Hunter Knighton returning to team

[Neil]

Andrew, thanks for the confirmation.

 

[The Franchise]

Here are the requirements

• The student-athlete must suffer the injury during one of their four seasons of college competition or during the senior year of high school.
• The injury must be incapacitating. That means it must be a season-ending injury.
• The injury must occur prior to the start of the second half of the season.
• The student-athlete must not have competed in more than 30% of the season or three contests, whichever is greater.

I think Franchise is right. That sounds like the requirements to get a fifth year, not a sixth.

What I listed is the requirement for a medical redshirt. Hunter will not get a 6th year because he only missed one season which wasn't in his control. He could have competed his freshman season. NCAA gives you 5 years to to do 4 years of competition. At the end of 5 years Hunter could come competed 4. If Hunter gets hurt in the first 30% of competition this year or any other year he can get a 6th year. At the end of the day the best Hunter can do is play in 3 full seasons and less than 30% of another if he gets hurt again. If Hunter doesn't get Hurt the most he can play in his 3 full seasons. Under no circumstances that I know of will Hunter be able to compete in 4 full seasons.

Wrong again. Stop. You're injuring the knowledge base of this community.

 

[duke4heisman]

How did Randy Phillips get his 6th yr? I don't remember but there's our answer.

 

[Andrew]

How did Randy Phillips get his 6th yr? I don't remember but there's our answer.

Randy Phillips never took a non medical redshirt. He played his Freshman - Senior year and got hurt 2 games into his senior year which qualified him for a medical redshirt so he was able to play a 5th season.

Here is the quote form UM

"2008 (SENIOR): Played in two games against Florida and Texas A&M, making a start against the Gators ... Suffered an injury against the Aggies and missed the remainder of the season ... Awarded a medical hardship and returns for the 2009 season."

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Link to source http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28700&ATCLID=205558349

 

[Andrew]

Here are the requirements

• The student-athlete must suffer the injury during one of their four seasons of college competition or during the senior year of high school.
• The injury must be incapacitating. That means it must be a season-ending injury.
• The injury must occur prior to the start of the second half of the season.
• The student-athlete must not have competed in more than 30% of the season or three contests, whichever is greater.

I think Franchise is right. That sounds like the requirements to get a fifth year, not a sixth.

What I listed is the requirement for a medical redshirt. Hunter will not get a 6th year because he only missed one season which wasn't in his control. He could have competed his freshman season. NCAA gives you 5 years to to do 4 years of competition. At the end of 5 years Hunter could come competed 4. If Hunter gets hurt in the first 30% of competition this year or any other year he can get a 6th year. At the end of the day the best Hunter can do is play in 3 full seasons and less than 30% of another if he gets hurt again. If Hunter doesn't get Hurt the most he can play in his 3 full seasons. Under no circumstances that I know of will Hunter be able to compete in 4 full seasons.

Wrong again. Stop. You're injuring the knowledge base of this community.

Hi Franchise -

If you find my post in error I suggest you post something to counter it or prove other wise.

 

[duke4heisman]

How did Randy Phillips get his 6th yr? I don't remember but there's our answer.

Randy Phillips never took a non medical redshirt. He played his Freshman - Senior year and got hurt 2 games into his senior year which qualified him for a medical redshirt so he was able to play a 5th season.

Here is the quote form UM

"2008 (SENIOR): Played in two games against Florida and Texas A&M, making a start against the Gators ... Suffered an injury against the Aggies and missed the remainder of the season ... Awarded a medical hardship and returns for the 2009 season."

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Link to source http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28700&ATCLID=205558349

Thanks, I thought he was here 6

 

[#26-MEAST]

Great news for the kid and team. I hope it works out and he stays healthy.

 

[Andrew]

Here is a good article on medical redshirts.

How to Get a Medical Redshirt

I tried but had no luck finding much on the NCAA website.

 

[edge]

Is he a G or T?

 

[1CN]

Is he a G or T?

Center

 

[duke4heisman]

He also played DT in high school, most of his film is that. He was constantly in the backfield and disrupting plays. With Grohlden, he's an overweight OL.

 

[motorcitycane]

Big boost excited to see what the kid can do.

