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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: USC
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  08/06/21 - Kyle Ford, rSr/2025, USC, 6-2, 223 (DS#116 WR) + More +

  Ford missed all of the 2020 season while recovering from surgery to repair a torn ACL, the same injury that limited him to four games and one reception as a true freshman in 2019. But the former Orange Lutheran standout is a prime candidate for a breakout year for USC. The Trojans lost receivers Amon-Ra St. Brown and Tyler Vaughns to the NFL and were further hampered by Monday's news that Bru McCoy is indefinitely suspended following an arrest on suspicion of intimate partner violence with injury. With Drake London as the only established returner, Ford, along with Gary Bryant Jr. and Michael Jackson III, stand to benefit from the openings at receiver. - Orange County Register

(DS#116 WR) rSr/2025 WR Kyle Ford, USC
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  08/02/21 - K.D. Nixon, rSr/2022, USC, 5-07, 190 (DS#128 WR) + More +

  For the past several years, Nixon and quarterback Sam Noyer were key players and leaders for the Colorado Buffaloes. Now, they will be trying to beat the Buffs, and their new teams are happy to have them on board. Nixon transferred to USC last winter, while Noyer, who started all six games for CU in 2020, transferred to Oregon State in June. Both are in their final season of eligibility. Nixon ranks 19th in CU history in career catches (99) and receiving yards (1,221). He added five catches for 39 yards in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Dec. 26, his final game as a Buff. (CU doesn't count bowl stats in career totals).

At USC, he joins a receiver group that is led by Drake London and Bru McCoy. Nixon is the only senior receiver on the team. "He brings that veteran leadership," Helton said. "Obviously he had a great experience at Colorado, very productive. That coaching staff did an amazing job with that kid, teaching him what it is to be a college football player, what it means to be a leader, and he's brought that veteran leadership to a group that's a little bit young." Helton is excited about Nixon's potential in the offense but also said the 5-foot-8, 190-pound speedster is practicing with others on kick and punt returns. "You can see (Nixon's explosiveness) on the field already in our offseason workout drills, what he brings to the table; the overall strength that he has at the position," Helton said. "Really is going to be a dynamic player for us. "We're so glad to have him. He's gonna be a productive member of our football team and I really appreciate his leadership." - Daily Camera

(DS#128 WR) rSr/2022 WR K.D. Nixon, USC
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  07/25/21 - *Jordan Addison, Jr/2023, USC, 5-11, 173 (DS#2 WR) + More +

  Pitt wide receiver Jordan Addison will be asked to hoist a heavier load this year as one of the top pass catchers in the ACC. He'll enter his sophomore season as one of eight ACC players named to the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, presented annually by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation to the FBS' outstanding receiver. As a freshman in 2020, Addison led Pitt in receptions (60), receiving yards (666) and receiving touchdowns (four). He was the first freshman in seven years (Tyler Boyd) to lead the Panthers in receiving.

Addison also led the nation's freshmen in catches per game (six) and total catches, earned Freshman All-American honors from three services and runner-up ACC Rookie of the Year. "He'll catch everything," coach Pat Narduzzi said. "I'm not sure I've seen him drop a ball in a practice, not many in a game and certainly Kenny (Pickett's) favorite target." - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

(DS#2 WR) Jr/2023 WR *Jordan Addison, USC
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  07/25/21 - Travis Dye, rSr/2023, USC, 5-10, 210 (DS#45 RB) + More +

  Oregon running backs Travis Dye and CJ Verdell are on the Doak Walker Award watch list. Initially omitted from the preseason watch list for the award, presented annually to the nation's top running back, the Ducks duo were added later Wednesday, per UO. It's the third straight year Verdell has been on the watch list and first such honor for Dye. Dye led Oregon with 443 rushing yards and 239 receiving yards in 2020. He has 1,840 career rushing yards, 467 receiving yards and 11 total touchdowns. - The Oregonian

(DS#45 RB) rSr/2023 RB Travis Dye, USC
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  07/01/21 - Greedy Vance Jr., rSr/2025, USC, 5-10, 182 (DS#81 CB) + More +

  Still toting one of the best names in college football, Vance is arguably third on the list at corner behind Kei'Trel Clark and Chandler Jones and could be a key piece to the depth at DB. The redshirt freshman should be in the rotation this year and has put some work in during the offseason to change his body, adding more bulk to his 5-foot-10 frame. - Courier Journal

(DS#81 CB) rSr/2025 CB Greedy Vance Jr., USC
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  06/30/21 - Greedy Vance Jr., rSr/2025, USC, 5-10, 182 (DS#81 CB) + More +

