Gray shirts

[MustangFan]

Who was the other guy, along with Hulsey Smith, who was a Gray Shirt last year? Cavan signed two of them in 2001. Anyone know who the other was?

[Mickey]

It is my understanding that gray shirts aren't signed. They are awarded a scholarship the spring semester instead of the fall semester.

The two so called gray shirts last year were Hulsey Smith from Nasville and Matt Terry from Jacksonville, FL. Smith enrolled in school in the fall, but did not pay football. He joined the team in the spring for Spring Practice. He now will have 5 springs and 5 falls to use his eligibility counting a redshirt year.

Terry was a non scholarship RS player on the team last fall and was to be awarded a scholarship this spring, but he quit the team. Last fall counted as one of his 5 years for completing his eligibility. Had he stayed, he would have had 4 spring seasons and 5 fall seasons of participation.

I don't know if Terry is considered a grayshirt since he was on the team last fall. Either way, both Smith and Terry were promised scholarships this spring.