hmm well I guess u went right to the source
on a totally different topic that at this point has nothing to do with this, Your'e claim that you can"t be a "walk on" and "redshirt" makes absolutely no sense JC. Why could you not be?
Dont have the newspaper article on the kid, but did know and play against him in HS.
Walk on=not on scholarship, normally werent recruited sometimes were with promises of possible scholarship later on.
Redshirt= you dont actually get in a game during the season, thus you(in D1 and D2) do NOT lose a year of eligibility and it is a "redshirt" year.
Who red shirts? People that are not good enough to play as true freshmen and need an extra year to develop. Has nothing to do with being on scholarship or not, simply an eligibility issue.
Example in football-
http://www.redandblack.com/2010/07/08/walk-on-no-more-redshirt-earns-scholarship/Walk-on no more: Redshirt earns scholarship
Faloughi enters the upcoming season as a redshirt freshman.
Clear example here in fooball article I googled- kid made the team, practiced hard but redshirted, after season got offered scholarship due to his progress, thus he still has 4 years to play football
From wiki
"In a redshirt year, a student athlete may attend classes at the college or university,
practice with an athletic team,
and dress for play but he or she may not compete during the game"
