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Name: Kedon Slovis (Double Transfer from Pittsburgh/Southern California)
College: Brigham Young
Number: 10
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-3 Weight: 223
Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2024
40 Low: 4.50 40 Time: 4.55 40 High: 4.62
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Data Scout Notes: X-HPFA/Multi-Transfer/Has Regressed/Has NFL Arm-Tools/59%-10-9 in 22 2023: NAC...2022: 12-05-22 Transfer from Pittsburgh/NAC...PUnitas...2021: Transfer from Southern California...PManning/POBrien...2020: 1stC...PManning/PMaxwell/POBrien...2019: OROYC/HMC...(+) Coming off Sept 2019 Concussion
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Height: 6024
Weight: 223
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40 Yard Dash (ET): 4.55
40 Yard Dash (HH): 4.59
20 Yard (ET): 2.65
20 Yard (HH): 2.58
10 Yard (ET): 1.57
10 Yard (HH): 1.58
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Dates: 03/28/24
Hand: 09 7/8 Arm: 31 1/8
Wingspan: 74 3/8
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Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young, Player News
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Kedon Slovis was late to church, which was the one thing he had hoped to avoid. The new BYU quarterback was nervous about attending the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint services in the first place, but he had been invited to listen to his teamm ate, Chase Roberts, give a lesson on Christ and hardship. Wearing a black tie and a tan sweater, tailor-made for blending in, Slovis planned to slink into a back seat, support his wide receiver, and leave without making a scene. A few years ago, when he was one of college football's rising stars, Slovis had said he'd found Provo to be a "weird" place, likening it to the artificial bubble of "The Truman Show." Now, on this Sunday, Slovis simply hoped to blend into the cast.But when he and tight en d Carter Wheat entered the room, every head in the congregation's elders quorum immediately turned back and locked eyes with the newcomer. "My family is not super religious, so I didn't grow up going to church," Slovis said, explaining his hesitancy. "Bu t I definitely feel like the BYU quarterback now. Everyone in church knew who I was and I'd never been there before." This would have seemed a very odd marriage just a few years ago when Slovis was leading USC into LaVell Edwards Stadium and cracking jok es about the Cougars afterward, but much has changed since then. - Salt Lake Tribune
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024  QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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Slovis spent the first three seasons of his career at USC before transferring to Pitt in 2022. He tallied 9,973 yards, 68 touchdowns and 33 interceptions in those four seasons. I will always be grateful for Coach Narduzzi and the time I got to spend with all of my teammates at the University of Pittsburgh. Slovis became a nationally recognized name in 2019 after he beat out highly touted recruit JT Daniels for the starting job as a freshman. He threw for 3,502 yards and 30 touchdowns to just nine interc eptions that year. He also played against BYU during that season, finishing with 281 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions in a loss at LaVell Edwards Stadium. "Kedon is an effortless passer, great leader and one of the most accurate quarterbacks in college football," BYU offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick said. "I've enjoyed watching his calm demeanor. He is always poised, never too high or too low. I have been so impressed with his methodical approach to this decision to come to BYU. I can't wait for him to join us in January."By the end of 2019, Slovis was on the radar as a potential first-round draft pick and a Heisman Trophy contender. But, from there, his career slowed. In 2020, he did not surpass the 2,000-yard threshold and nev er again threw for 2,400 yards. In his final year at USC, Slovis nearly lost his starting job to now-Ole Miss quarterback, and Corner Canyon alum, Jaxson Dart. By the time Lincoln Riley took over the USC program, Slovis entered the transfer portal. At th e time, the expectation was he would spend one more year in college before entering the NFL draft. At Pitt, though, Slovis completed a career-low 58% of his passes. He threw for 10 touchdowns to nine interceptions as the Panthers went 8-4 in the regular season. - Salt Lake Tribune
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024 QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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Quarterback Kedon Slovis is transferring from Pittsburgh to BYU, he announced Saturday on social media. Slovis, who had transferred from USC to Pitt, has one year of eligibility remaining. He will compete for the starting job at BYU in its first season i n the Big 12 Conference, which the Cougars join after playing as an independent since the 2011 season. Slovis struggled in his only season with the Panthers.He completed just 59% of his passes with 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions, his numbers dipping in the second half of the season as Pitt became a more run-first team. "I will always be grateful for Coach (Pat) Narduzzi and the time I got to spend with all of my teammates at the University of Pittsburgh," Slovis wrote in a tweet showing him pictured in a BYU uniform. "I'm excited for this new chapter and can't wait to get to work." Pitt (8-4) takes on No. 18 UCLA (9-3) in the Sun Bowl on Friday. Narduzzi has not said whether senior quarterback Nick Patti or freshman Nate Yarnell will start . BYU beat SMU 24-23 last weekend in the New Mexico Bowl, stopping a late comeback by the Mustangs. With three inexperienced quarterbacks on the Cougars' roster, redshirt freshman Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters got the nod. - AP College Football
