naptownskinsfan Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 With the new redshirt rule, Scott can return for another season, as he played in the maximum number of games (four) while fighting through injuries. I imagine a lot of players will be using this, whether medical or otherwise, moving into the future. Some are already referring to it as the college football version of free agency, as is the case with Kelly Bryant. Scott could still declare for the NFL draft, however. Quote Not surprisingly, LJ Scott‘s lost season won’t result in a lost year of eligibility. Scott played in Michigan State’s first two games this season, but suffered an ankle injury in the Week 2 loss to Arizona State and was sidelined for the next four. He returned for the Oct. 20 loss to Michigan and played in the following week’s win over Purdue, but was reinjured in the Boilermakers game. Sidelined Nov. 3 against Maryland, he dressed for but didn’t play in yesterday’s loss to Ohio State. Add it all up, and the running back has appeared in four games this season. Following the loss to the Buckeyes, Mark Dantonio confirmed that Scott will take advantage of the new NCAA redshirt rule and shut it down this season, thus preserving a year of eligibility he can use in 2019. “Even though this is an important game and everything,” the head coach said by way of mlive.com, “we put it on him ‘hey, this is it. If you play in this game and you get hurt, this is it.’ After sitting down and thinking about it, he and his family made the decision to redshirt, which I support.” If Scott had played in another game this season, even for one play, his collegiate career would’ve been over at year’s end. Scott had led Michigan State in rushing each of the past three seasons — 898 yards in 2017, 994 in 2016 and 699 in 2015. Despite missing six full games, Scott’s 180 yards are still third on the Spartans. Following MSU’s Holiday Bowl win last December, Scott confirmed that he would be eschewing early entry into the 2018 NFL draft and would be returning to East Lansing for a fourth season. Although not the plan at the moment, it remains possible that Scott could reverse course and not take advantage of that last season of eligibility in order to enter the 2019 draft. https://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/11/11/rb-lj-scott-to-redshirt-return-to-michigan-state-in-2019/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSURacerDT55 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Great timing for MSU, Scott. Both can benefit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buno67 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I think that's one of the ideal things to the new RS rule. Besides letting freshmen play, it allows guys to attempt injury comebacks but not push them to re-injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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