D'Orazio was a Brookhart recruit. He entered UA in January 2010, and didn't play in 2010, so his eligibility clock didn't begin ticking until 2011. He redshirted in 2011, so he is a redshirt Freshman in 2012...even though he's been on campus a combined 2.5 years as of August 2012.
I doubt he'll take a medical redshirt. At some point you gotta graduate. If he could get 3 healthy seasons in 2013/14/15 I think he'd be ecstatic.