COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : USC : Boselli Should Play Saturday

Offensive tackle Tony Boselli, arguably USC’s best player, returns to practice this week for the first time since dislocating his kneecap during the Oct. 2 game against Arizona.

Boselli, a 6-foot-8, 295-pound junior, said he looks forward to playing at Washington on Saturday, and tried to quash rumors that he will forgo his final year at USC to make himself available for the NFL draft. “I’ll be back next year,” Boselli said. “It might have been different if I’d been out all year, but this was just a freak accident.”

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USC senior fullback Rory Brown has been awarded a $5,000 grant by the National Assn. of College Directors of Athletics.

Brown, who is in USC’s mechanical engineering masters program, has a 3.31 grade-point average.