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Morning Buzz: This Is Where USC’s Season Will Be Determined

I’ve been putting together a USC depth chart since the end of spring football and here is where I think USC has a “concern.”

This might not be exactly the way it ends up in the fall but this is the general corps of players. And remember, teams cannot add transfers this summer.

My issue: How many proven performers do you see in the back seven of the defense? How many bona-fide impact players? There are a lot of players with potential but who can you definitely say he is someone that will impact games in a positive way? Is this a College Football Playoff defense?

I think the defensive line looks better and I will show that later. But right now, I feel like USC’s season will depend on how this group of players develops.

LB/Desman Stephens/Sr./Deven Bryant, Jr.

LB/Jadyn Walker/So./Elijah Newby, So.

CB/Marcelles Williams/Jr./Prophet Brown, Sr.

CB/Jontez Williams/Sr../Elbert Hill, Fr.

CB/Alex Graham/Fr./RJ Sermons, Fr.

SS/Kennedy Urlacher/Jr../Madden Riordan, Fr.

FS/Christian Pierce/Sr./Kendarius Reddick. So.

3 thoughts on “Morning Buzz: This Is Where USC’s Season Will Be Determined”

  1. Scott, your assessment is good. You are so right about the unknown until they prove themselves. That is why we need the three non-conference games at the beginning of the season, not in the middle or end of the season. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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  2. 15 starters are back. D-line should be infinitely better. That will make the linebackers better by controlling the LOS. Patterson was quoted as saying that the size, speed, strength, and quickness of the LBs was excellent. He is a guy who has a great track record in molding a defense. My concern is whether they can learn his scheme adequately (and this is where the LBs are key in reacting to read-options) before the team faces tough competition.

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  3. Scooter,

    SC used to be known as lber U. You had Woods, Young, Banks, Mathews’, Seau, claborne, Rucker and many others. They had to wait their turn to play. Now, there is an inadqucey at lber due to Riley and his clown ways. It will take a year for the lbers to learn and for the recruits to learn and get up to speed. SC misses the playoffs due to not being prepard by having the talent and coaching prior to this year.

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