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024 QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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Kedon Slovis threw three touchdown passes, all to Jared Wayne, and Israel Abanikanda rushed for two touchdowns as Pittsburgh rolled past Miami 42-16 on Saturday night and eliminated the Hurricanes from bowl contention. Miami (5-7, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conf erence) matched its worst season in the last 45 years. Abanikanda now has 20 touchdown rushes this season and finished with 111 yards on the ground, his sixth consecutive 100-yard game for the Panthers (8-4, 5-3). Wayne had first-half TD catches for 26 a nd 66 yards as Pitt took a 28-0 lead into the break, then caught a 7-yarder late in the third. Wayne finished with a career-high 199 yards receiving, and it was the first multi-TD catch game of his career. It was Pitt's biggest win ever over Miami; the p revious was a 17-point victory in 1976 - a year when the Panthers won the national title. Jake Garcia threw two touchdown passes for Miami; Xavier Restrepo caught one, and tight end Will Mallory also got one in his final game for the Hurricanes.Pi tt beat Miami for just the fourth time in the last 26 meetings between the teams, plus went 4-0 in November for a second consecutive season. It also grabbed a small sliver of history - the contest was the last Coastal Division game to be played, with the ACC abandoning the two-division format starting next season. It also was the 61st win for Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi, giving him outright possession of second on the Panthers' all-time list. He was tied with Pop Warner. For Miami, it was a terrible end to a terrible season. The Hurricanes used three quarterbacks Saturday, which was fitting, since they had a revolving door at that position all season. Starter Tyler Van Dyke was back for the opening series but reaggravated the shoulder injury that kept him out for much of the last month. Jacurri Brown left in the third quarter after getting hurt, and Garcia played the rest of the way. It was a season that began with such promise; Miami was the preseason pick to win the Coastal and started ranked No. 16 in the AP Top 25. But the Hurricanes lost their final five home games, making this the first season where that happened to Miami since 1963. Van Dyke finished the season 160-for-253 passing, for 1,835 yards with 10 touchdowns and five interceptions. - Pitts burgh/AP College Football
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024 QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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No one expected the metamorphosis of Pitt's passing game to be clean and efficient through only two games. After all, coach Pat Narduzzi replaced his top quarterback, wide receiver and playcaller - all in one offseason. Throw in injuries last Saturday to quarterbacks Kedon Slovis and Nick Patti, and perhaps it makes sense Pitt (1-1) struggled to score enough points, especially in the red zone, during the overtime loss to Tennessee. Pitt managed one touchdown in five trips inside the 20-yard line. That d oesn't include a play that started at the 21 on which a Slovis pass into the end zone bounced off wide receiver Bub Means' hands and into those of Tennessee safety Trevon Flowers. - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024 QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi is taking blame for play that injured quarterback Kedon Slovis. There were only 21 seconds left in the first half Saturday when Kedon Slovis dropped back to pass from his 37, but it was enough time for a flood of events to occur t hat could impact Pitt beyond the loss to Tennessee. Sack, fumble, injury to Slovis, Tennessee recovery, field goal and a 24-17 halftime deficit for the Panthers, instead of 21-17. That's six results that didn't have to happen, but ended up negatively im pacting Pitt's chance of winning a game that went into overtime. Narduzzi referred to the field goal as a "freebie." Asked why he didn't order Slovis to safely take a knee and run out the clock, Narduzzi was honest in the assessment of his decision. "I'm a (dummy), Jerry, yes. Thank you," he told the Tribune-Review. "Yeah. There's no doubt about it. "You go back and look, that's the one...That's why we kneeled down in the fourth quarter and take it to overtime. We weren't going to take any chances (at t he end of the game) and make something crazy happen like that happened (in the first half). - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024 QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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Kedon Slovis didn't transfer from USC to Pitt planning to sit on the bench. He won't. Head coach Pat Narduzzi named Slovis the starting quarterback on Wednesday, ending a months-long competition with Nick Patti for the right to replace Kenny Pickett, who is working next door with the Pittsburgh Steelers after a remarkable final season with the Panthers last fall. Narduzzi praised the way both Patti and Slovis approached their extended job interviews but called Slovis' accuracy the separator. "He's a rea lly, really good passer," Narduzzi said. "We think he can lead us." Slovis, who threw for 58 touchdowns against 24 interceptions in three seasons with the Trojans before leaving last winter, won't get a chance to ease into the gig. The 17th-ranked Panthers, who won the program's first ACC title in 2021, open at home against West Virginia in the renewal of the "Backyard Brawl" on Sept. 1. It will hardly be Slovis' first go-round in the crucible of a rivalry. He went 2-0 against UCLA and played wel l in losses to Notre Dame in 2019 and 2020. "I love playing in big games," he said. "I think every player loves playing in big games. You know, from your high school rival to college, I think everyone's favorite games are rivalry games. So yeah, you know , obviously you feel prepared, but more so I just feel excited." - AP College Football
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Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said nearly as much about his own injury Monday as he did about what may be ailing would-be starting quarterback Kedon Slovis. Some information was tossed around Twitter on Saturday, indicating Slovis had suffered an unspecified i njury during a closed practice. Asked about it Monday morning before practice, Narduzzi suggested Slovis may have a suffered a muscle spasm. But first he offered an update on his knee. "My knee's a little sore," Narduzzi said. "I got hurt Saturday. We al l got hurt Saturday. "I wouldn't say he got hurt. He'll probably be out (Monday) a little bit and probably be back (Tuesday). It's nothing significant."After he reminded himself that Tuesday is the players' day off, he amended his forecast. "He wo uld be full (Tuesday) if we did go. I don't know if you ever got a muscle spasm, but you're talking muscle spasm." Slovis transferred to Pitt from Southern California in the spring. In three seasons and 27 games at USC, he threw for 7,576 yards and 58 to uchdowns, completing 652 of 953 passes. He was an All-Pac 12 first-team selection in 2020 (a six-game season because of covid interruptions). - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024 QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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Pitt's