And so it begins
I am not sure if this was about the same time that the Tigers started dropping like flies last year (Billie) but they have started the year off strong with another ACL tear (Waters first game injury last year). Clemson’s media darling, Ray Ray McElrathby will be out the entire season due to an ACL tear. The injury occured in a non contact drill where RayRay recalls his knee just giving out. No pain was mentioned when the injury first occured which led to th initial diagnosis of a severe sprain or twist.
This puts the Tigers into a predicament as they were already thin on running backs and Ray Ray was their third man. Luckily, Sadat Chambers seems to be picking up the offense pretty well to take over at 3rd man. This may be a good thing for Ray Ray as well as he supposedly was getting run ragged with school, caring for his brother and keeping up with team requirements. I believe that he will be able to take a red shirt as he came in as a true freshman last year and played. I could be wrong as I did not see any mention of it in any of the articles that I have read so far. We can always hope that it is a speedy recovery and he can use the red shirt to learn the RB position a little better for the coming years.
As for the rest of the team, they might want to take an insurance policy out on James Davis and CJ Spiller’s legs as the team can not afford to lose any more running backs.
Having not played a snap this season and having this type of injury, he will most likely be afforded a medical redshirt by the NCAA, effectively leaving him at least 3 more years of on field eligibility and possibly and additional redshirt year. I don’t know how the NCAA handles things should a player get a medical redshirt prior to the use of a regular redshirt. I kinda doubt it happens as medical redshirts are usually reviewed and granted by a special committee. I think an additional year off the field would have to be injury related for the NCAA approval and this year would be deemed a redshirt year going forward.