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[quote author=garvin link=topic=10435.msg95255#msg95255 date=1409071085]I know Shaw keeps talking about McCaffrey, but....really? At running back, he'd have to be No. 2 at the very least to get enough touches to make this worth burning a year of eligibility. And how good a punt returner would he have to be to make it justifiable on that basis? Especially when Shaw keeps saying he wants to use Ty Montgomery there.

It could be more about getting him experience for next year. Also, if you don't think the guy will stay for year 5 then burning the redshirt doesn't cost anything.
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I've always felt this way. A lot of these guys are on four-year plans, so you might as well use them as freshmen, even if in limited roles. As for McCaffrey, Drukarev is reporting that Shaw plans on using him this fall at running back.

[Hank 91]

[quote author=garvin link=topic=10435.msg95255#msg95255 date=1409071085]I know Shaw keeps talking about McCaffrey, but....really? At running back, he'd have to be No. 2 at the very least to get enough touches to make this worth burning a year of eligibility. And how good a punt returner would he have to be to make it justifiable on that basis? Especially when Shaw keeps saying he wants to use Ty Montgomery there.

It could be more about getting him experience for next year. Also, if you don't think the guy will stay for year 5 then burning the redshirt doesn't cost anything.
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I've always felt this way. A lot of these guys are on four-year plans, so you might as well use them as freshmen, even if in limited roles. As for McCaffrey, Drukarev is reporting that Shaw plans on using him this fall at running back.