Louisville Football Redshirt Tracker: 2025 Week Two

Tracking the games played among Cardinals who have yet to take their redshirt season.

Louisville Cardinals running back Isaac Brown, right, celebrates one of his two touchdowns in the first half as the Cards' 51-17 win over Eastern Kentucky University at the Cardinals' season opener Saturday, August 30, 2025 at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. At left is quarterback Miller Moss. | Matt Stone/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville football program's 2025 season if officially off and running, so it's time to start tracking a crucial component when it comes to roster construction and management: who has crossed the games played threshold for redshirts.

As a reminder, a player can play up to four games during the regular season while still maintaining their redshirt - which allows them an additional year of eligibility beyond the normal allotment of four. Play more than that, and you've burned your opportunity to take a redshirt that season.

There are some complicating factors, such as injury waivers or older players who were granted an additional year thanks to the COVID pandemic in 2020. But outside of that, D1 players - according to the NCAA's official page - have five-calendar years to play four non-redshirt seasons of competition.

Considering Louisville blew out Eastern Kentucky to start their season, it gave the opportunity for a lot of players to play in-game snaps. But who can still take a redshirt this season? Below is our full tracker, separated by distinct categories:

True Freshman:

*games played in parenthesis. Bold w/no parenthesis indicates redshirt opportunity burned.

• QB Mason Mims (0)
• RB Jamarice Wilder (0)
• WR Brock Coffman (1)
• TE Grant Houser (0)
• OL Gradey Anthony (1)
• OL Tyler Folmar (1)
• OL Cameron Gorin (1)
• DE Eric Hazzard (1)
• DE C.J. May (0)
• DE Dillon Smith (0)
• DT Bailey Abercrombie (1)
• LB Caleb Matelau (1)
• LB Cameron White (1)
• CB Antonio Harris (1)
• S Micah Rice (0)

With Louisville going up 41-7 at halftime, it paved the way for most of their true freshmen to get some in-game rep in the second half.

However, there were a few exceptions. Jamarice Wilder and C.J. May were nursing injuries, hence why they didn't get in. Brady Allen and Deuce Adams got most of the second half drives at quarterback, which is why Mason Mims didn't play.

In theory, this was the perfect opportunity for guys like Grant Houser, Dillon Smith and Micah Rice to get some snaps. That being siad, there are still a couple more opportunities for them to get some in-game experience.

Non-True Freshmen with No Redshirt Taken Yet:

*games played in parenthesis. Bold w/no parenthesis indicates redshirt opportunity burned.

• RB Isaac Brown (1)
• RB Duke Watson (1)
• WR Chris Bell (1)
• WR Bobby Golden (1)
• WR Antonio Meeks (1)
• OL Carter Guillaume (1)
• LB Stanquan Clark (1)
• LB Kalib Perry (1)
• CB Jabari Mack (1)
• S D'Angelo Hutchinson (1)

No surprises here. Most of the players in this category are heavy contributors to the team, and are expected to burn their opportunity to take a redshirt this season in the coming weeks.

(Photo of Miller Moss, Isaac Brown: Matt Stone - Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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