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Running back Anthony Brown quit the Southern Cal John Carlson Jersey football team Thursday, just days before its season opener, amid reports he .The reports come a day after Sarkisian suspended cornerback Josh Shaw for , claiming he had jumped from a building to save a 7-year-old nephew from drowning.The Trojans faceFresno State on Saturday in their first football game of the season, Sarkisian's first with the team.MORE: | Bloom: | came as media members swarmed the school over the Shaw story.According to one report, Sarkisian was taken by surprise by Brown's decision."It's ridiculous. Any of you guys that know me, ask any of our players," he said. "That's the furthest thing from the truth. I had encouraged him to play. I thought he could play. Aaron Ness Jersey I didn't want him to quit."Brown switched to running back this season from cornerback. Before being moved to running back, he made six starts at cornerback. He likely would have been well down the depth chart had he started in the secondary.Brown posted a photo on his Facebook page with a me sage: "Couldn't play for a racist man." He added: "Sark treated me like a Lucas Johansen Jersey slave in his office."He also posted on Instagram. However, the posts were later deleted, according to media reports.Reports from USC beat writers said Sarkisian announced Brown's decision to the a sembled media. Antwaun Woods, a nose tackle, in support of Sarkisian. So did linebacker and running back . Players were not allowed to speak with media members on Thursday, per team rules.Sarkisian also was quoted as saying:"Anthony decided not to play football anymore. We obviously tried to encourage him not to quit. We thought he could be an a set to our team, NHL Washington Capitals Jersey especially when healthy. We really tried to make it a point to accommodate the position change he wanted. He wanted to move to running back and we did so."He unfortunately got injured in training camp and was working his way back and decided he didn't want to play anymore. It's a bit unfortunate because we could have used him. We think he could have helped us." is with the team, not on quelling the brushfire created by Brown and Shaw."Ive got over a hundred guys in that locker room that are as important or more important than these two isolated incidents," he said. "I owe it to those guys to do the best job that I can do to prepare our staff and to prepare them to play a Devante Smith-Pelly Jersey great football game on Saturday, and thats what my focus is on."