A modified football season has created big life decisions for college football seniors, who otherwise would out of eligibility after this season. The NCAA has frozen eligibility for the year, meaning a current senior can return to play another senior season in 2021. A junior will remain a junior, a sophomore a sophomore, a freshman a freshman.
2020 doesn’t count, and Darel Middleton is planning on taking advantage. The veteran defensive lineman announced that he’s already decided that he will be returning to Knoxville next year. He did so in a series of tweets on Tuesday.