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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TROJANS
2014
College Football Preview
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OFFENSE
- 8 |
------RETURNING
STARTERS------ |
DEFENSE
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KEY
LOSSES |
OFFENSE:
Silas Redd-TB, De'Von Flourney-WR, John
Martinez-OG, Kevin Graf-OT, Xavier Grimble-TE
(NFL), Marqise Lee-WR (NFL), Marcus
Martin-C (NFL) |
DEFENSE:
Devon
Kennard-OLB, Morgan Breslin-OLB, Torin
Harris-CB, Demetrius Wright-FS, Dion
Bailey-FS (NFL), George Uko-DE (NFL) |
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WR
Nelson Agholor |
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Receiver
/ Defensive Line / Secondary |
Even
with the loss of oft-injured
Marqise Lee at receiver,
this bunch is full of
premier talent. Nelson
Agholor is primed to be
one of top Pac 12 pass
catchers. Stuffing the
run was one of USC's better
facets last season as
was getting after the
passer. Led by All-American
defensive end Leonard
Williams, no reason exists
as to why they won't be
even better next season.
The secondary, too, appears
to be awful solid. This
defense is going to be
competitive as new head
coach Steve Sarkisian
will inherit quite a full
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Offensive
Line / Passing Game |
This
offensive line was extremely
poor in pass protection
and didn't have the ability
to dominate through most
of 2013. Losing center
Marcus Martin to the NFL
makes the job of stepping
up the production that
much tougher. The passing
game wasn't a thing of
beauty either. Cody Kessler
hasn't been horrible but
he is not the type of
quarterback USC has become
accustomed to seeing on
Saturdays. Expect improvement
in the passing game, it
needs work.
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DE
Leonard Williams |
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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA 2014 DEPTH CHART
Returning
Starters/Key
Players |
OFFENSE |
QB |
Cody
Kessler-Jr (6-1, 215) |
Max
Browne-RFr (6-5, 215) |
FB |
Jahleel
Pinner-Jr (5-11, 235) |
Soma
Vainuku-Jr (6-0, 270) (ST) |
TB |
Tre
Madden-Jr (6-1, 225) |
JaVorius
Allen-Jr (6-1, 220) / Justin
Davis-So (6-1, 195) |
WR |
Nelson
Agholor-Jr (6-1, 190) (RS) |
Victor
Blackwell-Jr (6-1, 195) |
WR |
Darreus
Rogers-So (6-1, 215) |
George
Farmer-Jr (6-1, 220) |
WR |
Steven
Mitchell-RFr (5-10, 185) |
George
Katrib-Jr (6-0, 185) |
TE |
Randall
Telfer-Sr (6-4, 260) |
Jalen
Cope-Fitzpatrick-Jr (6-4, 250) |
OT |
Chad
Wheeler-So (6-7, 280) |
Jordan
Austin-Fr (6-5, 280) |
OG |
Toa
Lobendahn-Fr (6-3, 280) |
Jordan
Simmons-So (6-4, 350) |
C |
Max
Tuerk-Jr (6-6, 285) |
Giovanni
Di Poalo-Sr (6-4, 280) |
OG |
Aundrey
Walker-Sr (6-6, 315) |
Khaliel
Rodgers-RFr (6-2, 295) |
OT |
Nathan
Guertler-Sr (6-5, 270) |
Zach
Banner-So (6-9, 350) |
K |
Andre
Heidari-Sr (5-11, 220) |
Alex
Wood-So (5-10, 175) |
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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA 2014 DEPTH CHART
Returning
Starters/Key
Players |
DEFENSE |
DE |
Leonard
Williams-Jr (6-5, 300) |
Greg
Townsend-Jr (6-3, 275) |
NT |
Antwaun
Woods-Jr (6-1, 325) |
Kenny
Bigelow-RFr (6-3, 310) |
DT |
Delvon
Simmons-Jr (6-5, 295) |
Claude
Pelon-Jr (6-4, 295) |
SOLB |
Jabari
Ruffin-So (6-3, 240) |
Quinton
Powell-So (6-2, 200) |
MLB |
Hayes
Pullard-Sr (6-1, 235) |
Michael
Hutchings-So (6-1, 210) |
WLB |
Anthony
Sarao-Jr (6-0, 220) |
Lamar
Dawson-Sr (6-1, 230) |
ROLB |
J.R.
Tavai-Sr (6-2, 250) |
Scott
Starr-So (6-2, 230) |
CB |
Kevon
Seymour-Jr (6-0, 185) |
Chris
Hawkins-RFr (5-11, 185) |
CB |
Josh
Shaw-Sr (6-1, 200) |
Anthony
Brown-Sr (5-9, 190) |
SS |
Su'a
Cravens-So (6-1, 225) |
Gerald
Bowman-Sr (6-0, 205) |
FS |
Leon
McQuay-So (6-1, 185) |
JuJu
Smith-Fr (6-2, 210) |
P |
Kris
Albarado-Jr (5-10, 200) |
Jack
Basalari-RFr (5-11, 175) |
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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA 2014 SCHEDULE
Aug.
30 Fresno State
Sep. 6 at Stanford
Sep. 13 at Boston College
Sep. 27 Oregon State
Oct. 4 Arizona State
Oct. 11 at Arizona
Oct. 18 Colorado
Oct. 25 at Utah
Nov. 1 at Washington State
Nov. 13 California
Nov. 22 at UCLA
Nov. 29 Notre Dame
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