BATON ROUGE -- LSU sophomore Trindon Holliday chose running with the football to running for the finish line Tuesday.
Holliday, a Tigers wide receiver and track sensation, opted to skip the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, to prepare for the upcoming football season.
The World Championships are scheduled from Aug. 25 to Sept. 2 and would have forced Holliday to miss all of fall football practice and LSU's first three games. The Tigers open their football season Aug. 30 at Mississippi State, but LSU Coach Les Miles said Holliday would have to sit out the next two games before he would be in game-ready shape.
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