Rising star USC wideout Ja’Kobi Lane suffered a damaged foot in Might, however was totally cleared this week and will likely be prepared for the Trojans’ season opener in opposition to Missouri State, coach Lincoln Riley mentioned Thursday.
The foot damage stored Lane restricted by way of many of the summer season. By the beginning of preseason camp, he was nonetheless being introduced alongside slowly. In the course of the portion of USC’s practices open to reporters, Lane wasn’t even operating routes on air.
Lane wasn’t deemed totally wholesome till the ultimate week of USC’s preseason camp. Riley mentioned that the junior wideout had truly “progressed just a little bit forward of schedule.”
His return is a welcomed one on a USC offense that can depend on him to stretch the sphere this season. Lane was second within the Large Ten in receiving touchdowns final season as a sophomore, with 12 scores on simply 43 receptions. He completed the yr with six touchdowns throughout his closing two video games, a dominant stretch that might put him within the dialog to be a first-round choose in subsequent spring’s NFL draft.
However after sitting out for a part of the offseason, it could take a while to see that closing leap from Lane as a junior. Riley mentioned that Lane remains to be getting again into form after being restricted by his foot damage, however is progressing properly with simply over every week remaining earlier than USC kicks off on the Coliseum.
“You may see a number of the rust beginning to get knocked off now,” Riley mentioned of his prime wideout.
