Injuries in sports carry immense physical pain, but the anguish is what cuts deeper than any broken bone.
Travis Dye loves this team, and this team loves him right back. Dye embraced being a USC Trojan. He loved everything about playing for Lincoln Riley and with this band of brothers. Being in Southern California mattered to him, and his teammates helped make him feel at home. Several leaders are highly respected in the Trojans’ locker room, and Dye is at the very top of the list.
You saw teammates come by and tap him on the shoulder. You saw the whole USC team empty the sidelines to come out on the field and let him personally know he was being prayed for.
That doesn’t happen with most football players.
Travis Dye is a special one, and there’s so much to lament about the fact that he won’t play against UCLA or Notre Dame: