How can a college athlete in the United States have seven years in a collegiate sport?

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Watching LSU Florida State game and overheard one of the commentators say that one of the players had seven years in college football? I don’t know that much about college sports, but even if you take into account red shirting and the extra COVID time, seven years doesn’t seem like it should be possible.

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Normally you get 5 years to play 4 seasons. The NCAA decided to not count 2020 towards either, so you have 6 years to play 5 seasons. You can also be granted extra years if you suffer an injury early in the season.

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