Article: SIU's Carpenter eligible for sixth season, but chances of return unknown

Jay Schwab
University Wire
03-07-2000
(Daily Egyptian) (U-WIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- SIU's all-time leading rusher, Karlton Carpenter, is able to return to the Saluki football team on a sixth year of eligibility thanks to a favorable ruling by the NCAA.

SIU applied for a sixth season of eligibility for Carpenter near the end of the 1999 season. Student-athletes are typically required to complete their four seasons of athletic eligibility within a five-year time span, but the NCAA recently made Carpenter's case an exception to that policy.

Nancy Bandy, SIU's NCAA compliance officer, said the ruling indicates that the circumstances leading to Carpenter sitting out last season were out of his ...

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