With what seems like an epidemic rate of injuries in the ACC and across college football, coach Paul Johnson offered the suggestion of giving football players an additional fifth year of eligibility.
“They either need to increase the scholarships or give us some freshman eligibility (meaning his five-year proposal) or something,” Johnson said Wednesday after practice. “Because the way kids are getting hurt, there’s not enough guys to play.”
Using his team as an example, Johnson said that he counted seven scholarship offensive players who were out at Tuesday’s practice who would be playing if not for injury.