By Adam Rittenberg
ESPN.com
Penn State coach Joe Paterno suffered injuries to his right shoulder and hip when a receiver ran into him during practice Sunday.
Paterno was "blindsided" by a player running a drill during but "walked away after the collision," according to a statement released Monday by the team.
Paterno sustained at least one hairline fracture, a source told ESPN's Joe Schad.
“
I expect to be back at practice soon. I'm doing fine; tell everyone not to worry about me.
” -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno
But the 84-year-old coach was not expected to require surgery, said Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli, Penn State's director of athletic medicine.
Paterno was taking notes when receiver Devon Smith, a 5-foot-7, 157-pound junior, ran into the coach.
Paterno walked off the field at the end of practice but was cornered by physicians who insisted he be examined.
"He's come back from worse," the source told Schad.
Paterno conducted a coaches' meeting Monday morning via speaker phone from Mount Nittany Medical Center, where he was undergoing tests.
"I expect to be back at practice soon. I'm doing fine; tell everyone not to worry about me," Paterno said in a prepared statement. "I like the effort I have seen from the squad during our first few practices, but we have a long way to go to get ready for the schedule we have."
ESPN.com
Penn State coach Joe Paterno suffered injuries to his right shoulder and hip when a receiver ran into him during practice Sunday.
Paterno was "blindsided" by a player running a drill during but "walked away after the collision," according to a statement released Monday by the team.
Paterno sustained at least one hairline fracture, a source told ESPN's Joe Schad.
“
I expect to be back at practice soon. I'm doing fine; tell everyone not to worry about me.
” -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno
But the 84-year-old coach was not expected to require surgery, said Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli, Penn State's director of athletic medicine.
Paterno was taking notes when receiver Devon Smith, a 5-foot-7, 157-pound junior, ran into the coach.
Paterno walked off the field at the end of practice but was cornered by physicians who insisted he be examined.
"He's come back from worse," the source told Schad.
Paterno conducted a coaches' meeting Monday morning via speaker phone from Mount Nittany Medical Center, where he was undergoing tests.
"I expect to be back at practice soon. I'm doing fine; tell everyone not to worry about me," Paterno said in a prepared statement. "I like the effort I have seen from the squad during our first few practices, but we have a long way to go to get ready for the schedule we have."