  Louisville will sport one of the better cornerback duos in the ACC this year with Kei'Trel Clark and Chandler Jones. Together they combine for 28 passes defended in their Louisville careers, but U of L needs a third to spell its two upperclassmen at times, and it has that in Greedy Vance. Vance was a freshman last season, and will be again due to the extra year of COVID-19 eligibility, but he played in spurts for the Cardinals in 2020. The 5-foot-10 corner played in five games with one tackle. The feeling among the staff is that he's continued to improve since the season ended. Clark and Jones will play a majority of the snaps, but Vance has a bright future. He was a three-star recruit and will play an important role this year in cornerback depth. Junior college transfer Trey Franklin, who committed last weekend, will provide more depth, but until we see him on the field, I'm going with Vance. - Courier Journal

(DS#81 CB) rSr/2025 CB Greedy Vance Jr., USC
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  05/12/21 - Travis Dye, rSr/2023, USC, 5-10, 210 (DS#45 RB) + More +

  Dye had 64 carries for a team-leading 443 yards and a touchdown last fall but it was his nine catches for an obscene 239 yards and four scores that separated him from most any other back in the Pac-12. Getting Dye a head start on routes of the backfield was clearly effective and offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead did so in a variety of ways to create favorable matchups last season. That should only increase next year. "Coach Moorhead used the phrase, 'It's time to take the training wheels off this year,'" Dye said. "I'm very excited; I cannot wait. He's utilizing me really well, the way I want to be utilized and it's going to be a really fun season." With Verdell likely getting a bigger share of carries at full health and Sean Dollars and Trey Benson also likely to see more reps to make up for the loss of Cyrus Habibi-Likio, the proportion of work Dye gets in the fall will be of note. He's clearly an effective weapon, it's a matter of what the balance is for carries and pass protection for the entire group. - The Oregonian

(DS#45 RB) rSr/2023 RB Travis Dye, USC
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  05/12/21 - MarShawn Lloyd, rJr/2024, USC, 5-09, 220 (DS#5 RB) + More +

  The story was already written. MarShawn Lloyd was going to show up and live up to every shred of the grand expectations placed on him as South Carolina's highest-rated running back signee since Marcus Lattimore. He would lead the Gamecocks back from a forgettable 4-8 season in 2019 and make 2020 the start of USC's climb back to respectability. The story wound up being the five-millimeter strand of tissue, no bigger than the eraser on a pencil, threaded through Lloyd's knee and helping connect the bones of his left leg.

On the second day of preseason camp, less than a month before Lloyd would be unveiled to the world and would prove to all that the hype wasn't just that, Lloyd planted his cleat in the ground in a non-contact drill and felt something give. His left ACL was torn. Lloyd's season was over before it began. Nine months later, Lloyd is about to start the most important phase of his recovery. He was held out of spring practice because he wasn't completely ready, but the next month will light the beacon on what was taken from him last year. "I should be good around June. I'm going to go full-go pretty much in June, with workouts, conditioning, everything, cutting," Lloyd said. "Then by camp, I'll be ready to go." - The Post and Courier

(DS#5 RB) rJr/2024 RB MarShawn Lloyd, USC
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  05/05/21 - *Drake London, Jr/2022, USC, 6-4, 219 (DS#5 WR) + More +

  The most physically dominant skill position athlete in the conference at 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds. London abandoned basketball this winter to focus on football and enters '21 as our pick for Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. His 40-yard dash time a year from now will be crucial to his ultimate draft position, but we won't be surprised to see the DK Metcalf comparisons surface at the Combine. - Oakland Tribune

(DS#5 WR) Jr/2022 WR *Drake London, USC
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  05/03/21 - *Drake London, Jr/2022, USC, 6-4, 219 (DS#5 WR) + More +

  Drake London hadn't ventured away from the slot much at all until this spring. Turns out, his talent still translates on the outside. No offensive player was more dominant during 15 practices than London, who seems well on his way to being one of the nation's top receivers in 2021. - Los Angeles Times

(DS#5 WR) Jr/2022 WR *Drake London, USC
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  05/02/21 - *Alijah Vera-Tucker, rJr/2021, USC, 6-5, 308 (DS#2 OG) + More +

  For the second straight season, USC has produced a first-round draft pick on its offensive line. On Thursday, Trojans lineman Alijah Vera-Tucker was selected by the New York Jets with the No. 14 pick in the NFL Draft. He follows his predecessor at left tackle, Austin Jackson, as first-round picks in consecutive years. Jackson was selected 18th overall in 2020 by the Miami Dolphins. The Jets traded up for the opportunity to select Vera-Tucker. New York traded the No. 23 overall pick and two third-round selections to the Minnesota Vikings to move up to No. 14 and pick the Trojan to protect quarterback Zach Wilson, the former BYU standout they selected with the second pick Thursday night.

