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Originally posted by ladygreek
To be redshirted I think it is more than a person not playing. You can practice with the team, but I don't think you can be on the roster. But I may be wrong.
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No, you're right. To "redshirt" means to forgo competition in a sport for an entire season. A redshirted player can practice with the team but cannot compete at all. It's a way of extending eligibility, since under general NCAA rules, a student is only eligible for four seasons of competition in any one sport.
By "redshirted sophomore," he could either mean:
1) He was redshirted as a freshman and is now a sophomore in his first season of eligibility (in which case, it's clearer to say "I was a redshirted freshman"), or
2) That he competed his freshman year but for some reason -- injury perhaps, or academic problems -- has chosen to redshirt his sophomore year.
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