* DE/LB Jarez Parks commits to Bama as a greyshirt*

Bamamax1 · Feb 1, 2017

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Ur he could be a "walk on" per se

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TIDEnGA · Feb 1, 2017

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Dang, kid is impressive. Top 100 recruit AND a 4.0!!! Congrats to him and his parents.

Coach Saban rules. :cool2:

TiderJack · Feb 1, 2017

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Bamamax1 said:
Ur he could be a "walk on" per se

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Pretty sure he can not participate in any team activities until January.

KrAzY3 · Feb 1, 2017

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People really like to overstate the disadvantages of a greyshirt. There are big advantages. One of those would be the preservation of eligibility while becoming an EE. If he can go on academic scholarship until his eligibility clock starts, that would be great. It would give him a nice head start.

Bamamax1 · Feb 1, 2017

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Can't he decommit and go as student only

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Blindside13 · Feb 1, 2017

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TiderJ said:
Pretty sure he can not participate in any team activities until January.

If he is given a academic scholarship I don't see why he can't walk on and at least practice...... not sure how that works though.

Tideflyer · Feb 1, 2017

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Bodhisattva said:
If this young man has the academic chops a grey shirt could be very advantageous to him. It lets him get some classes under his belt before clock starts ticking on his athletic eligibility. If pro ball is not there in three or four years, he could get much of his masters degree paid for as well.

The Lord works in mysterious ways sometimes. For all the reasons above, could be the best thing that ever happens to him. Really glad it looks like it`ll work out, both from a football and academic personal perspective and very happy he`s with us.

LA4Bama · Feb 1, 2017

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eligibility starts as soon as you enroll, whether or not you are on a team. A person who never joins any team is burning eligibility. However, you get 5 to play 4, so he may not care if he burns one year on a grey shirt instead of a red shirt

BAMAVILLE · Feb 1, 2017

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Tideflyer said:
The Lord works in mysterious ways sometimes. For all the reasons above, could be the best thing that ever happens to him. Really glad it looks like it`ll work out, both from a football and academic personal perspective and very happy he`s with us.

Happy he rolled with the good guys too. Welcome to the Capstone Mr. Parks!

runtheoption22 · Feb 1, 2017

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LA4Bama said:
eligibility starts as soon as you enroll, whether or not you are on a team. A person who never joins any team is burning eligibility. However, you get 5 to play 4, so he may not care if he burns one year on a grey shirt instead of a red shirt

not true....he will have 5 to play four from August of 2018. he could use his scholarship from Jan. 2018 through December of 2022.

LA4Bama · Feb 1, 2017

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runtheoption22 said:
not true....he will have 5 to play four from August of 2018. he could use his scholarship from Jan. 2018 through December of 2022.

If he does not enroll in school, the clock does not start. If he does enroll in school on an academic scholarship, which was the premise from earlier in the thread, then his eligibility also starts. Unless they changed this rule in the last year, I'm pretty sure that's how it works.
Note: he could enroll part time and the clock wouldn't start, but i've never heard of a part rime academic scholarship.

KrAzY3 · Feb 1, 2017

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LA4Bama said:
Note: he could enroll part time and the clock wouldn't start, but i've never heard of a part rime academic scholarship.

That's what grayshirts typically do of course, but I'm not aware of there even being an requirement they enroll at all. Anyway, I said if, because I'm not even going to try to unravel the types of academic scholarships available, and how those interact with NCAA requirements. If he can go on academic scholarship right away, great, but if that starts his clock I would think he'd consider other options.

tide96 · Feb 1, 2017

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Because he was actively recruited and took an official visit, I don't think he can take an academic scholarship this year and not count against the 25/year limit.

CoolBreeze · Feb 1, 2017

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My hat is off to Parks who I believe will be a special player at Bama in the future. RTR Jarez and welcome to the Capstone!!!

runtheoption22 · Feb 1, 2017

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LA4Bama said:
If he does not enroll in school, the clock does not start. If he does enroll in school on an academic scholarship, which was the premise from earlier in the thread, then his eligibility also starts. Unless they changed this rule in the last year, I'm pretty sure that's how it works.
Note: he could enroll part time and the clock wouldn't start, but i've never heard of a part rime academic scholarship.

all of them enroll part time at Bama or Shelton State on their own dime

bodiddle · Feb 1, 2017

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KrAzY3 said:
That's what grayshirts typically do of course, but I'm not aware of there even being an requirement they enroll at all. Anyway, I said if, because I'm not even going to try to unravel the types of academic scholarships available, and how those interact with NCAA requirements. If he can go on academic scholarship right away, great, but if that starts his clock I would think he'd consider other options.

I am not aware of any previous grayshirt enrolling at Bama before the winter semester when their scholly begins.

Special K · Feb 1, 2017

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runtheoption22 said:
all of them enroll part time at Bama or Shelton State on their own dime

"On their own dime" is the key. No scholly, no clock. Any scholly (including academic) = clock starts. I believe that's the way it works anyway.

TiderJack · Feb 1, 2017

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Special K said:
"On their own dime" is the key. No scholly, no clock. Any scholly (including academic) = clock starts. I believe that's the way it works anyway.

So if I were to go to college for three years paying my own way and not playing football, I could then join the football team and play up to 5 years?

LA4Bama · Feb 1, 2017

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TiderJ said:
So if I were to go to college for three years paying my own way and not playing football, I could then join the football team and play up to 5 years?

Nope, as I said in an earlier post, the clock starts the moment a student enrolls full time. It has nothing to do with whether a guy has a scholarship or pays his own way.

TiderJack · Feb 1, 2017

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LA4Bama said:
Nope, as I said in an earlier post, the clock starts the moment a student enrolls full time. It has nothing to do with whether a guy has a scholarship or pays his own way.

This is how I have always interpreted it also.

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