Jacob Whalberg
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The theory is we will "Blue Shirt" him. He met criteria of "not being recruited". This is one way to get an extra recruit into the class that is capped at 25. The GBI guys have said in the premium side that the rules changed and early enrollees don't change that 25 number anymore. See link for explanation on the shirts.
https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...a-football-grayshirt-blueshirt-redshirt-rules
https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...a-football-grayshirt-blueshirt-redshirt-rules
He's deciding between football and working at Wahlbergers
Thank you for the link. Was going to ask what blueshirting was, that sums it up nicely.
So Wahlberg cannot play in 2019, if he “blueshirts”, correct?
Correct, think of it as a Red shirt but with a slightly different process on recruitment and scholarship status. The player can also be "poached" at any point basically, so some risks going this path. I DO NOT know how the red shirt 4 game rule applies to this. My guess is that the up to 4 games of play is NOT an option for Blue Shirts
If I'm reading correctly, a Blue Shirt can become a Red Shirt or active Scholarship athlete if any existing roster spots open up which by all accounts sounds like it will with a few academic casualties happening this week and/or players choosing to leave the program. Is my interpretation correct?
That sounds right. But, on the other hand, it seems he could also use 2019 as a year of development and not play regardless of whether an opportunity presents itself. Then start his 5-year clock in 2020.
When there’s a scholarship available, yes, they can take it but they can only sign their binding letter during a signing period.
So, if this happens, Jacob would have to wait until February, to sign his LOI, right?
I wasn't sure if there is any more time left in the 12/19 early signing period. Just curious.
Purdue is running against the 25 cap. He most likely wont sign prior to fall camp.
Would he even need to sign an LOI at that point. Wouldn't he Just sign his scholarship paperwork. I believe Biggie never signed an LOI. Could be wrong.
That’s a strange one. According to the Blue Shirt info posted earlier, if we sent him a NLI to sign then he is considered to have been recruited. Therefore cannot blue shirt. If we didn’t send him one, then what did he sign?
I’ll take your word on that and I know he was with that large group last weekend, but Rivals doesn’t list him as having taken an official visit.
Was unofficial otherwise he couldn’t blueshirt as he would have been considered “recruited”...
I thought one of the other “catches” for the blue shirt was there had to be no more open spots. As of right now, there are two. Unless there has been a secret signing by a certain WR and a grad transfer, still playing a bowl game perhaps?
Nope...
“The blueshirt rule allows schools to put "unrecruited" athletes on scholarship once they arrive on campus, but count them against the next year's scholarship total, as long as they don't play. Here's what it means to be "recruited," according to the NCAA:
- Was provided an official visit to the campus;
- Had arranged, in-person, off-campus contact with a coach; or
- Was sent an NLI or other written scholarship offer.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sb...a-football-grayshirt-blueshirt-redshirt-rules
Well Brohm is working his magic. Wahlberg looks like an absolute steal and he did it while still having room for Bell.
Grad Transfer DT? It will take awhile for a big guy like Neal to be ready to play after ACL injury IMO.
Purdue has Marks, Johnson, and Geo is going to move inside. Presumably, Barnes will move to a stand up DE/rush linebacker like EZE did. Which means the position of most need is likely Linebacker or OL. Maybe a CB if you don’t feel comfortable there, but I think Brohm likes the hound DBs and a pass rush will really help them out. And next year the pass rush should be way better. The front seven in general should be much improved and if a grad transfer LB is added, that is just icing on the cake.
