'15 TN DT/OL Zach Stewart (UT Signee 2/4/15)

Kid loves football. He will get reps in the spring and jump start his playing career.

I pray his life gets some comfort and healing soon.
 
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Kid loves football. He will get reps in the spring and jump start his playing career.

I pray his life gets some comfort and healing soon.

DTO.I had just become friends with his Mom on Instagram.It's such a tragedy and I feel so bad for the whole family.If you know the family please let them know Iam praying for them all.
 
DTO.I had just become friends with his Mom on Instagram.It's such a tragedy and I feel so bad for the whole family.If you know the family please let them know Iam praying for them all.

I don't know them. I did meet a guy through work, who knows the family well. We talk UT football whenever I see him.
 
I don't know them. I did meet a guy through work, who knows the family well. We talk UT football whenever I see him.

Love to see good ol Tennessee country boys playing for UT.Hope Zach can follow that dream one day soon.Never easy loosing your Mom.I lost mine a little over a year ago and I still hurt every day.I miss her but know she's with the greatest choir ever assembled.
 
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Love to see good ol Tennessee country boys playing for UT.Hope Zach can follow that dream one day soon.Never easy loosing your Mom.I lost mine a little over a year ago and I still hurt every day.I miss her but know she's with the greatest choir ever assembled.

I can't imagine. Healing takes different times for different people. I hope he gets back to playing football soon. Not for me, but for him.
 
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I can't imagine. Healing takes different times for different people. I hope he gets back to playing football soon. Not for me, but for him.


Nice sentiment LDTO. When my first wife passed away it was 15 months before i fell apart. When I did, I fell hard. Looking back, I have thought, maybe it would have been better if it had happened earlier, but the fact is.....we have no control over that.

I look forward to seeing Zach play when he is ready.
 
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A lot of young men would shy away from the responsibility he has taken on. I wish him the best no matter if he plays or not. He has shown to be a solid person and man. He's a vol and I'm proud of him.
 
Could have used him this fall, IMHO....with Jackson out for good and an injury to Sanders. I always thought Stewart would one of those under the radar kind of guys, that surprise you once he gets on campus. Kind of like Robertson was last year.

He has the perfect size already and athleticism to be a great OT. Might could have plugged him in at LG if not competing for the RT job
 
Could have used him this fall, IMHO....with Jackson out for good and an injury to Sanders. I always thought Stewart would one of those under the radar kind of guys, that surprise you once he gets on campus. Kind of like Robertson was last year.

He has the perfect size already and athleticism to be a great OT. Might could have plugged him in at LG if not competing for the RT job

Can I ask why people are saying Jackson is out for good/career is done vs. Sanders just being out for the year? Jackson can always have a Medical RS.
 
Can I ask why people are saying Jackson is out for good/career is done vs. Sanders just being out for the year? Jackson can always have a Medical RS.

Jackson already used his redshirt during a year he was healthy. He won't get another year eligibility because he was healthy and able to participate for 4 years. His college career is over. Sadly.

Sander is just a RS sophomore. He can still play 2 more years.
 
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Jackson already used his redshirt during a year he was healthy. He won't get another year eligibility because he was healthy and able to participate for 4 years. His college career is over. Sadly.

Sander is just a RS sophomore. He can still play 2 more years.

Dang. Thanks for the clear up.
 
Jackson already used his redshirt during a year he was healthy. He won't get another year eligibility because he was healthy and able to participate for 4 years. His college career is over. Sadly.

Sander is just a RS sophomore. He can still play 2 more years.


I thought he could get a medical redshirt. A la Ben Martin from a few years back.

??
 
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The sixth year is a medical hardship. Say for example you have a medical redshirt year, then are injured and out for the season again after that, you can apply for a medical hardship and possibly be granted a sixth year. Only if the first redshirt was medical and not a standard redshirt.
 
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I thought he could get a medical redshirt. A la Ben Martin from a few years back.

??

What the NCAA looks at is a player being healthy enough to participate for 4 years. In order to get the 6th year, a player must lose 2 years to injury. Jackson was healthy the year he redshirted, so he he was able to "participate." He's not a candidate for another year of eligibility.
 
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What the NCAA looks at is a player being healthy enough to participate for 4 years. In order to get the 6th year, a player must lose 2 years to injury. Jackson was healthy the year he redshirted, so he he was able to "participate." He's not a candidate for another year of eligibility.

In that case any RS should always be a medical RS.
 
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Nice sentiment LDTO. When my first wife passed away it was 15 months before i fell apart. When I did, I fell hard. Looking back, I have thought, maybe it would have been better if it had happened earlier, but the fact is.....we have no control over that.

I look forward to seeing Zach play when he is ready.

I couldn't imagine what you must have gone through. You must truly be a strong person with great family and friends to support you. I have been with my for 22 years and married for 17 years. She still lights my eyes up just as she did back then and she is not only my wife but my best friend. I don't know what I would do if I lost her.

Things like this should make everyone cherish the time we have with our loved ones while we have them with us because is so short.
 
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I wonder what kind of rules are in place to prevent a coach from reporting a bogus injury to issue a medical red-shirt for a player? Seems like a way to write an insurance policy for a kid who was going to red-shirt anyway. Get them an early medical red-shirt, then, if they get a season-ending injury later, they will qualify for a 6th year.
 
ncaa BS rule giving coaches an incentive to do this to work around their BS
 
I wonder what kind of rules are in place to prevent a coach from reporting a bogus injury to issue a medical red-shirt for a player? Seems like a way to write an insurance policy for a kid who was going to red-shirt anyway. Get them an early medical red-shirt, then, if they get a season-ending injury later, they will qualify for a 6th year.

I'm sure the NCAA requires medical charts, x-ray films, MRI films, etc, when making a determination of whether a season was truly lost to injury in which a medical redshirt is appropriate. You have to apply for a medical redshirt with the NCAA, even for underclassmen.
 

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