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Pinkney likely to get another year
MEMPHIS - ECU quarterback Patrick Pinkney will likely not play his last college football game at Friday’s Liberty Bowl.
The senior passer will undoubtedly start against Kentucky in the 50th playing of the game, but there is an increasingly good chance Pinkney will learn early in January that he’ll be back next year.
ECU applied for a medical hardship allowance with the NCAA on Pinkney‘s behalf, and it appears Conference USA will approve the request for an additional year of eligibility.
Pinkney himself said Tuesday in Memphis he feels he’s earned the additional year. He was used in a JV game his freshman season, thus activating his first year of athletic eligibility.
Pinkney subsequently injured his shoulder and required two surgeries. He then used his redshirt year under current head coach Skip Holtz, meaning without the NCAA granting him a fifth year, he would be finished at the end of Friday’s game.
The Reflector is awaiting official word from ECU athletic compliance director Tim Metcalf on the matter.
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