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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TROJANS
2013
College Football Preview
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| OFFENSE
- 8 |
------RETURNING
STARTERS------ |
DEFENSE
- 7 |
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| KEY
LOSSES |
| OFFENSE:
Matt Barkley-QB, Curtis McNeal-TB, Khaled
Holmes-C, Robert Woods-WR (NFL) |
| DEFENSE:
Wes
Horton-DE, Jawanza Starling-SS, T.J.
McDonald-FS, Kyle Negrete-P, Nickell
Robey-CB (NFL) |
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WR
Marqise Lee |
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| Marqise
Lee / Defensive Line |
| If
winning the Biletnikoff
Award as a junior doesn't
say it...Marqise Lee is
hands down the best receiver
in the country. USC made
a descent living off getting
pressure on opposing quarterbacks.
Senior OLB Morgan Breslin
can hang with the best
of them and there are
many other talents spread
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| Quarterback |
The
Matt Barkley era is over.
Only two quarterbacks
on the current roster,
Wittek and Kessler, have
attempted passes. Max
Wittek gets the early
nod after filling in for
an injured Barkley versus
Notre Dame in the finale.
All the incumbents are
former high school super
stars. Next please...
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DE
Morgan Breslin |
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| SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA 2013 DEPTH CHART
Returning
Starters/Key
Players |
| OFFENSE |
| QB |
Max
Wittek-So (6-4, 235) |
Cody
Kessler-So (6-1, 215) / Max
Browne-Fr (6-5, 215) |
| FB |
Soma
Vainuku-So (6-0, 265) |
Jahleel
Pinner-So (5-11, 240) |
| TB |
Silas
Redd-Sr (5-10, 200) |
Justin
Davis-Fr (6-1, 200), D.J. Morgan-Jr
(5-10, 190) |
| WR |
Marqise
Lee-Jr (6-0, 195) |
Darreus
Rogers-Fr (6-2, 210) |
| WR |
Nelson
Agholor-So (6-0, 185) |
De'Von
Flournoy-Sr (6-0, 185) |
| TE |
Xavier
Grimble-Jr (6-5, 250) |
Randall
Telfer-Jr (6-4, 250) / Jalen
Cope-Fitzpatrick-So (6-4, 255) |
| OT |
Aundrey
Walker-Jr (6-6, 300) |
Nathan
Guertler-Jr (6-5, 280) |
| OG |
Max
Tuerk-So (6-6, 285) |
Giovanni
Di Poalo-Jr (6-4, 275) |
| C |
Marcus
Martin-Jr (6-3, 310) |
Cyrus
Hobbi-So (6-3, 285) |
| OG |
John
Martinez-Sr (6-2, 310) |
Jordan
Simmons-RFr (6-4, 335) |
| OT |
Kevin
Graf-Sr (6-6, 295) |
Chad
Wheeler-RFr (6-7, 275) |
| K |
Andre
Heidari-Jr (5-10, 210) |
Alex
Wood-So (5-10, 175) |
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| SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA 2013 DEPTH CHART
Returning
Starters/Key
Players |
| DEFENSE |
| DE |
Leonard
Williams-So (6-5, 290) |
J.R.
Tavai-Jr (6-2, 270) |
| NT |
Antwaun
Woods-So (6-0, 310) |
Cody
Temple-So (6-2, 300) |
| DE |
George
Uko-Jr (6-3, 275) |
Charles
Burks-So (5-11, 230) |
| OLB |
Morgan
Breslin-Sr (6-2, 250) |
Kevin
Greene-Sr (6-4, 255) |
| MLB |
Hayes
Pullard-Jr (6-1, 230) |
Will
Andrew-Sr (6-2, 220) |
| WLB |
Lamar
Dawson-Jr (6-2, 230) |
Anthony
Sarao-So (6-0, 215) |
| OLB |
Devon
Kennard-Sr (6-3, 255) |
Jabari
Ruffin-RFr (6-3, 225) |
| CB |
Anthony
Brown-Jr (5-9, 180) |
Devian
Shelton-RFr (6-1, 185) |
| CB |
Torin
Harris-Sr (6-0, 190) |
Kevon
Seymour-So (6-0, 175) |
| SS |
Dion
Bailey-Jr (6-0, 210) |
Gerald
Bowman-Sr (6-1, 215) / Su'a
Cravens-Fr (6-1, 215) |
| FS |
Josh
Shaw-Jr (6-1, 195) |
Demetrius
Wright-Sr (6-1, 195) / Leon
McQuay-Fr (6-1, 190) |
| P |
Kris
Albarado-So (5-10, 200) |
Joey
Krassenstein-So (6-3, 210) |
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| QUICK
TAKES |
- The
Matt Barkley era has finally moved
on. The good news behind center
is that the men of Troy trying to
replace him carry quite the usual
high standard blue chip resume.
Sophomore Max Wittek is a former
Mater Dei product and Super Prep
All-American. The other, sophomore
Cody Kessler, was also a California
product Super Prep All-American.
A'int recruiting grand?
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will continue to be a running-back-by-committee.
Former Penn State transfer Silas
Redd heads the group. With a new
quarterback stepping in USC needs
to get more production out of this
bunch.
- Marquise
Lee could be playing on Sundays
already but he will have to spend
one more season toying with overmatched
college covermen. USC's first ever
Biletnikoff Award winner is hands
down the best receiver in America.
- The
offensive line only lost one starter.
This unit has proven to be exceptional
at pass protection but falls way
short on the run blocking. Coaches
have made it known they wish to
get back to the old days where physical
domination up front is what grinds
the championship mill. The talent
is here but the results haven't
been thus far under Kiffin.
- Clay
Helton has been promoted to offensive
coordinator although Lane Kiffin
is most likely going to maintain
play-calling duties.
- The
coaching staff took another direction
on defense too as father Monte Kiffin
was replaced as coordinator by Clancy
Pendergast, a coach who knows the
Pac 12 well and who also has plans
on shaking up this defense. The
new 5-2 scheme with outside linebackers,
tackles as ends and two-year staring
linebacker Dion Bailey moving to
strong safety will be a very aggressive
mindset.
- Defensively
USC has fallen short. Granted the
numbers aren't bad, but they certainly
are not what is to be expected from
a No. 1 ranked preseason team of
which USC was tabbed just last summer.
No one is still quite sure how to
evaluate what effect the NCAA sanctions
had or will have on the Trojans.
Based on the recruiting class USC
just hauled in don't look for a
drop-off anytime soon.
- After
failing to meet such lofty expectations
in 2012 some might wonder how USC
can crawl back into such a descent
ranking from the depths of the unranked
without their star quarterback.
The depth chart speaks for itself.
With 15 starters set to return,
and many of them being a Who's Who
of former high school All-Americans,
leaving them out of the Top 25 for
2013 just doesn't make sense.
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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA 2013 SCHEDULE
Aug.
29 - at Hawai'i
Sept. 7 - Washington State
Sept. 14 - Boston College
Sept. 21 - Utah State
Sept. 28 - at Arizona State
Oct. 10 - Arizona
Oct. 19 - at Notre Dame
Oct. 26 - Utah
Nov. 1 - at Oregon State
Nov. 9 - at California
Nov. 16 - Stanford
Nov. 23 - at Colorado
Nov. 30 - UCLA |
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