James Blasczyk, who played for Texas A&M and Southern Cal over the last five years, is seeking a sixth year to go play at another California school: Blasczyk started his career at Texas A&M, where he spent two years as a reserve center. During his freshman season in 2008-2009, he appeared in just one game […]
With many athletes both graduating and transferring as the school year winds down, there are many questions about which football and basketball players will be eligible immediately as graduate students. Because this area has changed so much in the last few years there is confusion about graduate transfers. The current graduate transfer system started with […]
Grant Gibbs, running mate for All-American Doug McDermott at Creighton, may be seeking a sixth year. But Gibbs will have a challenging and uncertain case, even if the school gets the go-ahead from its law firm to file the case: Gibbs has actually had a rather complex career. He spent two seasons at Gonzaga before […]
It was not a shock to Old Dominion that Donte Hill’s eligibility for the upcoming year was uncertain. The school knew that Hill, a transfer from Clemson, would need some help from the NCAA to be eligible for his fifth season. Hill used a season of competition at Clemson when he played in a preseason […]
Eddie Young, sidelined for weeks while his eligibility was sorted out, was not given a fifth year by the NCAA today. Details about the ruling are sparse, but also unknown is what it means for the UC-Riverside baseball team. They may have to vacate the wins Young participated in before he was declared ineligible and […]
UC-Riverside is without its senior infielder Eddie Young while he awaits an NCAA ruling on his eligibility. Young should be a fifth-year senior but an administrative mistake is standing in his way: Young has been sidelined two weeks after the school discovered a paperwork error dating back to his freshman year. In 2009, Young was […]
Orlando Sanchez, on St. John’s third attempt, was granted a waiver by the NCAA to regain one season of competition, which he will use in 2013–14. But exactly one season is a curious decision from the NCAA. Here is Sanchez’s timeline: 2005: Sanchez leaves high school, moves to Spain. 2009: Sanchez, now 21, plays in […]
Penn State offensive lineman Garry Gilliam was granted a sixth-year waiver by the NCAA: Gilliam suffered a serious knee injury in the 2010 Big Ten opener at Iowa, the fifth game of the season, and missed the entire 2011 campaign. A tight end during the 2010 and 2012 seasons, Gilliam suffered a torn anterior cruciate […]
The NCAA has denied a waiver filed by Wichita State for Oklahoma transfer Chase Simpson. Wichita State will file an appeal, but that will be the longest of long shots: [Associate AD Korey] Torgerson, in his report to the NCAA, asked it to allow Simpson a waiver because he walked on and the coach who […]
Nic Purcell, a junior college recruit from New Zealand, did not seriously take up football until he moved to the United States for college. Now after two years, he is being heavily recruited by Division I programs, including Oregon. How heavily recruited? So much so that Oregon is filing for an NCAA waiver on his […]