Hot! Brady Hoke Favors Allowing Redshirting Players To Compete In Bowl Games

ANN ARBOR Michigan concentrated with its young guys because it reconvened with the start of bowl businesses Friday.

Coach Brady Hoke would like what exactly he found through his youngsters, including those that are usually redshirting, and floated an helpful thought with his or her announcement seminar Friday evening: Allow these individuals to experience within the bowl online game without having burning a period connected with eligibility.

"I feel it'd be assembled in the event the NCAA encouraged your redshirt guys engage in from a bowl game," Hoke said. "It would be intriguing in order to to accomplish that."

Hoke said he has undecided when all those talks have taken place at the NCAA level, but only views it as being beneficial on the players.

He made available the proposal when expected in relation to his running backs, that will take the field Jan. 1 against South Carolina from the Outback Bowl devoid of starter Fitz Toussaint. Sophomore Thomas Rawls, redshirt freshman Justice Hayes in addition to elderly Vincent Smith are usually expected to become inside the rotation.

That implies Hoke wish to determine true freshman Drake Johnson get some time period contrary to the Gamecocks. Johnson, that starred during nearby Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, can be redshirting this kind of year.

"Maybe," Hoke said. "We similar to precisely what Drake's carried out for this point."