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Recruit- 2015- Alex O'Neill

ihatetea said:
That is what it says. That would be the same arrangement that Ron Baker had at Wichita. If O'Neill has a similar rise from pay-your-own-way to All Valley I would be ecstatic.
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It's similar to what is referred to as a "gray shirt" in college football.
 
This goes back a few years, but my son went to Drake to play football. Drake plays football in a non athletic scholarship division/league.

He was a real goid student, but not exceptional. We were middle class at the time.

He was able to qualify for a number of scholarships and grants from Drake that reduced tuition to State University levels..

Allowed him to get his degree there and play football, until injuries kept him off the field his senior year.

It can be done.
 
Old Coach said:
It's similar to what is referred to as a "gray shirt" in college football.
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Kind of, but technically, not exactly the same. The gray shirt designation means the kid delays his enrollment or does not take enough credit hours to be considered a full time student, they get no financial aid, and he does not compete or practice with a team, and thus their NCAA "clock" does not actually start yet and the player still has 5 years to get 4 seasons of eligibility in.
Alex O'Neill will be a full time student and will practice and be part of the team, thus, he will be a true "redshirt".
https://northwestern.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=58&tid=211545865&mid=211545865&sid=901&style=2

Redshirts may or may not get a scholarship, but it mainly means they plan not to play, and thus retain all 4 seasons of eligibility. Every student athlete is entitled to take 1 redshirt season as long as they do not play in any games that year, or a medical redshirt of they play in few enough to qualify for the NCAA medical redshsirt rules.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshirt_(college_sports)
 
I have heard that there were some recruiters advising Alex to do a year of prep school, which wouldn't have been a bad idea for him. I believe if he had done that, he would be a highly recruited big man for the class of 2016. This works better for both sides if Alex accepts. He gets to stay at home, work with coaches who have proven they can develop big men (Alec Brown among others), and in return, Bradley has him locked up if he does merit a scholarship in 1 year. We should know if this happens in the next few days.

The signing period started Wed. April 15, and runs through Wed., May 20.
 
tornado said:
....differs from a guy like Alex Sorenson...
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speaking of Dunlap's Alex Sorenson, who chose the DII route...

he had a really good freshman season at Northern Michigan University...
He started 18 of their 28 games, averaged 8.1 pp (8.4 ppg in conference) , 4.5 rpg, 1.3 blocks, and hit 32.1% of 3-pt attempts
They don't name an All-Freshman team, just FOY, in the GLIAC but his stats put him among the best freshmen in their league.
 
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