Andres Dewerk, a three-star offensive tackle from Los Gatos, Calif., committed to USC today. Remember, USC has not had a four-star offensive line recruit in 14 months. Six of the past eight offensive line recruits were three stars or less. His other offers were from Arizona, Boston College, Colorado, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon State, Sacramento State, San Jose State, UCLA, … Continue reading USC Adds Another 3-Star (Honest)

USC signed 16 players who were three stars-or-less in 2019, according to Rivals. Six of its eight commitments for 2020 are three-stars-or-less. That is 22 players overall. From 2016-18, it signed 14 players who were three stars-or-less. Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: More On Recruiting Stars

Andrew Milek, an offensive tackle from Chandler, Ariz., committed to USC tonight. He is the fifth commitment in the past week along with Kyle Juergens, Joey Wright, Velltray Jefferson, Kobe Pepe). All of them are three stars except Juergens, who is a two star. You think somewhere Urban Meyer cringes a little bit when USC gets some of its commitments? Now back to Milek. His … Continue reading The Three-Star Commit Parade Continues!

Kobe Pepe, a three-star defensive tackle from St. John Bosco, committed to USC this afternoon. He had 18 offers and is ranked the No. 51 prospect in California. Clark Phillips, the No. 4 cornerback in the nation from La Habra, chose Ohio State today. Phillips did not have USC in his final five choices. Continue reading USC Adds A Commitment And So Does Ohio State

If you are distressed that recent USC commitment Kyle Juergens is a two-star prospect, it doesn’t mean the recruiting services are always right? Kenechi Udeze was not a highly regarded prospect until after he committed to USC. And sometimes it works in the reverse way. Why did recruiting services rank former point guard Derryck Thornton a five-star prospect? He was ranked the No. 14 player in … Continue reading The Recruiting Stars Don’t Always Matter

USC already received a commitment from Joey Wright, who is either 6-5, 6-6 or 6-7. Today, USC offered offensive tackle Jonah Miller of Tucson, who is 6-8, 298 pounds. At least he is big. Who knows how good he is. Clay Helton? Tim Drevno? Continue reading USC Going After Big Prospects