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Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright to miss several weeks with sprained foot

UCLA running back Paul Perkins stiff-arms his way out of the tackle attempt by Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III in the first half Saturday.

UCLA running back Paul Perkins stiff-arms his way out of the tackle attempt by Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III in the first half Saturday.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Arizona All-American linebacker Scooby Wright is out again after spraining his right foot against UCLA on Saturday, his first game back after suffering a left knee injury.

Wildcats Coach Rich Rodriguez said Monday that the junior will be out “several weeks.”

Wright missed most of the first three games after suffering a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee, an injury that required surgery. Wright swept the major national defensive awards as a sophomore last season.

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Florida State running back Mario Pender will miss the game Saturday at Wake Forest because of a collapsed lung suffered at practice last week.

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In three games for the 11th-ranked Seminoles (3-0 overall, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), Pender has 140 yards on 30 carries and a touchdown.

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Eastern Kentucky announced that freshman defensive lineman Joey Kraemer died in a single-car accident over the weekend in Richmond, Ky. Kraemer, 19, redshirted last season at Texas El Paso before transferring to Eastern Kentucky.

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Former Baylor football coach Grant Teaff is recovering at home after being hospitalized with blood clots in his lungs. The 81-year-old Teaff has been executive director of the American Football Coaches Assn. since 1994.

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