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October 29, 2008 1:27 PM

News on Kelemete better than expected

Defensive tackle Senio Kelemete may be out only a couple of weeks after having arthroscopic surgery on his knee Tuesday to repair an injury suffered in pre-game drills on Saturday.

Defensive line coach Randy Hart said Kelemete suffered some cartilage damage to his knee and that a loose piece was taken out during the surgery.

"For a change, it was exactly what they thought it was,'' he said.

Hart said Kelemete would be out "a week probably, maybe two.''

Hart said the injury happened as Kelemete did a routine pass-rushing drill before the game.

"It was absolutely fluky,'' he said. "Mind-boggling. He was pass-rushing a guy and he went right past me and I went to the next guy and he was still laying there. ... There was no contact. He was just pass rushing and it twisted, something locked up.''

With Kelemete out this week, senior Johnie Kirton will get another start at DT. De'Shon Matthews will move up in the rotation as a backup, Hart said. Hart also said that Tyrone Duncan is getting close to being able to play after missing much of the season with a broken wrist/thumb.

And for what it's worth, Hart, who has been an assistant at UW since 1988, surviving four coaching changes, said he didn't want to talk about the news this week concerning Tyrone Willingham other than to say that he would love to stay on but noted the obvious, that it won't be his decision to make.

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