USC has provided Steven Mitchell Jr. with an education, in more ways than one
LOS ANGELES - Steven Mitchell Jr. has been playing this season with a cardinal-and-gold patch on the left breast of his USC jersey that reads "graduate," recognition of the first of two diplomas he has earned at the school.
The bachelor's degree came last year, when he also earned college football's version of the Purple Heart by undergoing season-ending knee surgery for the second time in his college career.
But while the two injuries - one
