Patrick McCaffery Hardship Waiver Approved

[RobHowe]

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa men’s basketball forward Patrick McCaffery’s hardship waiver petition has been approved by the Big Ten Conference. He has four years of eligibility remaining.



McCaffery saw limited action in the first two games of his true freshman campaign before missing the remainder of the 2019-20 season due to residual health and wellness issues related to his thyroid.



McCaffery joined the Hawkeyes after finishing his prep career at Iowa City West High School as its all-time leading scorer. He won a combined 86 games with the Trojans, including the 2017 4A State Championship, and runner-up finishes in 2016 and 2018. McCaffery was a three-time all-state honoree.


Iowa senior Jordan Bohannon and sophomore Jack Nunge had their hardship waiver petition’s approved earlier this month.

 

[Hawknigh]

The NCAA needs to sell multi-packs of medical hardship waivers!

 

[GoHawks24]

Expected, but good news! Hopefully Patrick is still feeling better and healthy.

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

Damn...if he's healthy...and can handle the stresses and demands of B10 athletics...that's another long dude.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

I'm even more excited about him feeling better and putting on weight. He was skin and bones at like 180 something for a 6'9 dude that's Manute Bol territiory. I'd read he's up over 200 now and climbing. If he could get to 210-220ish holy smokes he could be a mix of what Baer and Uthoff were.

 

[hawkeyesgonewild]

Great news​

 

[HuckFinn]

Gee. The NCAA approved a cancer survivor for a medical hardship waiver. What moral courage they have shown! Lots of applause.