Louisville Football Redshirt Tracker: 2025 Week Nine

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville football program has officially hit the midway point of their 2025 season, and they'll be heading into the second half with some serious momentum after knocking off Miami. With the season six games in, we're starting to learn who will not be able to take a redshirt this season.

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.

True Freshman:

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

QB Mason Mims (0)
RB Jamarice Wilder (1)
WR Brock Coffman (2)
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)

For the third game in a row, Louisville didn't play a single scholarship true freshman. Unless injuries come up or a game is well into blowout status in the second half, it's very unlikely that we will see another true freshman play this season until the bowl game.

Non-True Freshmen with No Redshirt Taken Yet:

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

RB Isaac Brown
RB Duke Watson (4)
WR Chris Bell
WR Bobby Golden (2)
WR Antonio Meeks
OL Carter Guillaume (2)
LB Stanquan Clark (2)
LB Kalib Perry
CB Jabari Mack
S D'Angelo Hutchinson

A handful of veteran players burned their opportunity to take a redshirt prior to the Miami game. This included Chris Bell, Isaac Brown, D'Angelo Hutchinson, Jabari Mack, Antonio Meeks and Kalib Perry.

For the fourth straight game, Bobby Golden and Carter Guillaume did not see a single snap. If this trend continues and we see them not establish a role in the respective wide receiver and offensive line rotations, a redshirt year could be considered.

After having to exit the game vs. Virginia due to an apparent ankle injury, Duke Watson was ruled "out" for this past weekend against Miami. Considering how banged up the running back room as a whole is, he'll likely suit up the first chance he gets - thus burning his redshirt opportunity.

As for Stanquan Clark, he will more than like miss the rest of the season due to the ankle injury he suffered against James Madison. While there is a chance he can return later this season, he is very much a candidate to take a redshirt, whether that be injury or normal.

True Freshman:

Non-True Freshmen with No Redshirt Taken Yet:

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