Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse head coach Fran Brown said that redshirt senior linebacker Derek McDonald will apply for a medical redshirt and a sixth year of college eligibility, and that he hopes he’ll use it with the Orange next season.

Brown said that McDonald suffered a hip injury early this season and they arrived at a mutual decision that undergoing surgery was the best option for him.

McDonald played just four games before the surgery, which should allow him to receive a medical redshirt for this season. He made eight tackles.

“When his hip was bothering him, I just told him, ‘Why don’t you go get surgery?’ Brown said. ”That should take care of it. He had a bad injury that he needed to get surgery for."

McDonald has been at Syracuse for five years, taking a traditional redshirt dur

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