 

[The Franchise]

Here are the requirements

• The student-athlete must suffer the injury during one of their four seasons of college competition or during the senior year of high school.
• The injury must be incapacitating. That means it must be a season-ending injury.
• The injury must occur prior to the start of the second half of the season.
• The student-athlete must not have competed in more than 30% of the season or three contests, whichever is greater.

I think Franchise is right. That sounds like the requirements to get a fifth year, not a sixth.

What I listed is the requirement for a medical redshirt. Hunter will not get a 6th year because he only missed one season which wasn't in his control. He could have competed his freshman season. NCAA gives you 5 years to to do 4 years of competition. At the end of 5 years Hunter could come competed 4. If Hunter gets hurt in the first 30% of competition this year or any other year he can get a 6th year. At the end of the day the best Hunter can do is play in 3 full seasons and less than 30% of another if he gets hurt again. If Hunter doesn't get Hurt the most he can play in his 3 full seasons. Under no circumstances that I know of will Hunter be able to compete in 4 full seasons.

Wrong again. Stop. You're injuring the knowledge base of this community.

Hi Franchise -

If you find my post in error I suggest you post something to counter it or prove other wise.

It's incumbent upon you as a responsible community member and dear friend to refrain from delivering false information couched as fact in an attempt to look informed to your fellow community members.

We appreciate your hard work behind the scenes. There's no need for you to attempt to spin the camera around and feature yourself in an area where you're so obviously uninformed. If you've imbued one poor unsuspecting community member with erroneous information you've done us all a major disservice, as we are all representatives of each other.

I implore you to retract your erroneous comments or, in the alternative, to make sure that everyone knows you are merely guessing and that they should not view your Paranosian guesses as the factual declarations that you made.

As a helpful friend, I will suggest to you that your problem appears to be your misunderstanding of the term "medical redshirt". You appear to think that a 5th and 6th year redshirt situation are treated the same way when they absolutely are not.

 

[Cane Dynasty]

I think Franchise is right. That sounds like the requirements to get a fifth year, not a sixth.

What I listed is the requirement for a medical redshirt. Hunter will not get a 6th year because he only missed one season which wasn't in his control. He could have competed his freshman season. NCAA gives you 5 years to to do 4 years of competition. At the end of 5 years Hunter could come competed 4. If Hunter gets hurt in the first 30% of competition this year or any other year he can get a 6th year. At the end of the day the best Hunter can do is play in 3 full seasons and less than 30% of another if he gets hurt again. If Hunter doesn't get Hurt the most he can play in his 3 full seasons. Under no circumstances that I know of will Hunter be able to compete in 4 full seasons.

Wrong again. Stop. You're injuring the knowledge base of this community.

Hi Franchise -

If you find my post in error I suggest you post something to counter it or prove other wise.

It's incumbent upon you as a responsible community member and dear friend to refrain from delivering false information couched as fact in an attempt to look informed to your fellow community members.

We appreciate your hard work behind the scenes. There's no need for you to attempt to spin the camera around and feature yourself in an area where you're so obviously uninformed. If you've imbued one poor unsuspecting community member with erroneous information you've done us all a major disservice, as we are all representatives of each other.

I implore you to retract your erroneous comments or, in the alternative, to make sure that everyone knows you are merely guessing and that they should not view your Paranosian guesses as the factual declarations that you made.

As a helpful friend, I will suggest to you that your problem appears to be your misunderstanding of the term "medical redshirt". You appear to think that a 5th and 6th year redshirt situation are treated the same way when they absolutely are not.

Phrase of the year candidate!

 

[Neil]

I think Franchise is right. That sounds like the requirements to get a fifth year, not a sixth.

What I listed is the requirement for a medical redshirt. Hunter will not get a 6th year because he only missed one season which wasn't in his control. He could have competed his freshman season. NCAA gives you 5 years to to do 4 years of competition. At the end of 5 years Hunter could come competed 4. If Hunter gets hurt in the first 30% of competition this year or any other year he can get a 6th year. At the end of the day the best Hunter can do is play in 3 full seasons and less than 30% of another if he gets hurt again. If Hunter doesn't get Hurt the most he can play in his 3 full seasons. Under no circumstances that I know of will Hunter be able to compete in 4 full seasons.

Wrong again. Stop. You're injuring the knowledge base of this community.

Hi Franchise -

If you find my post in error I suggest you post something to counter it or prove other wise.

