Former Saginaw High standout and University of Michigan recruit Brian Cole will sit out the 2017 Mississippi State season, the Clarion-Ledger reported Friday.
Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen confirmed that Cole will receive a redshirt season for academic reasons after transferring from East Mississippi Community College.
"There are different standards within the academic redshirt standard now," Mullen told Will Sammon of The Clarion-Ledger. "The eligibility standards to qualify and to play are different level standards in both junior college players and high school players now. And there is the adjusted scale that they approved two years ago.