Sophomore tailback Joe McKnight has dropped a course, taking him under the NCAA minimum 12 hours of classwork to stay eligible and will be forced to sit out the rest of spring.
McKnight, the nation's No. 1 prep prospect a year ago out of Louisiana, missed USC's Saturday scrimmage after being excused from practice Thursday for what USC Coach Pete Carroll called "an academic day.''
Saturday after the scrimmage, Carroll said that McKnight messed up one course and the decision was it would be better for him to drop the course than try to make up lost ground.
According to Carroll, McKnight, being prepped for the Reggie Bush role at multiple running and receiving positions, is in no danger of being ineligible for the fall. And he's the only USC player with any academic issues in the spring, Carroll said.
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