Texas Tech’s Sheffield has foot surgery
March 31, 2010
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP)—One of the two senior quarterbacks vying for the startingspot in Tommy Tuberville’s first season at Texas Tech will miss at least eightweeks after surgery on his left foot.
Tuberville says Steven Sheffield will be out 8-10 weeks after surgeryWednesday to repair the same bone injured in October at Nebraska. He re-injuredit at the end of practice Monday.
Sheffield and Taylor Potts, who started for Tech at the beginning of lastseason, are competing to be the Red Raiders’ starter next season. Tubervillesays Potts will be out for a week with stitches between his index finger andmiddle finger after hitting it on a helmet while throwing.
Sheffield threw for 1,219 yards and 14 touchdowns in six games in lastseason. Potts had 3,440 yards and 22 touchdowns in 12 games last season.
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