football team appears to have dodged a bullet on Saturday. According to a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity, quarterback Kedon Slovis sustained a "minor" injury during a closed practice at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on the South S ide. The source said there is no cause for concern and the injury is not expected to impact Slovis' chances of winning the starting job for the season opener vs. West Virginia on Sept. 1.A 6-foot-3, 215-pound grad transfer, Slovis started 27 games over the last three seasons at USC, passing for 7,576 yards and 58 touchdowns with a 68.4% completion rate since winning the starting job as a freshman in 2019. His freshman season was his best, when he completed 71.9% of his passes for 3,502 yards, 30 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Slovis is locked in a heated competition with redshirt senior Nick Patti for the starting quarterback position, with coach Pat Narduzzi giving no indication of a timetable to announce the Panthers' starter. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024 QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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Any Pitt or West Virginia fan who hoped to catch a glimpse of this fall's Backyard Brawl at Acrisure Stadium but had not yet secured tickets better start making other plans. As of Friday morning, Pitt announced that all tickets to the highly anticipated season opener on Sept. 1 had sold out. Panthers coach Pat Narduzzi indicated to reporters on Friday that tickets sold out "about 15 minutes" after they became available. In response to the high demand, Pitt athletics began selling a limited number of sta nding-room only tickets at 10 a.m. Friday.The SRO tickets were priced at $125 each, with sales limited to two tickets per customer. A Pitt spokesperson said the SRO tickets sold out in less than five minutes. "It just erupted, which we know - we k ind of felt that was going to happen," Narduzzi said. Pitt already holds the record for most tickets sold for a game at Acrisure Stadium, with the 69,983 tickets sold for the Panthers' 42-39 win vs. Penn State on Sept. 10, 2016, outnumbering every Steele rs game ever played at the stadium. Narduzzi said he hopes the renewal of another historic rivalry will be enough to rewrite the record book in terms of fan attendance - and possibly even surpass 70,000 fans for the first time ever. "We know we've got th e largest crowd in Acrisure Stadium history, so we hope to break that record, too," Narduzzi said. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Pitt's football team appears to have dodged a bullet on Saturday. According to a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity, quarterback Kedon Slovis sustained a "minor" injury during a closed practice at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on the South S ide. The source said there is no cause for concern and the injury is not expected to impact Slovis' chances of winning the starting job for the season opener vs. West Virginia on Sept. 1. A 6-foot-3, 215-pound grad transfer, Slovis started 27 games over the last three seasons at USC, passing for 7,576 yards and 58 touchdowns with a 68.4% completion rate since winning the starting job as a freshman in 2019. His freshman season was his best, when he completed 71.9% of his passes for 3,502 yards, 30 touchd owns and nine interceptions. Slovis is locked in a heated competition with redshirt senior Nick Patti for the starting quarterback position, with coach Pat Narduzzi giving no indication of a timetable to announce the Panthers' starter. - Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024 QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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When will Pitt coach PattNarduzzi name a starting QB? We all know college coaches don't like to give anything away, and Narduzzi's no exception. That brings us to Kenny Pickett's successor. You have to figure it's Kedon Slovis' job to lose after the form er Pac-12 freshman of the year transferred in from USC. But Nick Patti won't make it easy on him, and Narduzzi will lean into the competition storyline as long as he can. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Conference realignment killed many of the most storied rivalries in college football, but West Virginia and Pitt are scheduled to meet eight times over the next 11 seasons, starting Sept. 1 at Heinz Field. To commemorate the occasion, the schools put the ir heads together to create the official Backyard Brawl logo, released Thursday - 105 days before the 105th edition of the football rivalry. The game will be the first between the schools since 2011 and will be the season opener for both teams.The logo features different variations that can include both teams, a football-only version, a school-specific logo and an option that can highlight a game sponsor. Fans will be able to purchase special merchandise, beginning in August, featuring the new lo go. Apparel also will be available in future years. Pitt leads the series 61-40-3, but West Virginia has won 16 of the past 26 games, including a 21-20 victory in the most recent renewal in Morgantown, W.Va. - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi didn't mention the big news - Jordan Addison entering his name in the NCAA transfer portal - while speaking this week at the Peach Bowl Challenge, a charity golf event outside Atlanta. But when he was asked about Kedon Slovis, Nar duzzi wasn't shy about discussing how his transfer quarterback found his way from USC to Pitt. "He's just a super kid," Narduzzi said on a video submitted to the news media by the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl."He wasn't looking for a payday. He was look ing for the right place to be, with a great culture. He's a guy who actually went into the (NCAA transfer) portal the real way, the right way. "He had a lot of opportunities with name, image and likeness, but I think he was looking for the right fit. He was looking for the right personnel. We had a lot returning on offense." Narduzzi pointed out during the interview that Pitt lost only two starters on offense from 2021 - Kenny Pickett and Lucas Krull - without mentioning Addison, the Biletnikoff winner and All-American wide receiver who put his name in the portal. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
(DS#16 QB) rSr/2024 QB Kedon Slovis, Brigham Young
