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Fletcher looks to earn back trust

By Graham Watson
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

HATTIESBURG -- It's 2 a.m., and Southern Miss coach Larry Fedora is wakened by a phone call. His star running back, Damion Fletcher, has been arrested for firing a gunshot outside an apartment complex in mid-February. Fedora has to ask several times if it is indeed Fletcher who has been arrested. There's no mistake: One of the leaders of his team is sitting in a jail cell, head in hands, waiting for -- and fearing -- his release. Fletcher's not afraid of what his parents will say, but he' ...

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