How to Use redshirt in a Sentence

redshirt

noun
  • 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
  • The redshirt senior was most pleased with his glasswork.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The redshirt freshmen spent most of the offseason competing with one another for the right to be QB1.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The redshirt sophomore has a cannon of an arm and is capable of bringing some uniqueness to the Bears’ offense.
    Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The redshirt freshman connected from 35 yards with 8 seconds left in the third quarter.
    Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Kupp was a redshirt freshman at Eastern Washington at the time.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The redshirt freshman from Gilbert was one of the more improved players on the squad from 2021 to this season and that was evident during spring drills.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Dunn played special teams in a handful of games this season as a redshirt freshman, but did not play a snap on defense.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The leading candidate to start is redshirt senior Grant Sergent, who has been in the program four years.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Chiles is allowed to participate in as many as four games and take a redshirt season.
    oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Among the 19 transfers Burns and his staff added was quarterback Mike Alaimo, a redshirt junior from Purdue.
    Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Karaban, who joined the Huskies last spring semester as a redshirt, is a basketball fiend.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Branch, a redshirt freshman, also missed all of last season because of a knee injury.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Jantzen Dunn is another redshirt freshman who could contend for a role in 2023.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Freshman Brendan Sorsby and redshirt junior Will Jontz have played in one game apiece.
    Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Battle did not play a single game in 2021, keeping his redshirt status.
    Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Carroll said redshirt sophomore Joe Borjon would step in if Morgan couldn’t go at any point.
    Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023

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