BYU Football Players On Pace To Redshirt For 2021 Season
Nov 23, 2021, 10:52 AM
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PROVO, Utah – BYU football has been a program in recent years that has taken full advantage of the four-game redshirt rule.
Since 2018, the four-game redshirt legislation in the NCAA has been in effect and it’s been a valuable resource for student-athletics. One of the notable ones to benefit is current BYU star running back Tyler Allgeier. As a preferred walk-on from Fontana, California, in 2018, Allgeier was able to get used to life as an FBS running back while not impacting his eligibility.
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Before 2018, a redshirt season meant a player didn’t compete at all against the opposing competition in a live game.
As the 2021 BYU football season begins to wind down, here’s a list of the athletes in the BYU program that have redshirts available who are on pace to use them this season. Along with the student-athletes that won’t be eligible for a redshirt if they’ve played in more than four games.
This year is interesting because many individuals are in their second season at BYU but still have a redshirt year available due to last season’s free year of eligibility courtesy of the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BYU football players who will qualify for redshirts in 2021
Talan Alfrey, DB: 0 Games Played (Preseason injury)
Maguire Anderson, WR: 0
Nick Billoups, QB: 0
Jacob Conover, QB: 2
Miles Davis, RB: 1
Kody Epps, WR: 0
Terence Fall, WR: 0
Cade Fennegan, QB: 0
Brock Gunderson, OL: 0
Hunter Greer, DL: 1
Donnavan Hanna, OL: 1
Micah Harper, DB: 0
Cade Hoke, LB: 0
Dean Jones, DB: 0
Josh Larsen, DL: 3
Tysen Lewis, OL: 0
Tyler Little, OL: 1
Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters, QB: 0
Isaac Matua, LB: 0
Cooper McMullin, OL: 0
Kade Moore, WR: 0
Nick Nethercott, LB: 2
Jacob Palu, DL: 1
Cade Parrish, OL: 1
Cash Peterman, Kicker: 1
Mikey Petty, DL: 0
Quenton Rice, CB: 0
Chase Roberts, WR: 0
Beau Robinson, RB: 0
Dylan Rollins, OL: 0
Joshua Singh, DL: 1
Ethan Slade, DB: 2
Justen Smith, K: 4 (If he doesn’t play in either of the final two games)
Viliami Tausinga, LB: 0
Ben Tuipulotu, TE: 0
Tanner Wall, WR: 2
Seth Willis, OL: 3
Not eligible to use an available redshirt
Campbell Barrington, OL: 8
Tyler Batty, DL: 11
Caleb Christensen, DB: 5
Mason Fakahua, RB: 7
Fisher Jackson, DL: 7
Blake Mangelson, DL: 6
John Nelson, DL: 11
Hobbs Nyberg, KR: 11
Connor Pay, OL: 11
Austin Riggs, LS: 10
Ryan Rehkow, P: 11
Jakob Robinson, DB: 11
Josh Wilson, LB: 8
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