■ Busy N.C. State added another player to its 2009 recruiting class yesterday when safety Donald Coleman of Detroit committed. Coleman (6-0, 210) is currently a post-graduate student at the Hun School in Princeton, N.J.
Coleman also had scholarship offers from Minnesota, Iowa and Delaware but said one reason he picked N.C. State was because he sees a championship program developing under Coach Tom O'Brien.
"I truly believe with Coach O'Brien's track record we're going to have a national program soon," Coleman said. "I believe we're going to win the national championship in my time at N.C. State."
Coleman, the Wolfpack's 22nd commitment, had 75 tackles and one interception this season, forced five fumbles and recovered them all and returned one of the recoveries for a touchdown. He also rushed for 800 yards and scored seven touchdowns at running back and has been timed at 4.46 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
"When I get to N.C. State I'm going to bring hitting ability," Coleman said. "It's my strength as a player. I want to get out there as fast as I can and help the team."
-- Bill Cole
■ Defensive tackle DeMarcus Granger of Oklahoma has undergone back surgery and will not play in the BCS championship game against Florida.
Coach Bob Stoops made the announcement yesterday, a day after announcing that running back DeMarco Murray (hamstring) also will miss the title game Jan. 8.
A backup, Granger played in 11 games and had 20 tackles and two fumble recoveries.
■ Linebacker Martez Wilson of Illinois has left a hospital in Urbana, Ill., where he had surgery for two stab wounds. Kent Brown, the school's sports-information director, said that Wilson, 19, is expected to recover from the injuries.
Wilson was injured early Friday during a fight at a Champaign bar near campus. Brown said that Wilson was helping friend and former teammate, D'Angelo McCray, who transferred from Illinois to Eastern Illinois this year.
Police have said that the stabbing happened after a group of men surrounded another man at the bar. No one has been arrested.
■ Coach Larry Fedora of Southern Miss has signed four junior-college players to national letters of intent.
The players signed with the Golden Eagles yesterday, the first day that junior-college recruits were allowed to formally choose their destinations. The players are offensive tackles Ben Schoeberger of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Trevor Newsome of Itawamba Community College, tight end David Rue of East Mississippi Community College and Hendrick Leverette of Pearl River Community College.
The four signees are expected to begin classes at Southern Miss in January and participate in spring practice.
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