🏈 Wow! Thoughts and prayers go out to USC's Stafon Johnson...

[TerryP]

...reports have him involved in a weight lifting accident. The bar evidently slipped and 200 plus lbs. falling on his neck/throat.

USC boards are abuzz with comments that they are hearing the injury is quite seriously.

 

[JoshB]

wow thats crazy, prayers go out to him.

 

[rammerjammer]

Heard on "Inside the polls" on ESPN that he was coughing up blood.

Thoughts and prayers to the young man.

 

[BAMAFSTBACK]

200lbs landing on your throat is very serious. Surprised it didn't break his neck.

 

[FLTidefan]

They just cut in on MNF and said he was undergoing emergency throat surgery.

 

[CRYPTOCOSIS]

wow IT'S all I've heard today at school. Seems to be a very bad accident! Please keep this young man in your thoughts!

 

[RollTideWendielu]

Damn! Horrible. Prayers going out to him right now!!!

 

[rick4bama]

Prays are going out right now.

 

[tidenumber1]

Very sad!!! He is in critical but stable condition.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-stafon-johnson-usc29-2009sep29,0,3244790.story?track=rss

 

[ElephantStomp]

Prayers go out to him. What a horrible accident.

Cory

 

[usn92]

I hate to hear that. IMO he's their most consistent RB and a good kid by all accounts. Hopefully, he can make a full recovery and have no lasting effects.

 

[UAgrad93]

The report this morning said it was 275lbs that slammed across his throat. I hate it for him and my prayers are for his recovery. It reminds me of my time on the Capstone when big Robert Stewart was warming up at the bench when he had the bar "bend" in his hands and 450lbs slammed across his chest. We halped get him to the training room and Robert kept ice on his chest for about 20 minutes. He came back to the weightroom later and benched 515lbs saying he "felt a little tight".

 

[BamaPride]

Sad news indeed. Do they normally workout without a spotter?

 

[UAgrad93]

Chances are, the kid was working out with a partner but at that weight, the partner didn't see the need to spot. On the extremely haevy stuff you will see 3 spotters.