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Jumbo Package: Will the new redshirt rule keep all the QBs in house for 2018?

Happy Friday, everyone. When it was announced that players could redshirt after playing up to four games in a season, Alabama fans immediately turned to the impact on this season’s QB battle.

With the new redshirt rule, Hurts can play in up to four games and still redshirt. That could eliminate the pressure of needing to make a decision before the season and allow Hurts to continue battling for the job once the season starts if he doesn’t win it outright and then graduate from Alabama without sacrificing a year of eligibility.

The logistics of this could be difficult, but I could see it working out something like this: Both players split time vs.