What class will Newton be???

patdog

Heisman
May 28, 2007
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Did he get a medical redshirt for one of his years at Florida? Because he played for the Gators in both 2007 and 2008. I assume he must have, but haven't heard for sure. If he didn't get a medical redshirt then how was he able to play JUCO football this year and how would he have 2 years of eligibility remaining?

</p> <table class="tablehead" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"> <tbody> <tr class="stathead" bgcolor="#2A42CE"> <td colspan="20">Passing Stats</td> </tr> <tr class="colhead" align="right"> <td width="8%" align="left">YEAR</td> <td width="8%" align="left">TEAM</td> <td>CMP</td> <td>ATT</td> <td>PCT</td> <td>YDS</td> <td>AVG</td> <td>TD</td> <td>LNG</td> <td>INT</td> <td>RAT</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left">2007</td> <td align="left">FLA</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>50.0</td> <td>40</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>83.60</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left">2008</td> <td align="left">FLA</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>50.0</td> <td>14</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>108.80</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="tablehead" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"> <tbody> <tr class="stathead" bgcolor="#2A42CE"> <td colspan="20">Rushing Stats</td> </tr> <tr class="colhead" align="right"> <td width="8%" align="left">YEAR</td> <td width="8%" align="left">TEAM</td> <td>ATT</td> <td>YDS</td> <td>AVG</td> <td>LNG</td> <td>TD</td> <td>FD</td> <td>FUM</td> <td>LOST</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left">2007</td> <td align="left">FLA</td> <td>16</td> <td>103</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>24</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left">2008</td> <td align="left">FLA</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="tablehead" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"> <tbody> <tr class="stathead" bgcolor="#2A42CE"> <td colspan="20">Scoring Stats</td> </tr> <tr class="colhead" align="right"> <td width="8%" align="left">YEAR</td> <td width="8%" align="left">TEAM</td> <td>G</td> <td>PassTD</td> <td>RushTD</td> <td>RecTD</td> <td>RetTD</td> <td>TotTD</td> <td>2PT</td> <td>PAT</td> <td>FG</td> <td>TotPT</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left">2007</td> <td align="left">FLA</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left">2008</td> <td align="left">FLA</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
 

OEMDawg

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Yes, it sounds like he did take one of those *cough* medical redshirts *cough*. According to his wiki page, he played in their 2008 opener and then "agreed to take a redshirt season".
 
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