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Dietrich Riley: Full speed by spring?

Updated: October 16, 2012, 3:25 PM ET
By Peter Yoon | ESPNLosAngeles.com

LOS ANGELES -- UCLA safety Dietrich Riley has been cleared for non-contact drills and is on track to be at full speed by spring practice, he said Tuesday, nearly a year after injuring his neck in a scary on-field collision.

Riley underwent single-level fusion surgery in April and has been doing light drills for the past few weeks in practice. Tuesday, he did most of the non-contact individual drills with the defensive backs.

"It brought me to tears, I was so happy," Riley said ...

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