COLLEGE FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : USC : Papadakis’ Season Ends With Injury
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USC’s luck with preseason major injuries ended when sophomore linebacker Taso Papadakis tore a ligament in his right knee. He underwent season-ending surgery Thursday, a day after the injury.
It was Papadakis’ second season-ending injury at USC and the first major injury to befall the Trojans in the preseason.
Papadakis, who was to have shared the interior linebacker spot with Errick Herrin and Scott Fields, was leg-whipped by a defensive back near a pileup.
He dislocated a wrist in the second week of 1993 and missed that season too.
Coach John Robinson said seniors Brian Haas and Tarriel Hopper and freshman Bob Aubrey will move up.
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Senior cornerback Mario Bradley was absent from practice for the second day in a row, apparently still troubled by competition for his hoped-for starting position.
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