Orgeron wasted redshirts on guys all the time just to say that he was playing true freshmen. He'd stick them on the punt return team or something, and now we've got guys getting their first real action as juniors instead of as redshirt sophomores.
That was an ******* thing for Croom to do. I don't know his reasoning, but if you're going to pull a redshirt mid-year, you damn well better get the ball to the guy no matter what it takes.