LOS ANGELES — USC will be without both its top receiving target and its top offensive lineman for the Cotton Bowl, as each focuses on putting nagging injuries behind them ahead of the NFL draft process.
Wideout Jordan Addison has elected not to play in the bowl game, USC coach Lincoln Riley said Wednesday, in order to rehab the nagging ankle injury that kept him out for a month earlier this season.
Offensive guard Andrew Vorhees, who also spent most of the second half of the season battling various injuries, "is not physically going to be ready for the game," Riley said.