D.J. Reader sidelined with broken foot

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From Greensboro News and Record:

Clemson football signee D.J. Reader D.J. Reader

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View Full Profile , a defensive lineman who will also play for the Tigers baseball team, may miss up to the first month of Grimsley’s baseball season after breaking a bone in his foot.

Reader broke the fourth metatarsal in his left foot during the Whirlies’ senior night boys basketball game against Southern Alamance on Feb. 7.

“I went up for a rebound and came down with the basketball and landed on somebody’s foot,” Reader said.

He has been in a boot and using crutches ever since. The injury did not require surgery. Reader said he’ll visit the doctor again on Wednesday and hopes to lose the crutches in three weeks.

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