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Kedon Slovis is trading USC for Pittsburgh. The former Trojans quarterback announced Tuesday he is heading east to join the ACC champion Panthers, where he will get a chance to replace ACC Player of the Year Kenny Pickett. "I'm feeling incredibly gratefu l for the opportunity to be a Panther — and I can't wait to prove myself again on this stage," Slovis said in a piece he wrote for The Players Tribune released Tuesday evening. Slovis entered his junior season at USC as a Heisman Trophy contender but h e struggled to find any rhythm. He passed for 2,153 yards with 11 touchdowns against eight interceptions in nine games before being lost for the season with a leg injury.Slovis joins a wide-open race to replace Pickett, who announced last week he will not play when the 13th-ranked Panthers (11-2) face No. 10 Michigan State (10-2) in the Peach Bowl next week. Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi has not said who will start in place of Pickett, though Nick Patti figures to get the nod as the primary backup . The Panthers also have Davis Beville and Arizona State transfer Joey Yellen, who joined Pitt in January 2020. Pitt is in the process of looking for a new offensive coordinator after Mark Whipple left for the same position at Nebraska. - AP College Foot ball
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Kedon Slovis was an overlooked and underappreciated three-star prospect when, in September 2019, he was abruptly thrust into the spotlight as a true freshman, forced to take over in the season opener for injured JT Daniels. Expectations, at the time, wer e low. But for the better part of the next three seasons, as Slovis took hold of his opportunity and transformed into a two-time All-Pac-12 passer and potential NFL prospect, he never relinquished the reins as quarterback and guided USC during three tumu ltuous seasons. He was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year in his first season, led the Trojans to a Pac-12 title game during his second, pandemic-altered campaign and then helped usher them through an emotional coaching change as a junior, all the whi le watching his hold on the job slip away.Slovis officially entered the NCAA transfer portal on Monday, a decision that seemed assured since the sudden arrival this fall of freshman quarterback Jaxson Dart. For Slovis, it marked a bittersweet conc lusion to an uneven tenure as the Trojans' signal caller. He passed for 7,576 yards and 58 touchdowns during his three seasons at USC, totals that rank among the top seven in school history. Early on, it seemed Slovis was a diamond in the rough uncovered by USC and suddenly destined for stardom. But by the end of his final season, it had become clear USC was ready to move forward, and Slovis was ready to move on. Before the 2021 campaign, Slovis was still seen as a potential first-round NFL draft pick. His name was noted on preseason Heisman Trophy watch lists. But the season didn't go as planned, for either USC or its quarterback. - Los Angeles Times
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Kedon Slovis threw three touchdown passes and Southern California broke out of its doldrums Saturday with a 37-14 rout of free-falling Colorado. Slovis completed 19 of 29 throws for 276 yards and hit Drake London, Michael Trigg and Gary Bryant Jr. with s coring passes as the Trojans (3-2, 2-2 Pac-12) bounced back in a big way from their first home loss to Oregon State in 61 years by rolling over a Buffaloes team whose offense remains stuck in neutral. The Buffaloes (1-4, 0-2) fell to 0-15 against Souther n Cal with their fourth consecutive loss since a win in their opener over lower-division Northern Colorado.Brendon Lewis was held to 10-of-17 passing for 162 yards, was intercepted once and sacked five times. The Buffs converted just 1 of 10 third downs and failed on a fourth-down try. The Trojans gained just 2 yards on the game's opening possession but they made up for it by scoring on their next four drives to build a 20-0 cushion. A fumble at midfield by USC running back Keaontray Ingram gave the Buffs a big break just before halftime. Safety Mark Perry pounced on the loose ball at the Trojans 48, and that gave Colorado's sputtering offense its first foray in USC territory. Seven plays later, Deion Smith scored from a yard out to pull the Buf fs to 20-7 at halftime. The Buffs got the ball coming out the break with hopes of making it a one-score game, but they turned it over on their first two drives, once on a strip sack and another time on downs, and the Trojans capitalized by expanding thei r lead to 30-7. And cornerback Joshua Jackson Jr.'s interception set up Bryant's 15-yard TD catch that made it 37-14 early in the fourth quarter. - Southern California/AP College Football
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As a sophomore, the USC starting quarterback saw some regression from his breakout freshman campaign. There were simple throws he failed to complete and his lack of rhythm allowed the Trojans to fall behind early in games. Slovis was able to lead several fourth-quarter comebacks to minimize the damage, but it was clear he wasn't himself. But at Pac-12 media day, Slovis was honest about what led to the down year: A lack of confidence in his throwing elbow after he injured it in the 2019 Holiday Bowl. Slo vis says he's shaken those doubts off and wants to come back and be the best version of himself as a quarterback. There will be challenges, like new faces in the receiving corps and the departure of a first-round left tackle. But if Slovis is confident a nd not holding anything back, USC will be in better shape than it was a year ago. - Orange County Register
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To most observers, Kedon Slovis didn't appear to be himself last season. The sophomore quarterback was good enough to lead the Trojans to a 5-1 record and a Pac-12 South Division title while logging several stunning comeback wins. But after a freshman se ason in which the former three-star recruit established himself as one of the premier quarterbacks in the country, there was something missing in 2020. The football was wobbling out of his hand, and his was missing receivers on routine routes. "I never h ad an issue with accuracy my whole life, or throwing velocity," Slovis said Tuesday at Pac-12 Media Day, "and all of a sudden last year I'm looking at it like, 'What's going on with my arm?'" During the offseason, Slovis went back to video to evaluate wh at had happened to his arm. But the answer actually stems from his final play of the 2019 season.Slovis' last act as a freshman was to leave the Holiday Bowl loss to Iowa early following an elbow injury. He avoided anything that required surgery o r an extended off period and was ready to participate in the following spring practice before it was shut down by the pandemic. But despite being cleared by the medical staff, Slovis still didn't totally trust his arm by the time the 2020 season arrived. "I never got that confidence back of wanting to use that or was really conservative about using it," Slovis explained. "At times I was compensating for not wanting to use it or put strain or stress on the elbow. So I think that caused a lot of the issue s that you guys saw." - Orange County Register
