Four standard years.
Plus:
One redshirt year (practice but don’t play in games)
One injury exemption year if granted.
The seventh was a “COVID year” for 2020-2021 in case a player was enrolled in a state or a school that shut down or curtailed their sports program (thankfully this will be ending soon)
“One redshirt year (practice but don’t play in games)”
Unbelievably that rule is now 4 games can be played in and still redshirt. Conference Championship and Bowl games don’t count towards the four games. So a kid could conceivably play in six games and still get a redshirt year. Basketball is still the old system, play in one game, no redshirt short of injury redshirt.
“One redshirt year (practice but don’t play in games)”
Unbelievably that rule is now 4 games can be played in and still redshirt. Conference Championship and Bowl games don’t count towards the four games. So a kid could conceivably play in six games and still get a redshirt year. Basketball is still the old system, play in one game, no redshirt short of injury redshirt.