

[AlCoDog]

I definitely think he was thinking of Gholar and got him confused with Ontario who he seems to remember as Antonio, all the while not knowing who Antonio Gates is, which is hard to believe.

 

[kired]

Must be "season ending". But I personally don't consider that severe. A broken bone that you'll fully recover from can be season ending, but I wouldn't consider it as severe as a torn acl or ruptured achilles that takes months & months of rehab.


The reason a previous redshirt matters is because if you've been previously redshirted, you would have to be approved for a 6th year. That isn't decided until your 5 years of eligibility is up. A medical hardship can be granted after the year you're injured if you've never been redshirted before (see Cedric Jiles his freshman year)

 

[OzarkaNSW]

michael boler? what the 17 is going on?

 

[patdog]

Nope. A player's first medical redshirt is pretty much automatic. As long as you have a documented injury of any kind and didn't play in more than 4 games, and none after the 6th game, you get a medical redshirt. The rule says the injury has to be incapacitating and season ending, but in practice pretty much anything goes.

 

[AlCoDog]

Ferris passed out at 31 flavors last night.

 

[Crayon_Eater]

I guess in my head season ending and severe were synonymous, but I guess any injury can be twisted to fit the criteria.

 

[engie]

The injury must be incapacitating. That means it must be a season ending injury. (Severe)

No it doesn't. Hence how Redmond played the first couple of games this year with pretty close to the same injury Jiles got a medical rs for his first year...

The interesting thing about Dixon is his "walk on" status. MLB generally agrees to pay for 4 years -- so if we do seek a medical redshirt(which seems pretty logical no more than he's been used), then he'd have to go on scholarship or pay his only way his final year...