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Injury Nixes Hope for Ingram's Heisman Repeat

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One year after Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, the 2008 Heisman Trophy winner, missed nearly all of the '09 season with a shoulder injury, reigning Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram of Alabama has gone down with a knee injury.

Ingram, who became the first Alabama player to win the Heisman Trophy, was injured late in Monday's practice and then underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday morning. While Alabama coach Nick Saban said Ingram will fully recover and that the injury will not affect his long-term future, the setback puts a serious dent in Ingram's chances of becoming only the second player to ever win a...

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