He’s back. Not even six months removed from live saving re-constructive throat surgery, USC’s Stafon Johnson will take the field for the first time since his injury in the 2010 Senior Bowl. Johnson suffered a horrific injury on October 14th, 2009, as the result of a weight lifting accident in which his larynx was crushed and his vocal chord was detached. Doctors said that if Johnson wasn’t in such peak physical shape, the accident could have killed him. Johnson hasn’t played...
Thanks to Matt Hinton over at Rivals, we have photographic evidence that Stafon Johnson is in better spirits after almost crushing himself to death from a freak weightlifting accident. Isn’t it good to see his teammates being supportive and isn’t even better to see Stafon up and about. God bless the young Trojan.
USC’s Stafon Johnson is out of surgery and is expected to make a full recovery. The RB underwent a 7 hour surgery procedure last night to repair a crushed neck and larynx sustained when 275lbs. of weight landed on his throat while bench pressing yesterday. Paramedics gave Johnson a tracheotomy that helped him breathe. Dr. Gudata Hinika, trauma medical director at California Hospital Medical Center, said that someone smaller would more than likely have died from the injury, and that he credits Johnson’s...
