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Let's say you have your QB of the future, or so you think. Let's say they are a Sophomore or a Junior. You recruit a QB and you already have a backup. If you redshirt your incoming QB when does that happen? The day they step on campus? The day the enroll? The day football practice begins? The day football season actually starts?

If someone is redshirted can they compete for the starting job while still being redshirted? Or if they start to practice does that remove their redshirt status?

An example I will give is Bo Wallace at Ole Miss, lets say he comes back iffy from his shoulder surgery and we have moved our backup QB brunetti to a skill position. WHile practice is going on can an incoming recruit compete for the starting job and than last day before football starts you decide either A) Keep him redshirted or B) Let hime start?

Basically when is someone "officially" redshirted. What are their limitations?

Depends on what your QB depth looks like.

Stephen McGee enrolled for the 2004 Spring Semester, yet still redshirted in the 2004 season while Reggie McNeal had a walkon (Ty Branyon) as his backup.

Jameill Showers and Matt Joeckel both enrolled for the 2010 Spring Semester, yet redshirted for the 2010 season because the QBs were clearly established (Jerrod Johnson, Ryan Tannehill).

Johnny Manziel enrolled for the 2011 Spring Semester, yet redshirted for the 2011 season. Mike Sherman wasn't going to play him that season regardless.

As a rule of thumb, unless the QB is CLEARLY good enough to compete for the starting job, you should redshirt him.

The last A&M quarterback that didn't redshirt was Reggie McNeal...and that was only because R.C. Slocum promised him he'd play as a true freshman.

Johnny Manziel - redshirted
Ryan Tannehill - redshirted
Jerrod Johnson - redshirted
Stephen McGee - redshirted
Reggie McNeal - played all four years
Dustin Long - redshirted
Mark Farris - redshirted
Randy McCown - redshirted
Branndon Stewart - transferred from Tennessee
Corey Pullig - played all four years
Bucky Richardson - played all four years
Kevin Murray - played all four years

Typically if you have an established starter you will redshirt freshman quarterbacks. If that starter gets INJURED for the season, however, the redshirt may or may not come off depending on how confident you are in the backup.