SARASOTA, Chris Tillman Jersey Fla. Doctors expect Indiana wide receiver Isaac Griffith to make a full recovery from a near downing along Florida's Gulf Coast, a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.Griffith was brought out of heavy sedation and was awake, breathing on his own and responding well to others on Thursday, Sarasota Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Kim Savage said. His condition has been upgraded to serious.A friend rescued the 19-year-old Griffith after he was caught in a rip current Monday at Siesta Beach in Sarasota."The biggest i sue right now is monitoring and treating him for pneumonia and damage to his lungs," Savage Tim Beckham Jersey said.Griffith could be moved from the hospital's critical care unit Earl Weaver Jersey by Friday and discharged "in the coming days," she said.Savage also released a statement from the player's father, Shannon Griffith, who along with his wife, Kim, has been at their son's bedside since shortly after the accident."This is everything we hoped and prayed for," Shannon Griffith said.The friend who saved Griffith, Mitch McCune, said he pulled Cedric Mullins Jersey the player to shore and performed CPR on him until emergency personnel arrived on the scene.On Friday, doctors further lauded McCune and Griffith's other friends for their part in saving him.Dr. Kenneth Hurwitz told reporters during the latest medical update that Griffith's friends put themselves at great risk when Griffith got caught in the strong current.Hurwitzadded that Griffith was out of immediate danger but that he is not "out of the woods yet." Griffith's father, Shannon, said the prognosis made him smile.Griffith was a redshirt freshman at Indiana this past season after being a J.J. Hardy Jersey standout at Homestead High School near Fort Wayne, Ind.