Most don't apply for the medical redshirt until their 5th (or 6th) year of eligibility, so.in sports like football they can go ahead and call the medical redshirt year a regular redshirt until they wanna apply for the 6th year For basketball, it's different, but I don't think they'll apply for the extra year until it's time to appeal for the extra year As it stands, he will have 3 years to play 3 years...but I am betting he would have a solid case for a 5th year should he choose to use it (and should he not play a single minute for the rest of the year)