Redshirt Freshman in a sentence

Cal head coach Justin Wilcox utilized all three of his available quarterbacks — redshirt junior Ross Bowers, redshirt freshman Chase Garbers and redshirt sophomore Brandon McIlwain — in a display of substitution schematics heretofore unseen by Bears fans.

Ohio State redshirt freshman Sammy Sasso, No. 6 at 149 pounds, tacked on another upset win this season when he defeated Minnesota redshirt freshman Brayton Lee, the No. 4 wrestler in the weight class.

The candidates include Cammon Cooper, a redshirt sophomore, and Gunner Cruz, a redshirt freshman, plus incoming freshmen Jayden de Laura and walk-on Victor Gabalis.

The other returning players, sophomores Andrew Muse and Bryant Greene, junior Adrian Delph, redshirt freshman R.J. Wilson, redshirt junior James Lewis Jr., and senior Jamie Baker, are each taking on a larger role this season.

As a group, redshirt sophomore Gabe Siemieniec, redshirt freshman Chris Landgrebe and freshmen Dario Longhetto and Greg Thomas began the day by connecting on seven of their eight attempts from various distances between 39 and 44 yards.

Freshman backup Ryan Hilinski will get his first college start Saturday against FCS opponent Charleston Southern, with redshirt freshman Dakereon Joyner the backup.

No. 17 redshirt freshman heavyweight Chase Singletary started the Buckeyes off with a pin to defeat freshman Rudy Streck.

Redshirt freshman guard Cam Brooks-Harris and freshman center Goran Miladinovic have shown sparks of energetic and smart play for Marshall in the exhibitions games.

In his redshirt freshman year, Weber ran for 1,096 yards and nine touchdowns, earning the Big Ten Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year and Second-Team All-Big Ten.

And Zhytelna, after failing to crack the Matadors’ lineup last season as a redshirt freshman, is 12-4 in singles play and 12-5 in doubles, her turbulent relationship with tennis having taken a U-turn for the better.

Another note on this front is that Peter Delaportas, who briefly flirted with the transfer portal a few months ago, is back with the team for his redshirt freshman season.

Auburn returns Robby Ashford, who started much of last season after transferring from Oregon, and redshirt freshman Holden Geriner.

Clement, a redshirt freshman who didn’t record a reception last week against Penn State, impressed Brown enough Saturday to be immediately put on scholarship in the locker room postgame.

His effort was commendable, though, for a redshirt freshman seeing his first action.

His starting quarterback, Garrett Greene, had left the game with an apparent leg injury, and in Greene’s place entered Nicco Marchiol, a redshirt freshman with limited collegiate experience.

In TCU’s third loss this season, Morris went down with another injury, and in stepped redshirt freshman Josh Hoover.

Left fielder Kaia Johnson, who showed defensive aptitude while starting all 45 games as a redshirt freshman, is back.

Redshirt freshman scored in double figures for the fifth straight game with 15 points and two steals in the victory.

Snow College transfer Lisala Tai, redshirt freshman Peter Falaniko, Tyler Little and former tight end Ben Ward are also back; Sione Veikoso died tragically during winter break in Hawaii.

That leaves redshirt freshman Jaccuri Brown to make his first appearance of the season for the ‘Canes.