Andrew Joseph

azcentral sports

USC cornerback Josh Shaw suffered a pair of high-ankle sprains after reportedly leaping from a second-story balcony to save his nephew from drowning.

According to Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News, USC has some doubts about Shaw's story of heroism.

UPDATE: USC head coach Steve Sarkisian commented on the situation during the Pac-12 coaches' teleconference on Tuesday.

He said via USA TODAY Sports:

"I'm going to refrain from talking about the situation itself. I will say that Josh had never given us any indication not to believe his story. He's been a kid of very high character for us, a team leader, elected team captain. I had no reason not to believe him.



"Now, we did receive some calls that question the validity of his story. We're vetting. We're doing our due diligence on that as we speak.



"Josh is adamant with what occurred, and we're going to continue to vet some of the stories that have come across our desk or our phones and see what we have and go from there."

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