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As USC's star quarterback, Kedon Slovis is in a position to capitalize on the new landscape of name, image, and likeness, so he's seeking help on NIL from an agency well acquainted with marketing the biggest star athletes in Los Angeles. Slovis has signe d a deal with Klutch Sports to represent him on all NIL matters, a person familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak on the matter told The Los Angeles Times. Slovis appears to be the first college football star to sign with the agency, which is most known for representing LeBron James, Anthony Davis and other major NBA stars.The deal only became possible three weeks earlier on July 1, when the floodgates finally opened on NIL. A handful of other top college quarterbacks have also since s igned with agencies to handle using their names and personal brands to make money. Former Santa Ana Mater Dei and current Alabama starting quarterback Bryce Young signed with CAA and, according to Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban, is already nearing seven f igures in revenue off NIL deals. As his third and likely final season at USC approaches, Slovis could see a similar windfall. The Heisman Trophy contender has yet to announce any sponsorships or NIL deals, nor has he posted any advertisements on his soci al media channels. But a deal with Klutch Sports certainly suggests Slovis plans to at least explore his capacity to profit off his potential stardom. - Los Angeles Times
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It's from that realization that Slovis opens spring focused on finding his stride ahead of a third collegiate season that could be his last before the NFL comes calling. While Slovis still led the Pac-12 in passing yards (1,921) and touchdowns (17), his development was notably stunted by the circumstances of the pandemic. The shortened season ended on an especially difficult note, as Slovis had three passes intercepted in the Pac-12 title game against Oregon, the last of which ended with him sustaining a shoulder injury. That injury has since healed, and Slovis should have no limitations this spring. The pertinent question now is whether that confidence has returned. "Even though I felt good and I thought I got to a place [in 2020] that would be sustai nable for football season, it wasn't really a place that I felt confident as a thrower," Slovis said. "I think more than anything, confidence is everything." So this offseason, Slovis set about rebuilding his own. After training with the same local coach since sixth grade, Slovis began working at the 3DQB training facility in Huntington Beach, where Tom Brady, Drew Brees and other top NFL quarterbacks have fine-tuned their mechanics. - Los Angeles Times
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2020 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: QB Kedon Slovis, So., USC,...Slovis completed 67.0% of his passes this year for 1,921 yards and 17 TDs and led USC to a trio comeback victories in the final 2 minutes. He leads the Pac-12 in completions (29.5, first nationally), passing yards (320.2), total offense (310.7), completion percentage and points responsible for (17.0). The sophomore moved to ninth on USC's career passing list (459 completions) and his 70.0 career completion percentage is above the school record. - Southern California Football
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DEC 14 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kedon Slovis, So., QB, USC,...QB Kedon Slovis engineered his third late game-winning TD drive of the season, after previously doing so against Arizona State and Arizona...He threw four of his five TD passes in the second half to help USC come back at UCLA (the Trojans trailed by 18 points early in the third quarter and by 12 early in the fourth), including a game-winning 8-yard scoring fade with 16 seconds to play...Overall, he completed 30-of-47 passes for 34 4 yards and the 5 TDs...In his career, he has thrown 11 TDs with no interceptions in the fourth quarter...He improved his record to 12-4 as a starter, including 12-1 against Pac-12 opponents...Also nominated: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, QB, UCLA; Rachaad W hite, RB, Arizona State; Davis Mills, QB, Stanford; Ty Jordan, RB, Utah. - Pac-12 Conference Football
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Kedon Slovis threw an 8-yard touchdown to Amon-Ra St. Brown with 16 seconds left for his fifth passing TD of the game, and No. 16 Southern California rallied from an 18-point, third-quarter deficit to beat UCLA 43-38 on Saturday night. UCLA took a 38-36 lead with 52 seconds remaining on Nicholas Barr-Mira's 43-yard field goal, but USC (5-0) answered quickly. Gary Bryant returned the kickoff 63 yards to the Bruins 43, Slovis connected with Tyler Vaughns on a 35-yard reception and St. Brown caught his sec ond TD of the game on the next play. Slovis completed 30 of 47 passes for 344 yards with two touchdowns each to St. Brown and Drake London. Vaughns caught eight passes for 110 yards and Vavae Malepeai ran for 110 yards in the 90th Crosstown Showdown. The Trojans clinched the Pac-12 South title earlier in the day when Utah beat Colorado. - USC/AP College Football
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Kedon Slovis was eager to get back on the football field after USC's victory over Utah three weekends ago. The Trojans had won, but Slovis wasn't fully satisfied with his performance. "Not my worst game in the world, but I felt like we left a lot out on the table as an offense," the sophomore quarterback said. "So I was really looking forward to that Colorado game." The Colorado game, however, was canceled due to a COVID-19 outbreak among USC's offensive line. So Slovis' return was delayed a week. But i n the end, it didn't matter. Slovis put together his best performance of the season on Sunday night against Washington State.He completed a season-high 78.1% of his passes for 287 yards and a career-high five touchdowns. "I think that carried over to this week," Slovis said after No. 16 USC's 38-13 win. "With our situation up front, we knew we were going to throw the ball and we knew the looks that we were going to get that we were going to throw the ball as well, so those opportunities kind of p resented themselves." The performance was a good reminder of what USC's offense is capable of when its star quarterback is playing up to expectations. - Orange County Register
