Sensing danger, Captain Kirk decided to beam down to the surface with Spock, McCoy, and a couple of redshirts.
Parents who redshirt their 5-year-olds instead of enrolling them in kindergarten are a concern to some Nebraska educators who are trying to reverse the trend of holding children back until age 6 to start school. —Some Educators Oppose Redshirting 5-Year-Olds, The Omaha World-Herald, March 1, 1985.
The university decided to redshirt the freshman linebacker to give him an extra year to build up his bulk.