Jerrard Tarrant

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I work at the VA hospital in atlanta and a guy wearing a nice new tech hat walked by...struck up a conversation with him and it turns out that he's the uncle of J. Dwyer.

Had a brief conversation about the game and our program and he then says he has a another relative of some sort that had coached J.Tarrant. I felt comfortable enough with the guy and asked him about JT's situation. He said that it's pretty much done with and he's going to take an academic redshirt. Don't know the exacts of an academic redshirt(if hivered could explain that would be great).

But, guess the point of my story is that i learned that one of our young jackets will now be able to move on with his life fortunately and that we should be seeing him on the field saturdays of next year.

It made me feel pretty good to hear first hand GOOD news for JT and the yellow jackets.

He also said we're going to beat the bulldogs this year.
 
Thanks for the info. Good news about Jerrard.

Any word on what actually happened to the charge? It's funny how when he was charged, the news appeared everywhere but haven't read or heard anything in the news about it.
 
Yea we have been really banged up this year along the o line. Gardner- torn labrum. David brown-spinal injury may be out for year. Dan voss- hurt his shoulder awhile back will most likely have surgey after the year.
 
That's great to hear. I'm from Carrollton and a Carrollton High graduate, so when Jerrard signed with Tech I was very excited about it. Then for all of this unfortunate stuff to happen to him was tragic, especially since by all accounts he is a good kid. Hopefully he'll bounce back from this ordeal and grow up to be the football player and man we in Carrollton all know he can be.
 
buzztheirazz said:
IHe said that it's pretty much done with and he's going to take an academic redshirt. Don't know the exacts of an academic redshirt(if hivered could explain that would be great).
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Well....regardless of what happens the standard rule is that you have five years to play four. Jerrard already used his traditional redshirt year so that is done with.
There is one exception out there...and we have seen it done before...where a player misses school time (usually because of a serious medical issue) and applies for a 6th year. You make this application during your fifth year. If you had something that legitimately prevented you from performing in the classroom and on the field....and you had already taken a redshirt...and you are in good academic standing...the NCAA will typically grant a 6th year during your 5th year of eligibility.
 
There is one exception out there...and we have seen it done before...where a player misses school time (usually because of a serious medical issue) and applies for a 6th year. You make this application during your fifth year. If you had something that legitimately prevented you from performing in the classroom and on the field....and you had already taken a redshirt...and you are in good academic standing...the NCAA will typically grant a 6th year during your 5th year of eligibility.
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So if Tarrant took time off from school to deal with his trial, then the time wouldn't go against his 5 years of eligibility, and he could be in school 6 years, playing his final four?
 
beej67 said:
So if Tarrant took time off from school to deal with his trial, then the time wouldn't go against his 5 years of eligibility, and he could be in school 6 years, playing his final four?
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It is possible....there have been cases though it is typically an eggregious medical issue that occurs which wipes out an academically solid athlete for a full season after already using their redshirt.

A kid at Auburn got this done for this season. I know we have had it happen...just cannot put my finger on it. I want to say Matt Miller may have done it...cannot remember. I know that Charles Wiley applied for one and fully deserved it...but he was declined.
 
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Just found this....I would say it will be a long shot...maybe unchartered territory.

Along with extraordinary medical problems (i.e. blow one knee as a freshman...then the other knee as a sophomore), per NCAA bylaw 30.6.1.1, student-athletes can also receive their sixth year of eligibility for other circumstances beyond their control such as:
• Life-threatening or incapacitating injury or illness suffered by a member of the student-athlete's immediate family, which clearly is supported by contemporaneous medical documentation
• Clearly erroneous academic advice provided to the student-athlete from a specific academic authority from a collegiate institution regarding the academic status of the student-athlete or prospective student-athlete, which directly leads to that individual not being eligible to participate
• Natural disasters (e.g., earthquake, flood)
• Extreme financial difficulties as a result of a specific event (e.g., layoff, death in the family) experienced by the student-athlete or by an individual upon whom the student-athlete is legally dependent, which prohibit the student-athlete from participating in intercollegiate athletics.
 
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