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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Everyone starts with 4 years of eligibility. Add 1 year for normal redshirt. Everyone who was in college in 2020 got 1 extra year of eligibility so that’s 2. Now we’re at 6. A 2nd redshirt year can be granted for medical reasons but it has to be approved by the NCAA I believe. So that’s 7 years. It’s definitely unusual but possible for some players.

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