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Shawn Seaman has seen Kedon Slovis throw countless passes since taking him on as a budding sixth-grade quarterback. But when they started throwing sessions last spring, Seaman preferred to go slow with his star pupil's arm. Just three months earlier, Slo vis had suffered an elbow injury from overtaxing that right arm; it was no exaggeration to suggest USC's season rested on its recovery. As they gathered at a park near the quarterback's home in Arizona, Slovis kept pushing it. His arm, he told Seaman, ha d never felt better. The coach could see for himself. Physically, Slovis had never looked bigger. There was an extra zip on his passes. "The ball was just popping out of his hand," Seaman said. So much so that the primary target of Slovis' passes - his f ather, Max - wore through a pair of receiver gloves.Through three games of his sophomore season at USC, that extra pop hasn't always been palpable. Some passes have wobbled. Others have been off-target or thrown into danger, leading some to wonder if something isn't quite right with his arm. But Seaman, who works as an electrical engineer by day, is incredulous of any such suggestion. Slovis' elbow, Seaman says, is fine. So are his mechanics. And his confidence. And any other aspect of his game o ffered up as reasoning for a less-than-sharp start. Southern California linebacker Kana'i Mauga (26) reacts after making a tackle during the first half. "What I've seen looked pretty normal," Seaman said. "I didn't see anything that would make me concern ed at all. I just think people have latched onto something, and it's much ado about nothing." It appears that way on paper. Slovis has completed 70.7% of his passes through three games, one percentage point behind his rate from last season but still good enough for sixth-best in the nation. Only seven quarterbacks are throwing for more yards per game than Slovis' 323.3. - Los Angeles Times
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The great Southern California teams were known for their confidence. On the road against Utah, these Trojans took another step toward restoring the program's past glory. "We played with a swagger tonight, especially on defense," coach Clay Helton said. K edon Slovis threw for two touchdowns and No. 20 USC smothered Utah in a 33-17 victory Saturday. Slovis completed 24 of 35 passes for 264 yards for USC (3-0, 3-0 Pac-12), but the Trojans' defense took centerstage, forcing five turnovers to stay undefeated and move into pole position for the Pac-12 South title."All week, our guys talked about playing like this was a bar fight. We played with a lot of viciousness and everyone was zeroed in," linebacker Kana'I Mauga said. USC's game plan from the out set was to stop Utah's ground game. "At all costs, stop the run," Helton said. "Once we did that, our pass rush forced throws that were interceptions, got sacks and fumbles. We were in the backfield all night." Utah (0-1, 0-1) was the final major confere nce team to make its 2020 debut after coronavirus cases scuttled its first two scheduled games of an already-delayed season. - Southern California/AP College Football
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Vavae Malepeai bulled his way through multiple tacklers for an 8-yard touchdown run with 25 seconds left, and No. 20 Southern California beat Arizona 34-30 on Saturday with another late rally. USC (2-0, 2-0 Pac-12) was outplayed by Arizona State last wee k before scoring two touchdowns in the final three minutes to win 28-27. The Trojans again had two late scoring drives to win a game they were outplayed in for most of the afternoon.Kevon Slovis hit Erik Krommenhoek on a 6-yard touchdown, but Ariz ona (0-1, 0-1) marched quickly down the field for a 6-yard touchdown pass from Grant Gunnell from Stanley Berryhill III with 1:20 left. Slovis, off target early, completed four straight passes for 68 yards and Malepeai capped the 75-yard drive by carryin g several Arizona defenders with him into the end zone. Slovis threw for 325 yards and a touchdown on 30-of-43 passing. Gunnell threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns for Arizona, which played its first game in nearly a year after last week's opener ag ainst Utah was canceled due to the coronavirus. - AP College Football
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Kedon Slovis won't catch anybody by surprise the second time around at Southern California. And it's not just because the unassuming quarterback who took the Pac-12 by storm last year is a whole lot harder to miss now with his extra 15 pounds of muscle. "He went from a young man to a grown man in a year," USC coach Clay Helton said with a smile. Slovis is becoming more than the unheralded teenager who produced the best season by a freshman quarterback in USC's voluminous history last fall. When the No. 20 Trojans finally begin their regular season Saturday morning at the Coliseum against Arizona State, Slovis carries both the weight of his responsibilities and the heavy expectations that gather on this program's best players.His enlarged frame m akes the burden look lighter - and you'd never know it anyway from Slovis' perpetually cool demeanor. "We just want to give our guys the opportunity to make plays, and it starts with me," Slovis said. "That's really the most I can do at this point, and w hat I'm focused on." Slovis projects a calm belying his 18 years, but he spent the extra-long offseason lifting weights, eating well, poring over video and assuming a greater leadership role. All kinds of tangible growth has happened since his impressive debut season ended with an injury in the Trojans' loss to Iowa in the Holiday Bowl, according to the coaches most responsible for guiding his journey. - AP College Football
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Slovis was an unexpected surprise, earning Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year honors after stepping in for starter J.T Daniels who was injured in the season opener. Slovis, who graduated from Scottsdale Desert Mountain, threw for 3,502 yards an d 30 touchdowns with nine interceptions and was so good that Daniels decided to hit the transfer portal rather than return to Troy. - Arizona Republic
