The average career for a college athlete is four years long. Often times that gets stretched to five years if the athlete chooses to redshirt for a season. Other times, an athlete may decide to medically redshirt and add an additional year had they been unable to play because of an injury.

It’s not often that you see a player in college for more than five years, though. So when you’re former Oregon Duck’s tight end Cam McCormick and are entering your ninth year of college eligibility, you become the clue to a question on Jeopardy.

“Apparently still learning to Duck, tight end Cam McCormick of this Pac-12 school got a ninth year of eligibility in 2022.”

“What is the University of Oregon?”

“That is correct.”

That’s a question that was aired on the popular gameshow ‘Jeopardy’ Thursday night. Fortunately, the contestant got the question right.

McCormick is now playing for the Miami Hurricanes, having transferred there to follow Mario Cristobal after starting his career in Eugene. In 2017, McCormick missed a good portion of the season after recovering from rhabdomyolysis. McCormick then missed most of the 2018 season, and all of the 2019 and 2020 seasons, due to a broken ankle that required multiple surgeries.

McCormick made his return to the field for a game against Ohio State in September 2021, but he tore his Achilles in that contest and missed the rest of the season. After playing the 2022 season for Oregon, McCormick was granted a ninth year of eligibility, where he will suit up for the Hurricanes.