Football Redshirt Program

Dear Prospective Apache,
 
We are glad that you are interested in attending Tyler Junior College and joining our football program. At this time I am not scheduling visits with prospective walk-ons. However, I will be available at each of our ‘summer orientations'.There are six orientation sessions scheduled for this summer and our admissions office (903-510-2398) can inform you of the dates of those sessions.
 
To join our team as a walk-on you must follow ALL the instructions on the following pages outlined for our red-shirt team.We are more apt to work with those students who take care of all the paper work first. You can give yourself an edge by simply following the instructions outlined for the ‘red-shirt football program description'.
 
The following is a list of some of the players who signed with universities since 2003 and started their college careers in our red-shirt program.
 
Ashlan Davis - Tulsa University
Theo Baines - Kansas University
Austin Cade – Central Arkansas University
Doug Barnett – Abiline Christian University
Brandon Keeling – Central Arkansas
Darvin Peterson – University of New Mexico
Tim Williams – Tarleton State University
Robert Wells – Midwestern State University
 
After coaching in college for many years, many of the players who I am most proud of, started their college careers as walk-ons. They were people who would not be denied. And once given the opportunity they made the most of it!  Tyler Junior College is an excellent place to begin your college career. I hope that you decide to come to TJC. If you do, I look forward to working with you.
 
For further information, please contact Coach Mahon (903-510-3874).
 
GO APACHES!!!

Sincerely,
 
Danny Palmer
Head Football Coach
Tyler Junior College
 
Red-shirt Football Program Description
Fall 2008
The red-shirt team will not practice with the intercollegiate football team but will instead practice Monday through Thursday, 12:30-1:30 in a non-padded workout. The possibility exists that some red-shirt players may be promoted to the intercollegiate team during the fall, however that only happens with six or seven guys each year.
 
The practices will consist of individual and group football drills (non-padded) and physical conditioning (weight lifting and running). At the end of the fall semester, no fewer than twenty-five percent of the red-shirt team members will be elevated to work out with the intercollegiate football team during the spring semester. We are allowed to certify only five out-of-state players each year, so if you graduate from an out-of-state high school your chances of being certified to play here are very small. The factors for determining who joins the intercollegiate team are as follows:
     - Academic performance
     - Citizenship
     - Athletic ability
     - Work ethic
 
Each position coach along with the head football coach will determine if a student meets the requirements in all four areas well enough to be invited to join the intercollegiate team.
 
There is NO GUARANTEE that you will ever practice with the intercollegiate team or that if you do; you will be on scholarship. Because of the extremely high demand from high school football players that we offer them an OPPORTUNITY to continue playing football, we have begun this program.
 
Requirements due on first day of class:
     - Official high school transcript (with date of graduation posted!) on file with our admissions office
  •      - Medical Physical and Proof of Insurance (Apache Athletic Medical Physical Forms - pdf)
  •         - If promoted to intercollegiate team a drug test will be administered prior to working out with the team
  •         - You and guardian must sign and return the "Red-shirt Football Squad Agreement Form"
 
Procedure for enrolling:
     - You do NOT need to contact the football coaching staff. You need to complete the following steps on your own.
     - Complete ‘admissions application'.You may download it from our web-site (www.tjc.edu/) or contact the admissions office at 903-510-2398.
     - It is not mandatory that you live on campus but it is the most economical. If you plan to live on campus you need to contact the residential operations office at 903-510-2345. The dorm will probably be full by the middle of May.
     - Attend earliest possible ‘summer orientation' to insure that you can get enrolled for Fall 2007. You may find the date and time for summer orientation by contacting the admissions office. Bring this document with you!
     - When attending summer orientation, please meet with your advisor and register for the following classes to join the red-shirt team:
                  KINE 1102sec 021(football)                  KINE 2109sec 021(weight lifting)
     - We prefer that you take all classes after 2:00pm.Our intercollegiate team practices in the morning and we cannot promote you to the team if you have a morning class.
     - Complete and bring the ‘2008 Red-Shirt Squad Agreement Form' to the field house on the first day of class.
 
Tyler Junior College is an exceptional place to begin your college career. We hope that you decide to join our program and I look forward to meeting you in the fall of 2008.
Red-shirt Football Squad Agreement Form
Fall 2008
 
I understand that in order to participate in the Tyler Junior College Red-Shirt Football Program,
I have to provide and understand the following requirements:
 
    I must provide the admissions office with an OFFICIAL HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT.
       I must have proof of insurance through the 2008 Fall semester. 
       I must show proof that I have had a physical exam by a doctor.
       If invited to join the team, I am subjected to a mandatory drug test before participation.
       I realize only five out-of-state players will be certified to play each year.
       If I am under the age of 18, a guardian must sign this agreement form.
 
In addition, I understand that by participating in this program, the opportunity is present, but not guaranteed that I will ever practice with the intercollegiate football team or earn an athletic performance scholarship.

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