The NCAA denied a medical hardship waiver request made by Virginia Tech offensive line transfer Brock Hoffman on Tuesday, meaning he is not eligible to play in 2019.
According to Mike Niziolek of the Roanoke Times, Hoffman applied for the waiver in March when he transferred from Coastal Carolina to Virginia Tech to be closer to his mother, who is suffering from "facial paralysis, hearing loss and impaired eyesight" after undergoing surgery to have a non-cancerous brain tumor removed in 2017.
Hoffman had no doubt that he would be eligible to play immediately at his new school: "I haven't gone a day thinking I wouldn't be eligible until today.