Players Redshirting
Here's the current status of every (scholarship) player on the Michigan roster who has not yet taken a redshirt year. In order to be eligible to redshirt for the 2009 season, a player must have not played in any game past the 5th (Michigan State).
| Player | Western | ND | Eastern | Indiana | MSU | Iowa | Delaware State | Redshirt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| True seniors | ||||||||
| Carlos Brown | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | DNP | DNP | Nope |
| Stevie Brown | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Nope |
| Brandon Graham | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Nope |
| Greg Mathews | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Played | Started | Nope |
| Brandon Minor | DNP | Played | Played | Played | Played | Started | DNP | Nope |
| True Juniors | ||||||||
| James Rogers | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Nope |
| Renaldo Sagesse | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | DNP | Played | Nope |
| Donovan Warren | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Nope |
| Martell Webb | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Nope |
| Troy Woolfolk | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Nope |
| True Sophomores | ||||||||
| Boubacar Cissoko | Started | Started | Started | Started | Played | DNP | DNP | Inj. Only - suspended |
| Kenny Demens | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Nope |
| JB Fitzgerald | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Nope |
| Kevin Koger | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | DNP | Nope |
| Mike Martin | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Nope |
| Martavious Odoms | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Nope |
| Mike Shaw | Played | DNP | Played | Played | DNP | Played | Started | Nope |
| Darryl Stonum | Played | Started | Started | Played | Played | Started | Played | Nope |
| True Freshmen | ||||||||
| Isaiah Bell | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| William Campbell | Played | Played | Played | DNP | Played | Played | Played | Nope |
| Vladimir Emilien | Played | Played | Played | Played | DNP | DNP | Played | Nope |
| Tate Forcier | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Nope |
| Jeremy Gallon | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| Brendan Gibbons | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| Cameron Gordon | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| Thomas Gordon | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| Brandin Hawthorne | Played | Played | DNP | Played | DNP | DNP | Played | Nope |
| Mike Jones | DNP | DNP | DNP | Played | Played | DNP | DNP | Inj. Only |
| Teric Jones | Played | Played | Played | Played | DNP | Played | Played | Nope |
| Anthony LaLota | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| Taylor Lewan | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| Denard Robinson | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Played | Nope |
| Craig Roh | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Started | Nope |
| Michael Schofield | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| Vincent Smith | Played | DNP | Played | DNP | Played | Played | Played | Nope |
| Je'Ron Stokes | Played | Played | Played | DNP | DNP | DNP | Played | Nope |
| Fitzgerald Toussaint | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| Justin Turner | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
| Quinton Washington | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Yep |
Rich Rodriguez has said that Boubacar Cissoko is expected to return to the field this year once he clears up the issues that got him suspended. That means he won't be redshirting. Only freshmen will redshirt this year, then, and the list of eligible guys is as follows:
- Isaiah Bell
- Jeremy Gallon
- Brendan Gibbons
- Cameron Gordon
- Thomas Gordon
- Mike Jones (Injury redshirt only, as he's played in a couple games - but not the DSU blowout).
- Anthony LaLota
- Taylor Lewan
- Michael Schofield
- Fitzgerald Toussaint
- Justin Turner
- Quinton Washington
A couple of these guys might be in the mix for playing time later in the year (especially Jones, since he's already played), so keep your eyes peeled.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:39 AM ^
This clears up a lot of the speculation that has been going on. Thanks.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:42 AM ^
Hopefully the team stays healthy enough that the guys who are currently on track for a redshirt don't have to burn it near the end of the season. Good comprehensive list!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:49 AM ^
The mgoblue site lists Demens as a RS FR.
The fact that Webb, Sagesse, Rogers, and Woolfolk did not redshirt was one of my biggest pet peeves of Carr's later years.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:00 PM ^
Carlos Brown really didn't need to see the field in 2006, either.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:55 AM ^
any way that this can get moved to the MGoBoard and made sticky??? reason being is that someone is going to ask in a couple of weeks what the redshirt situation is and it will easier to direct them to this post instead of explaining it to them.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 PM ^
You could make this the front page, rename the blog "The Redshirts of 2009 for Michigan are as follows...(all their names)," email the list to every known poster here, send RSS feeds to everyone who even clicks on this blog, cut off the hands and feet of everyone who posts threads titled,"Who's Gonna Redshirt?"
and you would still have 6.4 threads per week titled, "Who's Gonna Redshirt?"
