re: Class of 2017 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: Say Your Goodbyes Edition

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What are the chances that Parks gets in without a greyshirt? Would somebody else transferring open a spot for him?

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It looks like the 25 class cap is the roadblock, not the 85 total cap. Since we signed only 26, it appears we only had room to backcount one of our EEs.

Byers is going to Juco for summer and fall, and it appears Brannon and Bulovas will be blueshirts. But Parks can't be a PWO or blueshirt due to his official visit to UA. It appears that's why grayshirt was the only option for Parks.

Parks' grades are great, so maybe he can get non-athletic scholarship aid for summer and/or fall semesters, but I don't think he could practice with the team until after fall semester.

If the above is correct, I don't see how we could've fit in anyone else, such as Solomon, without losing or grayshirting someone else. I believe it is correct, because I think Andrew Bone said something to the effect that Bama would've had to somehow make room for Solomon.

However, It was just recently reported that the NCAA granted a waiver to Blake Barnett, making him elligible to play as of the first game next season. I wonder if Bama could gain another backcount space from that. If so, it appears that would make room for Parks in the 2017 class.