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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to. [/quote]

Within the VHSL rules, yes, but makes no sense to reclass while in a public high school. You can only play sports for 4 years (8 consecutive semesters) regardless how many academic years you spend in school.

Reclassing only makes sense in elementary/middle and/or after the senior year combined with transferring to a private school.

Even if a kid plays their freshman year at a VHSL school, reclasses and transfers to a private school, replays freshman year, then transfers back to a VHSL school, they can only then play their sophomore and junior years because their 8 consecutive semester clock started their true freshman year. [/quote]

Back in the early 2000s Amobi Okoye made headlines as a 16 year old freshman DT at the University of Louisville because when his family moved here from Nigeria, he tested into 9th grade as a 12 year old.  He played 4 years and ended up a 1st round pick in 2007 while still just 19 years old.  One of the craziest stories I can remember.

A more recent story was Austin Simmons who graduated HS as a sophomore in 2023 in order to play college sports at Ole Miss although I believe he was old for his grade at the time.  He is now at Missouri.[/quote]

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