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2020 MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Kedon Slovis, So., USC,...Slovis was the 2019 Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and a Freshman All-American first teamer. Last fall, he completed a Pac-12 record and NCAA freshman record 71.9% of his passes fo r a USC frosh record 3,502 yards with 30 TDs and just 9 interceptions. He ranked in the national Top 20 in completion percentage, passing yards, completions, passing efficiency, passing TDs and total offense. He is the nation's most accurate returning pa sser. His 167.6 passing efficiency mark in 2019 was a school record, while his 282 completions and 3,445 yards of total offense were Trojan freshman standards. - USC Football
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2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: QB Kedon Slovis, USC,...Slovis was the 2019 Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and a Freshman All-American first teamer. Last fall, he completed a Pac-12 record and NCAA freshman record 71.9% of his passes for a USC frosh record 3,502 yards with 30 TDs and just 9 interceptions. He ranked in the national Top 20 in completion percentage, passing yards, completions, passing efficiency, passing TDs and total offense. - USC Football
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2020 PRESEASON DAVEY O'BRIEN AWARD WATCH LIST: Kedon Slovis, USC,...Slovis was the 2019 Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and a Freshman All-American first teamer. Last fall, he completed a Pac-12 record and NCAA freshman record 71.9% of his passes f or a USC frosh record 3,502 yards with 30 TDs and just 9 interceptions. He ranked in the national Top 20 in completion percentage, passing yards, completions, passing efficiency, passing TDs and total offense. - USC Football
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His elbow had finally healed. His arm was finally back to normal. But for USC's Kedon Slovis, normal would last all of one mid-March practice, before a pandemic intervened. The rising sophomore quarterback has been home in Arizona ever since spring pract ice was abruptly canceled, trying his best to maintain a shred of normalcy during a crucial offseason expected to propel him to prominence. Slovis still watches film with offensive coordinator Graham Harrell over Zoom. He still works out three days per w eek, doing what he can without access to a home gym.He throws at a local park on the days in between, with his private coach, Shawn Seaman, at his side and his dad, Max, as his lone receiver. "It's not exactly an ideal situation," Slovis said. But as he anxiously awaits a return to his college football routine, Slovis resolved to spend at least part of his quarantine embracing the circumstances of a new world. So, last month, on his 19th birthday, Slovis bought an acoustic guitar. "I always wante d to play," he said. "With sports growing up, though, I never had a chance for lessons. I always kept it in my back pocket." - Los Angeles Times
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With college sports shuttered, his Trojans stuck in isolation and the status of next football season in flux because of COVID-19, Clay Helton is trying to focus on the silver linings. Late-afternoon walks with his wife, Angela. Extra time with their thre e kids. Beautiful sunsets from his balcony. The work of teachers everywhere. The wonders of the Zoom app. "Everything has a silver lining," the USC coach said. The panic over the upcoming season remains pervasive, as hard decisions on how to proceed post -pandemic approach in the coming months. Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott said this week he hoped decisions on the season's start date might be made by May 31, when the conference's suspension of team activities is scheduled to expire.He lton wouldn't speculate on the future of the season when reached by phone Friday. But while he considered what a return to college football normalcy might require, Helton did suggest that his team would probably need a "minimum of four weeks" of ramp-up before safely proceeding with camp in the fall. That ramp-up period, Helton said, has been a point of discussion on recent conference calls with Pac-12 coaches. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly suggested a similar timeline with reporters this week, while Sco tt mentioned the possibility of a "longer-than-normal" training camp "to somehow accommodate for the fact that we've missed spring." - Los Angeles Times
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The last two No. 1 quarterbacks at USC stood side by side, observing from behind the fray as the first deep balls of spring soared from the right arms of Matt Fink, the returning redshirt senior, and Brad Aoki, a 5-foot-8 converted quarterback wearing a yellow No. 36 jersey. As spring practice opened at USC, with no assurance it would continue on through next month due to the rapid spread of coronavirus, Kedon Slovis and JT Daniels, the two presumably vying for the starting job, both had injury question s of their own, on a roster short on other options.For Slovis, any doubts were quelled just a few minutes later, as he rejoined USC's first team offense and laced several throws that reminded why he was named Pac-12 offensive freshman of the year. After injuring his elbow in the Holiday Bowl, there was some concern over how healthy he would be for the start of spring. "I feel better honestly," Slovis said on Wednesday. "If anything, I've been working a lot in the offseason and developing hip flex ibility and mobility. It takes a lot of pressure off my arm. My arm was getting pretty tired." Just to be safe, USC will continue to monitor Slovis' reps throughout camp. But the rising sophomore quarterback said he finally felt at full strength early la st week. - Los Angeles Times
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2019 ALL-PAC-12 HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): QB Kedon Slovis, Fr.,...Slovis, a true freshman, ranks in the national Top 20 in completion percentage (.718), passing yards (294.7), completions (23.6), passing efficiency (167.6), passing TDs (28) and total offense (290.4). His 260 completions and 3,242 passing yards are USC freshman season records, while his 28 pass TDs trail only Darnold's frosh mark (31). His 71.8% completion percentage is above Cody Kessler's USC season record of 69.7%. He has 4 games t his year with 400 passing yards (a USC season record and tied with Matt Barkley for the most ever in a Trojan career) and 4 TD throws, all in the past 5 contests. - USC Football
