It’s been just a wild deal that nobody knows.
I can remember them posting pictures out to dinner with King Gerrod setting up NIL.
Then out of the blue before the first game last year they randomly come out and say he is redshirting. I think everybody thought he would be right in the portal but somehow he stuck around for a similar situation to happen again this year. Like
@BushAK said though, maybe it’s just a clear recruiting miss.