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Offline Wildcat1

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Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
« on: August 02, 2012, 12:36:54 AM »
Army SSGT. Daniel Rodriguez was approved by the NCAA to walk on to Clemson's football team. He earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart in Afghanistan. Full article can be found here:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8222969/purple-heart-recipient-daniel-rodriguez-cleared-join-clemson-tigers

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Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2012, 10:28:08 AM »
Saw this yesterday and thought it was a great story also.
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Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2012, 01:13:40 PM »
You go Sarge!  :salute
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Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2012, 03:13:39 PM »
Great story of him achieving that goal.

Why would he need approval by the NCAA and ACC?  He would still have college eligability.
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Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2012, 03:26:42 PM »
Wow thats a very cool story, nice post  :salute
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Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2012, 04:42:52 PM »
Quote from: katanaso on August 02, 2012, 03:13:39 PM

Why would he need approval by the NCAA and ACC?  He would still have college eligability.

I think it's due to his walk-on status.

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