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2019 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Kedon Slovis, USC,...Slovis, a freshman from Scottsdale, Ariz., ranks eighth nationally, and first among all FBS freshman, averaging 294.7 passing yards per game. He threw for 400 or more yards four t imes during the 2019 season, including a school-record 515 yards in the 52-35 win over UCLA. Slovis finished the regular season having completed 260 of 362 pass attempts for 3,242 yards and 28 TDs. His 71.8 completion percentage ranks fifth nationally an d tops among freshmen. Since 2009 when the conference began awarding Freshmen Offensive Player of the Year, Slovis becomes the fourth Trojan to earn the accolade, joining WR Robert Woods (2010), WR Marqise Lee (2011) and QB Sam Darnold (2016). Honorable Mention Freshman Offensive Player of the Year: Jayden Daniels, QB, Arizona State. - Pac-12 Football
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Freshman Kedon Slovis passed for a school-record 515 yards and threw four touchdown passes in Southern California's 52-35 victory over UCLA on Saturday in the 89th edition of their crosstown showdown. Michael Pittman Jr. caught two touchdown passes and V avae Malepeai rushed for two scores as the Trojans (8-4, 7-2 Pac-12) wrapped up their regular season with their 16th win in the last 21 meetings with UCLA. Drake London and Tyler Vaughns also caught TD passes, and a school-record four Trojans receivers t opped 100 yards receiving while USC survived a tumultuous second half at the Coliseum and eliminated the rival Bruins (4-7, 4-4) from bowl contention.Slovis carried the Trojans to the Victory Bell with another landmark performance in his impressiv e debut season. He surpassed Matt Barkley's single-game USC records against UCLA and against any opponent in the fourth quarter while the Trojans racked up 643 yards of offense, and he also surpassed the school record for yards passing in a freshman seas on. A year after UCLA's Joshua Kelley broke the crosstown showdown's rushing yardage record, Slovis broke its passing record while leading USC to its 10th win in UCLA's last 11 visits to the Coliseum. Slovis also had his third consecutive 400-yard passin g game - another first in USC's lengthy history. Dorian Thompson-Robinson passed for 367 yards with TD throws to Demetric Felton, Devin Asiasi and Chase Cota for the Bruins, who will finish with four consecutive losing records for the first time since 19 21-24, shortly after the school was established in 1919. Asiasi finished with a career-high 141 yards receiving. - AP College Football
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NOV 11 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kedon Slovis, Fr., QB, USC (Scottsdale, Ariz.),...Was 29-of-39 for a career-best 432 yards with 4 TDs (8, 8, 58, 95 yards)...All of his TDs were in the first quarter when he completed 15-of-17 passes (including his first 11) for 297 yards to help USC to a 28-7 lead...The 95-yard TD was the longest at USC since a school record 97-yarder in 1996. Also nominated: Salvon Ahmed, WASH; Laviska Shenault, COLO; Joey Yellen, ASU. - Pac-12 Conference Football
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OCT 28 PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Kedon Slovis, Fr., QB, USC (Scottsdale, Ariz.),...Helped USC overcome a 10-point fourth quarter deficit at Colorado for a 35-31 win by throwing a pair of long touchdowns to WR Michael Pittman Jr. in the final period. T he game-winner of 37 yards came with 2:15 to go to cap a 12-play, 89-yard drive...Overall, Slovis was 30-of-44 for 406 yards and 4 TDs (all career highs) with an interception, including going 9-of-13 for 148 yards with the 2 TDs in the fourth quarter. Al so nominated: Camden Lewis, ORE; Simi Fehoko, STAN; Kyle Philips, UCLA. - Pac-12 Football
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Freshman quarterback Kedon Slovis will return from an apparent concussion to start for Southern California at No. 9 Notre Dame on Saturday night. USC coach Clay Helton made the announcement Tuesday night after practice. The Trojans (3-2) have had three s tarting quarterbacks in their first five games thanks to injuries, and the 18-year-old Slovis has missed most of the past two games. After being medically cleared to return, Slovis will get the shot to lead USC against the powerhouse Irish in the schools ' famed intersectional rivalry game."There's not that much more you can ask for," Slovis said. "It's Notre Dame and USC...They're a good team, obviously one of the best teams in the nation, but Coach Helton is going to put together a great game pl an for us." Slovis got hurt on a heavy hit during the opening series of USC's win over then-No. 10 Utah on Sept. 20. He sat out of a loss at Washington on Sept. 28 for the Trojans, who had last week off. "He does not look out of form to me," Helton said of Slovis, who threw to receivers during the Trojans' week off. "He looks really good, and we'll continue through the week. Today, I thought he was very decisive with his decision-making. So hopefully that continues and he carries it to South Bend." - AP College Football
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WEEK 2 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER & FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK:: Kedon Slovis, Fr., QB, USC (Scottsdale, Ariz.),...True freshman quarterback Kedon Slovis made his first career start and led USC to a 45-20 win over No. 23 Stanford by completing 84.8% of his passes (28-of-33) for 377 yards and 3 TDs with no interceptions...It was the most yardage and completions and highest completion percentage by a USC true freshman quarterback in his debut...He became just the fifth USC true freshman to start a game at QB (join ing JT Daniels, Matt Barkley, Carson Palmer and Rob Johnson)...His yardage was the most by any Trojan since Sam Darnold's 397 in 2017 vs. Texas and the second most by any Trojan true freshman in any game (behind Barkley's 380 at Notre Dame in 2009). Also nominated: Justin Herbert, ORE; Anthony Gordon, WSU; K.D. Nixon, COLO; Jermar Jefferson, OSU; Connor Wedington, STAN; Gary Brightwell, ARIZ; Marcel Dancy, CAL; Tyler Huntley, UTAH. - Pac-12 Football
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Not many freshmen get to climb the stepladder, hold up the sword and lead the Southern California band in a postgame victory party at the Coliseum. No Trojans freshman quarterback has ever had a debut start like Kedon Slovis, who turned a tough matchup a gainst Stanford into a celebration of his burgeoning talent. Slovis passed for 377 yards and three touchdowns in a commanding performance, and USC rolled to a 45-20 victory over the No. 23 Cardinal on Saturday night. Slovis went 28 of 33 and set the scho ol record for yards passing in a freshman's first start as the Trojans (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12) rallied from an early 14-point deficit to beat the Cardinal (1-1, 1-1) for the third time in the California private schools' last four meetings. - AP College Footbal l
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