Nebraska tailback Johnny Rodgers won the Heisman Trophy in 1972 and a two-time consensus All-American.
But when he was in high school, he wrote a letter to USC saying he was interested in playing for the Trojans.
What happened? A USC coach read the letter and never got back to Rodgers.
Was this the biggest recruiting blunder?
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
No … SC had Anthony Davis and Lynn Swann. Also won 2 national titles in that time.
Rodgers was from Omaha with an armed robbery conviction on him, he wasn’t going to USC regardless.
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Wolf cherry picks the details, typical
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I thought by now someone would have pointed out the recruiting of the current linemen or maybe all of those clowns who walked away from a scholarship because they were a legend in their own mind.
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BFD!………Hey wolf, same old shit just a different pile
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Johnny Rodgers was one of the greatest punt returners I have ever seen if not the best. Amazing! Check out some highlights.
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Now, what would be the biggest coach selection blunder? Helton has got to be way up there, huh?
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Anthony Davis was a nice salve for our wounds…. Trojan for life, baby. Love that man.
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Eric Dickerson was the biggest loss in the recruiting wars when
John Robinson took over the first time.
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DeAnthony really hurt – was the first crack in the Pete era……
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$5.99/month.
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Actually missing out on Elway hurt more than Dickerson … and would had been less expensive lol.
USC with those great defensive players and Elway 1980-1982 would had never missed a beat.
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U could say the same thing about Ricky Williams. He was from San Diego and played at Texas.
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Ha!
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