Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse running back Will Nixon said he has applied for a medical hardship waiver with the NCAA that would allow him to play a seventh season of college football next year.

Nixon said that he expects the waiver to be approved and, if it is, he said he plans to play at Syracuse.

Football players traditionally have five years to play four full seasons of football. Playing in more than four regular-season games qualifies as a full season.

Waivers are often granted by the NCAA when injuries limit a player’s chance to play those four full seasons.

Nixon tore his ACL during his first year of college football and did not play in a game in 2020 for Nebraska. That was also a shortened-season due to the COVID pandemic.

Nixon took a traditional redshirt during his second seaso

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