According to The State, University of South Carolina defensive end Jordin Lindsey was hospitalized early Sunday morning after being stabbed in the neck with a broken beer bottle during an altercation in Columbia’s Five Points.  He was released a few hours ago and is recovering at his off-campus residence.

According to a Columbia police report, two men approached Lindsey around 4 a.m. Saturday in the 2000 block of Greene Street. During the ensuing altercation, Lindsey was stabbed by one of the men, opening up a 4-inch gash on Lindsey’s neck.

Gamecocks linebacker Dustin Lindsey drove his twin brother to the home of USC quarterback Blake Mitchell and linebacker Cody Wells, where someone called 911.

Jordin Lindsey was transported to Palmetto Health Richland and underwent surgery after losing a significant amount of blood, Billy Lindsey said.

Columbia police are trying to identify the assailant and the other man.

Lindsey, a native of Mobile, Ala., was academically ineligible this season after his cumulative grade point average dipped below 2.0. The defensive MVP of last year’s Liberty Bowl, the 6-foot-3, 254-pound Lindsey has one year of eligibility remaining. [JOSEPH PERSON - The State]

We wish him a speedy recovery and hope they catch the perpetrators.

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Photo: The State.