Before the football season began, the NCAA handed out a blanket waiver to athletes, including football players, Thus, the 2020 season technically will not affect any future eligibility. (It’s why we nixed our redshirt tracker from year’s past.)
In a normal year, though — at least as of 2018 — the NCAA’s redshirt rules allowed for players to participate in up to four games while still qualifying for a redshirt season. So under those circumstances, I decided to take a look at how many games the incoming freshmen participated in to get a scope of their total impact.