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 AM ^
but why does KOB get negged for just about everything he posts (and, yes, I am aware that he formerly posted as the Barking Sphincter)?
This seemed like a completely innocuous "jokey" post, so why the hate? Are people just negging certain posters they don't like regardless of post content?
That just seems so, I don't know, middle-schooley.
(Ducks for cover...)
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 PM ^
There are sev. things that should be put semi-permanently under "Useful Stuff." This is one of them. One other suggestion: obviously, this will need to be edited maybe twice, three times at the most. Say at the beginning of Nov. and end of season.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:04 PM ^
Demens got a medical redshirt for last year. He had a shoulder injury of some sort, I believe.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:07 PM ^
Are you sure he didn't play against DSU?
He's listed in the special teams section of the player participation report
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101709aab.html
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 PM ^
WHO!?!
MIKE JONES.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:48 AM ^
...the entire DSU game and remember seeing him on the field during special teams. IIRC he is #27 and was involved in at least one or two tackles.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:41 PM ^
Thanks Tim, great post. Hopefully this eliminates the weekly MGoBoard post on Justin Turner et al.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:43 PM ^
I'm a little surprised at some of the non-redshirting freshman. Obviously, RR must have his reasons and I'm not trying to second guess him, but I'm just curious what those reasons are. Players like Big Will, Hawthorne, Teric Jones, and Stokes have contributed very little, and surely their contributions could have been made by players who were not redshirt eligible. I would just like to know why those players needed to play this year.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:04 PM ^
Speculation on my part, but I'll bite. Sometimes you've got a player that the coaches believe can contribute and make some good plays in limited action. Perhaps these guys still need work on technique/fundamentals. Being able to go up against other competition and then reviewing film of what was good/bad, can be more beneficial than just redshirting. There's no replacement for game time experience, and perhaps a few of these guys will be big contributors in 2010. Just my $0.02.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:05 PM ^
FM, wondered why some of these guys didn't RS as well. Couple reasons may be as follows; they played well enough in practices that they appeared ready to make greater contributions than we have seen so far, playing them now will ensure they have a bigger impact next year, the players earned the right to play and were given the option of red shirting but asked to play. Anyone have insight on reality vs. my spectulation?
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:47 PM ^
I enjoy seeing alot of OL players on this list. This means that at least one of our position groups other than RB has some decent depth...
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 PM ^
Thanks for clearing that up for us Tim.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 PM ^
is that if a skill position guy doesn't see the field his freshman year (ie.db, running back, wr) he probably isn't ever going to be anything special (YES...there are exceptions, but mostly it is the case). Which is why the empire is REALLY concerned about Turner. Ty Law played ALOT as a frosh, Woodson played ALOT as a frosh, Jackson ALOT as a frosh, Warren A LOT as a frosh. So, I think you get my drift...the odds are greater that Turner will be anyting special.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:01 PM ^
This is a strange case. Because of some weird problem with a meaningless standardized test that's supposed to test Turner's teachers more than Turner, his arrival was delayed until the end of summer.
Given his performance in the Army game and his recruiting cachet, I'm not ready to come near to writing him off yet. All of the guys you mentioned above were there for summer practice their respective freshman years.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:43 PM ^
Following your logic, shouldn't your conclusion be that Turner *won't* be anything special?
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:27 PM ^
Justin Turner might just be starting if not for the Ohio testing snafu.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:41 PM ^
I'm pretty sure that if a player is on the field for a single play in any game for the entire year they burn their redshirt. Unlike in basketball where there is a limit to the games one can play in, I believe it is one and done with football.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:09 PM ^
In any sport, a player who sees the field/court/ice for one play burns the redshirt. The game limit (30% of the season) has to do with medical redshirt applicants.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:20 AM ^
mike cox?
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:58 AM ^
I'm not 100% sure, but I thought I read on a thread here way back at the beginning of the year that Gallon played on special teams a couple times. I could definitely be wrong but I thought I read that on this blog somewhere.
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