The linked story is well worth a read. Sounds like a good guy to have around mentoring our players.
But I question if the writer is that familiar with college football. He never clearly explains how he kept eligible for eight seasons. At one point he writes, "He redshirted his freshman year in 2014, then tore his right Labia two weeks before the start of his sophomore season and redshirted that year, too."
As we know, you can't redshirt twice, though he might have applied for another year later because of multiple years missed to injury (He played just
one game in 2017 as well). The extra years might have something to do with a move down to FCS where the eligibility rules might be different.
But anyway. Like I said, he's certainly a guy who can teach our players a thing or two about mistakes and perseverance.