[Sly Fox]

From the Scribe in the fishwrap ....

Redshirting Rasberry keeps LU out of a jam

By Chris Lang
Published: April 4, 2008

When Liberty football coach Danny Rocco came to Corey Rasberry last year with the idea, he expected at least a modicum of resistance.
Rasberry was one of three senior tight ends on the roster, along with Chris Luck and Richard Thom. There wasn’t going to be enough playing time for all three, especially with Luck coming into the year as a preseason all-Big South selection.
If Rocco lost all three players to graduation, tight end would be one of the thinnest positions for the 2008 team.
So Rocco asked Rasberry to redshirt, and the 6-foot-3, 235 pounder enthusiastically said yes.
“It was one of the hardest and the biggest decisions we had to make going into the season,” Rocco said. “I just felt like we had too many senior tight end/fullback types, and if we would have lost them all, I thought it might set our program back a bit.”

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[jcmanson]

It really speaks volumes of Corey's character to agree to redshirt his senior year for the good of the team. Hopefully, it will work out for him this year.

[TDDance234]

Well, as thin as we are at the position, he should get a lot of time...should benefit for him and the team.

[BJWilliams]

This is definitely proving fruitful early on in practice as he is probably the best of the tight ends from what I have seen on the field. I think he will bring the other guys along pretty well. I really look forward to how things will be when the signees hit the field this summer.