[Sly Fox]

From Chris' LU Notebook Saturday:

Freshman offensive lineman Spencer Hodges is still recovering from knee surgery and will be out up to two more weeks.

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[jcmanson]

At least we're not reliant on him to be on the field this fall, but you hate to see a kid injured. Also, being a freshman, the more reps he gets in practice the better.

[olldflame]

Unless I'm mistaken, this was a HS injury we knew about when we recruited him. With the veteren depth we have now, I would think a redshirt is in order, and then we may be looking at a 4 year starter beginning in 08. He certainly looks to be the real deal.

[Sly Fox]

Unless I'm mistaken, this was a HS injury we knew about when we recruited him. With the veteren depth we have now, I would think a redshirt is in order, and then we may be looking at a 4 year starter beginning in 08. He certainly looks to be the real deal.

That is my understanding as well. If ever there were a year when we could afford to let Spencer get healthy and learn our systems it would be this one.

[Fireman]

Yes...Hodges' knee was injured during a mid-November H.S. play-off game. He visited LU before his knee surgery.

I understand that LU thinks he was 90% when he first reported to LU and they want to make sure he is 100% before full contact. He still has quick foot speed for a big man.

[SuperJon]

The team had shoulder pads on today and Hodges was held out of that to keep rehabbing on the sides.

[Sly Fox]

Thanks for the update, Fireman. We have big plans for Spencer.