I promised a kid minutes while scouting and cocktailing but now I think he would be better redshirting. His WE is 72.
Will he ever recover or should I just try and juggle his minutes?

Are you still in the recruiting phase or has he already accepted your scholarship offer?

Already in preseason

I would try and juggle his minutes.

I’m pretty sure you are high risk of him transferring if you redshirt, though I have never personally tried to do so.

Posted by splash23 on 12/23/2019 12:57:00 PM (view original):
I promised a kid minutes while scouting and cocktailing but now I think he would be better redshirting. His WE is 72.
Will he ever recover or should I just try and juggle his minutes?

What did his WE drop to when you clicked the redshirt? All the way down to 1?

I'd say your best bet is clearly to give him the minutes. And try to redshirt him next season. I like redshirting sophomores, because the 72 WE now will likely be around 76 WE as a sophomore. And the redshirt will be MORE effective. (In this case, 72 and 76 aren't much of a difference. But when it's a lower WE, it's really beneficial. If you sign a 28 WE guy and play him freshman season, you can redshirt him as a sophomore with 32ish WE and get more bang for your buck)

The promise will win out in the end and he will be gone.