Expect to see more freshmen playing college football this fall, thanks to a new redshirt rule that allows a player to appear in up to four games without losing a year of eligibility.
Arkansas coach Chad Morris threw his support behind the rule Tuesday at SEC Media Days in Atlanta.
“I love the redshirt (rule),” Morris said. “I think it shows the development of these young men where maybe they are not ready early on, but you continue to keep them in the mix and you keep their interest.
“Sometimes when guys find out they are going to redshirt, they have kind of lost their focus and then all of a sudden an injury happens and late in the year this young man has got to try and reel it back in, and he just can’t get there mentally.