NIL Strategy
The Redshirt Pivot – How Sitting Out a Year Can Future-Proof Your NIL Brand
By Camryn Blake|April 10, 2025
For athletes focused on NIL, redshirting can be a goldmine. Learn how to build your brand, sign deals, and monetize your journey without the daily grind of competition.
KNOW THE PROCESS
Medical Redshirting in College Athletics: A Comprehensive Guide
By Logan Steele|March 16, 2025
Medical redshirting is an NCAA policy designed to protect an athlete’s eligibility when a season-ending injury occurs. This rule ensures that athletes who suffer unfortunate injuries do not lose a...
KNOW YOUR STUFF
Redshirting Exposed: Unlock the Secrets, Surprising Perks, and Must-Know Rules
By 2aDays Staff|February 7, 2025
Redshirting is the practice of delaying or pausing an athlete’s participation in official college competitions for a year to extend their athletic eligibility. During this “redshirt” year, athletes can still...
THE REDSHIRT PROCESS
How to Redshirt
By Bella Nevin|November 22, 2024
A college athlete can redshirt for many different reasons and lengthen their eligibility. Learn everything you need to know about starting the redshirt process below: What does it mean to...
REDSHIRT RULES
How Redshirting Works: When and When Not to Redshirt
By Mathias Nevin|September 4, 2024
College athletes only have five years to complete four seasons of eligibility. When a collegiate athlete redshirts, they extend their eligibility by delaying their participation in college athletics. Redshirting can...
KNOW THE RULES
NCAA Division Redshirt Rules
By Elizabeth White|March 5, 2024
There are a few redshirt rules that every athlete needs to look out for when going through the process. Depending on your NCAA division, these redshirt rules can differ. Every...
INJURED?
7 Essential Details About Medical Redshirting
By Liza Tankimovich|October 18, 2023
Medical redshirting can be a tricky process. The university’s athletic department, team medical staff, and compliance office collaborate to decide whether to award a medical redshirt in NCAA athletics. University-affiliated...
REDSHIRT ADVICE
Maximizing Your Redshirt Year: A Guide for Division I Lacrosse Players
By Floyd Patterson|October 13, 2023
For Division I lacrosse players, a redshirt year can be a pivotal chapter in your collegiate journey. This additional year of eligibility provides a unique opportunity to hone your skills,...
eligibility
What is a Post Graduate Year?
By Jason Zielinski|June 9, 2023
A post-graduate (PG) year is when a high school athlete graduates from high school and opts to do another year at a prep school before going to college. This is...
Be in the Know!
Redshirting Regulations: 3 Questions and 6 Rules College Athletes Should Know
By Simmone Collins|February 24, 2023
In the world of college sports, athletes of different ages play at an elite level. However, everyone develops at a different pace, both physically and academically. “Redshirting” is one way...
The More You Know!
7 Things Your Coach Hasn’t Told You About Redshirting (And 6 Questions To Ask Yourself If You’re Considering It)
By Nicole Fondots|January 17, 2023
After who knows how many college visits and coach emails, you finally did it: you have been recruited. As you prepare for your freshman year of college, you may be...
Are You Red-y?
Recruiting FAQ’s: Freshmen and Redshirting
By 2aDays Staff|January 4, 2023
At 2aDays, we get a lot of questions about the recruiting process, including redshirting. Today, we discuss the following question from a reader: Q: How common is it for freshman...
Seeing Red
Everything You Need to Know About 3 Different Types of Redshirting
By Thomas Walker|January 3, 2023
Outside of college sports, the term “redshirt” has little meaning, but for college athletes, it can have different meanings and utility depending on where you come from. Collegiate coaches can...
Run Forrest, Run!
Catch Me If You Can: Redshirt Freshman Tyler Strothman Runs Over 15 Miles on Training Day
By Chloe Singer|April 13, 2022
Daily Grind articles are posted every Wednesday to provide a look into a day in the life of a college athlete and to give an example of time management skills....
