the fifth year senior is common these days cam McCormick is college football's first ninth year senior the 26-year-old played Seven Seasons at Oregon before transferring to Miami in 2023 and then deciding to return for a final year McCormack missed most of his senior year of high school in 2015 because of an injury then red shirted after enrolling at Oregon cam played in all 13 of Oregon's 2017 Games Catching passes from Justin Herbert who is now entering his fifth NFL season McCormack then played in only three games over the next four years with various injuries that have required six surgeries combine those medical red shirts with the extra Co Year all athletes received in 2020 and you get nine McCormack has played Without injury for two seasons catching 18 passes for 128 yards former East Tennessee State linebacker Jared folks was the ncaa's first 8-year player in 2021