It's incumbent upon you as a responsible community member and dear friend to refrain from delivering false information couched as fact in an attempt to look informed to your fellow community members.

We appreciate your hard work behind the scenes. There's no need for you to attempt to spin the camera around and feature yourself in an area where you're so obviously uninformed. If you've imbued one poor unsuspecting community member with erroneous information you've done us all a major disservice, as we are all representatives of each other.

I implore you to retract your erroneous comments or, in the alternative, to make sure that everyone knows you are merely guessing and that they should not view your Paranosian guesses as the factual declarations that you made.

As a helpful friend, I will suggest to you that your problem appears to be your misunderstanding of the term "medical redshirt". You appear to think that a 5th and 6th year redshirt situation are treated the same way when they absolutely are not.

Now that Andrew has clarified his comment, I'm not sure why you are still not satisfied. He explained that his original comment regarded the fifth year medical redshirt for athletes injured early in the season, then corrected one of the posters who thought Hunter was due a sixth year merely because an injury cost him one year. It sounds like we all agree on the facts now.

 

[F-MarioCristobal]

If he used his normal RS last year then he can not get that back and he would have to sustain an injury this year and then apply for his medical RS through the ncaa. If he has a legit injury and has not completed a certain percentage of the season he would most likely be granted a medical RS by the ncaa. But now that he is "healthy" and has been cleared he can't just use his medical RS for what happened almost 2 years ago.

If he used his medical RS last year then he could still just decide to use his normal RS this year to get back up to game speed or whatever the coaches have planned.

 

[Hurricane Warrior]

He redshirted his first year in 2013. He got hurt last Feb and should get a medical RS for 2014. If he plays this year, he should be a RS Fr. with 4 years of eligibility. He is listed on the official website as a Rs So. but I believe this is wrong or he hasn't applied for his medical redshirt yet.

2013 (True Freshman): Did not see any action ... Redshirted to retain eligibility.

Miami OL Hunter Knighton 'determined' to resume career

By Jerry Hinnen | CBS Sports College Football Writer
April 14, 2014 12:51 pm ET

Details weren't immediately available when Miami announced that redshirt freshman offensive lineman Hunter Knighton had been hospitalized after a February pre-spring workout, then released in mid-March.

That changed Saturday, the day of the Hurricanes' spring game, when Knighton and Miami announced that the New Jersey native had suffered a heatstroke -- and wound up spending two weeks in intensive care.

“On February 24th, my football career at the University of Miami was unfortunately derailed after being taken to the hospital following a workout," Knighton said in a statement. "With a 109 degree body temperature and unknowingly suffering with the flu, I was stricken by a heat stroke. The results were not good: brain swelling, multiple seizures, kidney and liver failure. Unresponsive, I was placed on a ventilator for twelve days during which time I fought one of the greatest battles of my life against a loss of blood platelets, double pneumonia, and fever."

Despite that struggle, Knighton says he plans of making a full recovery and continuing his Hurricanes career.

"I am so close to achieving my childhood goal of playing Division I football and I am determined to make it happen," he said. "I plan to contribute this spring to my team and not only achieve my goal of playing major college football, but far surpassing it, and helping The U win games. Thank you to all of those who have supported me and prayed for me.”

Knighton was working his way into the playing rotation with the way he had performed during offseason workouts. Knighton had a chance to work with the first team offensive line as the center with senior Shane McDermott recovering from an injury. Knighton redshirted last season after suffering a shoulder injury in August. He arrived as an early enrollee in the 2013 class.

In his own statement, Al Golden said, “As we entered the spring of 2014, Hunter Knighton was distinguishing himself as one of the top performers on our team. He had completed our off-season training program ranked third among all of our offensive linemen and was emerging as a team leader.

"Hunter was so close to realizing his lifelong goal of starting at center in major football program when he fell ill," Golden said. "Since he first began the recovery process, Hunter has been nothing short of amazing and has been an inspiration to us all, approaching his rehab program with courage and fortitude. I have absolutely no doubt that Hunter will continue to persevere, make a full recovery, rejoin his teammates and realize all of his goals at The U.”

 

[stb]

was in the top 5 S&C in the OL when heat stroke happened....first S&C test back now 300 bench, 260 power clean and 350 bench...was unable to hit heavy weights for a year. He will come back...best to him.