How to Use redshirt in a Sentence

redshirt

noun
  • The redshirt junior was 8-of-11 on 3rd downs in the game.
    Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022
  • If Johnson plays in the Rose Bowl, his redshirt is burned.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Chiles can play in as many as four games and preserve his redshirt.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
  • McGusty, a sixth-year redshirt senior, was 10 for 18 from the field.
    Jay Cohen, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Richardson, at the time 19 and a redshirt freshman, failed to rise to the occasion.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The redshirt senior was most pleased with his glasswork.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The redshirt senior also rushed 57 yards and scored two touchdowns on the ground.
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The 6-foot-3 Stroud blew scouts away as a redshirt freshman last season.
    Matt Young, Chron, 3 May 2022
  • The redshirt sophomore had just thrown a 20-yard TD to Will Fischer while being dragged to the ground.
    Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2022
  • In his five years with OU, Walker made just two starts as a redshirt freshman in 2019.
    Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The 6-foot, 213-pound redshirt freshman played in four games last season.
    Calum McAndrew, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The redshirt freshman held the Irish scoreless on three singles in the first five innings.
    Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022
  • On the other end of the spectrum, Howard is a redshirt freshman from LSU who ranked among the top overall prospects in his class.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Smith appeared in four games as a redshirt freshman in 2022 with five tackles, one of those for a loss.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Mister Clark, a redshirt freshman, has flashed this spring, showing a knack for the ball.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
  • He is expected to be a fifth-year starter in 2022 as a redshirt senior.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 1 May 2022
  • On the other end of the ice redshirt junior Jane Gervais (10 saves) recorded her fifth shutout of the season.
    Journal Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Kicking off the 2023 season, he’s listed as a redshirt for the O.S.U. Cowboys.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The explosive redshirt junior has not practiced with the team this month.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • But just putting on pads and a helmet again was enough to energize the redshirt junior.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • He’s one of nine fourth-year redshirt-sophomores on UO’s roster.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2022
  • With the four-game redshirt rule and an FCS game in week 2, not everything has to be framed about being on the field against Georgia.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Now the redshirt-freshman and former five-star recruit is the starting right tackle for the No. 12 Cougars.
    oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Kitna, a redshirt freshman, appeared in four games during the 2022 season for the Gators.
    Joe Morgan, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Both redshirt freshmen, Caldwell and Myrick have played mostly on special teams in the Jaguars’ first two games.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2023
  • But Boyd, a redshirt freshman from Garnerville, New York, has a team-high 92 assists.
    Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Ceyair Wright had his ups and downs as a redshirt freshman, starting 11 games before sliding down the depth chart for the final three.
    Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The redshirt junior clanged an extra-point attempt in the second quarter and sent a 31-yard field-goal try wide right in the fourth quarter.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Harris, a redshirt sophomore, played the most last season, notching 130 snaps across eight games.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2024
  • There was redshirt sophomore safety Zion Branch, whose only barrier to a breakout in 2023 was injuries.
    Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 31 July 2024

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