"Who doesn't want to block for someone like that?" Vera-Tucker asked rhetorically during a Zoom call with reporters following the selection. He added that he spoke to the Jets a few times during the draft process. "Whatever the coaches need me to do, (I will) come in and do and build a great relationship with the O-line because communication is key up front." Vera-Tucker considered leaving school following his sophomore season in 2019 after starting all 13 games at left guard and earning All-Pac-12 second-team honors. But he decided to return to USC to develop himself further as a draft prospect in his junior season. - Orange County Register

(DS#2 OG) rJr/2021 OG *Alijah Vera-Tucker, USC
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  04/23/21 - Brenden Rice, Sr/2024, USC, 6-2, 208 (DS#15 WR) + More +

  It was on a punt return that Brenden Rice first showed his explosiveness last season. When the Colorado receiver thinks about standing at the goal line to field a kickoff, though, that's what gets him excited. "That ball, just looking at the ball in the air and the twists and turns, oh my goodness," he said. "It's something different." As a true freshman last season, Rice showed that he might be something different for the Buffaloes. With a 6-foot-3, 205-pound frame, solid speed and exceptional genes, Rice had a debut season in 2020 that was electric at times, and might just be the launching point for a stellar career at CU.

The son of NFL Hall of Famer Jerry Rice, who is considered by many to be the greatest receiver to ever play the game, Rice caught six passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns, returned a punt 81 yards for a touchdown and averaged 18.5 yards on two kickoff returns in CU's COVID-19-shortened season. Despite playing among a group loaded with talent, Rice scored on three of the nine times he touched the ball. "Being under the wing of KD Nixon and people like Maurice Bell, Vontae Shenault, the confidence factor is everything in the wide receiver game," Rice said. "You see (former NFL star) Chad Ochocinco, and all these great wide receivers; if you don't have confidence, you can't take that next step. "As soon as I caught my first touchdown, I got my feel for the game and it truly balanced out, and I felt as though I can truly come in here and make an impact, day in and day out in every single game." - Daily Camera

(DS#15 WR) Sr/2024 WR Brenden Rice, USC
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  04/21/21 - Mo Hasan, rSr/2023, USC, 6-2, 210 (DS#51 QB) + More +

  USC quarterback Mo Hasan, who had taken the majority of second-team snaps this spring, will miss the upcoming season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament during USC's spring game Saturday. Hasan revealed the season-ending injury in a post on Twitter and announced he would soon undergo surgery. Hasan opened spring practice as the most experienced of the three vying to be Kedon Slovis' backup. But shortly after he threw the first touchdown of USC's spring game, Hasan limped off the field, leaving freshmen Jaxson Dart and Miller Moss to take the lion's share of snaps. An MRI that night revealed his season was over before it had started. With Hasan out, USC has no choice but to entrust one of its two freshmen with the backup role. - Los Angeles Times

(DS#51 QB) rSr/2023 QB Mo Hasan, USC
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  04/19/21 - *Chris Steele, Jr/2022, USC, 6-0, 187 (DS#37 CB) + More +

  Few Pac-12 corners play a more smothering, aggressive style than Steele, but that tight coverage has translated less to turnovers than it has penalties so far in his USC career. The junior has one interception through two seasons, but caught plenty of calls last season from officials, who flagged him for six coverage penalties over six games. "I've been a little over-physical with my hands at times," Steele admitted Thursday. He's planning to put those hands to better use this season. Steele missed the first week of spring due to health and safety protocols, but his progress in that area was clear upon his return to practice last week. On Tuesday, he closed the session with a leaping interception on a fade to receiver Drake London in the corner of the end zone. "I think I've always had kind of a bad rep of not making plays on the ball, just having a lot of pass breakups," Steele said. "So this year, I definitely want to make a lot more plays on the ball, get some interceptions." - Los Angeles Times

(DS#37 CB) Jr/2022 CB *Chris Steele, USC
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  04/14/21 - Isaiah Pola-Mao, Sr/2022, USC, 6-4, 212 (DS#12 FS) + More +

  Their leader at safety left for the NFL. A starting cornerback followed. Their usual nickel corner was out for spring. The replacement tore a knee ligament last Tuesday. So as USC began scrimmaging on Saturday afternoon, with its secondary in somewhat rough shape, Isaiah Pola-Mao walked up from his usual perch at safety to line up in the slot, settling into his new, albeit temporary place at nickel. There aren't many other options at cornerback.

Not after USC lost Max Williams for the year to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. Greg Johnson, who opened last season as the starting nickel, isn't expected to return from his own knee injury until fall either. Until Saturday, USC didn't even have its top corner, Chris Steele, due to health and safety protocols. "Isaiah's been in the system," USC coach Clay Helton said. "He understands it, and it just helps him grow also and puts some tools in his toolbox by being so versatile." Pola-Mao will likely revert to safety when Johnson returns in the fall. But for now, his move to nickel will open up plenty of chances for the four safeties who signed on early to fight for playing time. - Los Angeles Times

(DS#12 FS) Sr/2022 FS Isaiah Pola-Mao, USC
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