COLUMBIA (AP) - South Carolina starting linebacker Sherrod Greene will miss at least the next four-to-six weeks with a fractured hip.
Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp said Tuesday that Greene's injury was "unusual."
Greene is a 6-foot-1, 230-pound senior from Rocky Mount, North Carolina who had started 23 of the past 26 games for South Carolina.
He was injured in the Gamecocks' 31-27 loss to No. 21 Tennessee this past Saturday night.
Muschamp said Greene will not need surgery. Greene will get rechecked in about a month or so.
"Hopefully, he'll be back within that time," the coach said. "But it's a very unusual injury."
Muschamp said backup Damani Staley would take over for Greene in the starting lineup when South Carolina heads to No. 3 Florida on Saturday.
Greene was second on South Carolina with 73 tackles in 2018. He played in just nine games last season and finished with 35 stops.
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