USC DE Christian Rector eager to return after shutting down for two weeks

LOS ANGELES — When Christian Rector was elected a captain by his USC teammates, he never expected that three times as he walked to midfield for the pregame coin flip, he’d have no pads on, and no helmet.
But that’s been the unfortunate story of Rector’s senior season. The defensive end sprained his ankle in Week 2 against Stanford, and an injury that originally wasn’t expected to cost him any time has been a lingering nuisance for almost two months.
And he admits it