Will Muschamp announces that RB Rico Dowdle is out for an extended time
By Keith Farner
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South Carolina received a dose of bad news after the 15-9 win against Tennessee when coach Will Muschamp announced that running back Rico Dowdle would be out with a leg injury.
Dowdle suffered a left leg injury with 8:44 remaining in the first quarter and didn’t return. He was seen out of his uniform and in street clothes by the second half. Muschamp said it was a fractured fibula.
Dowdle had four carries for 19 yards against Tennessee.
Entering the game, he was second on the team in rushing with 56 carries for 187 yards and one touchdown.
Rico Dowdle fractured his fibula and is out for an extended time, Coach Muschamp says.
— GoGamecocks (@gogamecocks) October 14, 2017
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
