Oregon State football coach Mike Riley decided on his greyshirts for the coming season, and one big name is on the list.
Sophomore junior college transfer wide receiver Reggie Dunn is one of the five greyshirts, Riley told me Saturday morning.
The others are first-year players offensive lineman Michael Beaton from Dallas High, receiver Kevin Cummings of Encino, Calif., receiver Obum Gwacham of Chino Hills, Calif., and defensive end Josh Kaiwi from Anchorage, Alaska.
“That’s about final,” Riley said of his roster. “That gets us to about the right number.”
Greyshirts are incoming players who delay enrollment until after the season for various reasons – grades or a full roster usually. The Beavers are over the 85-scholarship limit, so they use this as a way to stay within the limit and have players already signed for the following season.
Dunn is being greyshirted because he won’t be academically eligible until Aug. 22, Riley said. That’s when he’ll finish up the classes he needs at Los Angeles Compton College.
“He would be ready (academically), but that would be too late to be ready (physically) for the season,” Riley said because training camp begins Aug. 10 and the season opens Sept. 5.
Dunn has the ability to be an impact player. He was listed sixth on the SuperPrep Juco 100 list after one season at Compton College.
He was a four-star recruit when he originally signed with the Beavers in 2007 out of Los Angeles Verbum Dei High, and then sat out the following season.
Dunn has four years to complete three years of eligibility, so this season will use up one of those years. When he enrolls in the winter term he’ll have three years to play three seasons.
One reason the roster is not complete is Riley needs to find out what incoming freshman Kyrell Hudson of Vancouver, Wash., plans to do.
He’s a standout baseball player who was drafted in the third round of the major league draft earlier this month by the Philadelphia Phillies.
Hudson said in news reports he plans to sign a pro baseball contract, but Riley hasn’t been in contact with him recently. The funny part is Riley asked me if I heard anything about Hudson since I know some of the agents in the area.
9 comments
Ted0 says:
Jun 21, 2009
So did the Una brothers get financial aid packages instead of scholarships? That's what one site said they might get. What's the difference between the two and do the financial aid packages only last for a year?
So if Hudson does come to OSU then Riley will have to greyshirt another recruit?
Ted0 says:
Jun 21, 2009
So if Hudson does come to OSU then Riley has to greyshirt another recruit?
Do you know if the Unga brothers get financial aid packages like another site said they might get instead of scholarships? What's the difference between the two and does the financial aid package only last a year?
Also is Mau Nomani still expected to be back next year?
Ted0 says:
Jun 21, 2009
Also do you know if Mau Nomani is still expected to come back next year.
seattlegregg says:
Jun 21, 2009
I like the idea of Dunn greyshirting if he won't be able to practice with the team until late August. I want him to get tons of reps this season in practice to learn the offense, and build some chemistry with Katz and Lalich, then in 2010 explode on the scene.
Bizarre that Riley wouldn't just pick up the phone and talk to Kyrell. Maybe the rules don't allow that? Big bummer that we're probably going to lose this guy.
ckirkpatrick says:
Jun 21, 2009
They were promised scholarships, and were given scholarships. However, if they qualified for a non-athletic scholarship, they may be using that.
However, getting a scholarship after signing a letter of intent and getting a financial aid agreement after the signing period is over is the same thing, just different words. That's probably what you are referring to.
ckirkpatrick says:
Jun 21, 2009
I don't know about Mau Nomani, but the plan for him is to come back. You won't know until he comes back from the mission and then he decides if football is where he wants to go with life.
Riley hasn't been able to contact Hudson. That's why he's in the dark. He has been trying. As for another greyshirt if Hudson decides to play football, there will be another one. However, Riley is going on the what he has read about Hudson and that is the kid wants to play pro baseball.
tripbill says:
Jun 21, 2009
Can't Riley just pick up the phone and call Hudson? Or is there some recruiting rule that doesn't allow him to do that?
ckirkpatrick says:
Jun 21, 2009
I don't think the kid is answering. That's the problem.
kersting13 says:
Jun 22, 2009
Wow.
I'm really surprised that Lomax isn't on the grayshirt list.
Lomax would be the 6th scholarship QB on the team, and if the recruiting services are to be believed, he could use some bulking up time and wasn't recruited by any other major teams.
Hatfield of LO would fall into the same category.
But, it shouldn't surprise me that the recruiting services are totally off base with what Mike Riley sees.