The Different Types of Athletic Scholarships - NCSA Live

Learn about the different types of scholarships for college athletes including full ride scholarships, partial scholarships, grayshirt, blueshirt, greenshirt, redshirt scholarships, and more.

Full ride scholarships 02:16
What percentage of college athletes get full ride scholarships?
What do full ride athletic scholarships cover?
Partial scholarships 4:30
How do partial scholarships work?
How many partial scholarships are given for sports each year?
Scholarships for walk-on athletes 9:25
What is a preferred walk-on?
What is a recruited walk-on?
What is a unrecruited walk-on?
Redshirt scholarship 11:31
Do redshirt players get scholarships?
Does a redshirt count against the allotted scholarships?
Grayshirt scholarship 14:55
Blueshirt scholarship 11:16
Greenshirt scholarship 16:14
Other types of scholarships and financial aid
How common are athletic scholarships? 17:50
What divisions offer athletic scholarships?
Do walk-ons sign a National Letter of Intent? 27:08
Official visits for D3 28:00

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