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Josh Sweat: Nation’s No. 1 recruit out for season with knee injury

By Patrick Schmidt

Nov 9, 2013; Madison, WI, USA; Footballs sit next to the goalpost during the game between the Brigham Young Cougars and Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium. Wisconsin won 27-17. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 9, 2013; Madison, WI, USA; Footballs sit next to the goalpost during the game between the Brigham Young Cougars and Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium. Wisconsin won 27-17. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /
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Josh Sweat (Chesapeake, VA) is out for the season after the nation’s No. 1 overall recruit dislocated his kneecap in Friday night’s game against Western Branch high school and will require surgery soon.

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According to 247Sports, “Sweat and a teammate collided and Sweat was carted off the field on in an ambulance and transported to the local hospital. We have received word from the hospital that Sweat did not suffer any broken bones in the collision but did have a dislocated knee cap that was put back in place at the hospital. He will undergo an MRI tonight to check the extent of the damage and look for any tendon and ligament damage.”

The 6-4, 240-pound defensive end is the No. 1 recruit in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and was scheduled to be visiting Virginia Tech this weekend. Other schools in the picture for Sweat include Georgia, Florida State and Oregon who will receive an official visit from Sweat and Tennessee and Ohio State remain in contention.

Sweat had four sacks in last week’s game after posting 22 sacks last year along with 94 tackles and 31 tackles for loss.

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