USC football could have its own Fab Five in…
Freshmen rule!
That could be an early slogan for the USC football workforce after the first depth chart launched Wednesday night forward of the season opener confirmed 5 potential starters from the Trojans’ top-ranked high faculty class.
Freshman tight end Mark Bowman, defensive end Luke Wafle and large receivers Trent Mosley and Kayden Dixon-Wyatt had been listed as starters, with fellow freshman cornerback Elbert “Rock” Hill IV receiving the “OR” designation as a doable starter in a battle with redshirt sophomore Chasen Johnson.
Trent Mosely, freshman large receiver for the USC Trojans, joined the workforce as a extremely touted four-star recruit. Instagram/@_showtime.4
Even if Johnson will get the nod, it’s clear that USC’s freshman class shall be properly represented when the No. 14 Trojans take the sector Saturday afternoon against San Jose State at the Coliseum.
Alluding to the freshman receivers’ potential to contribute in the wake of an injury to Tanook HInes that restricted his participation in training camp, coach Lincoln Riley said earlier this week that he was anticipating big issues from his newcomers.
“We’ve seen enough out of these guys that no matter who else is playing they’re going to play and have their opportunity to contribute and affect the game,” Riley said. “I believe in phrases of what we would like to see from them it’s just, go do what they’ve been doing on the apply discipline – don’t let the second be something more than just what it’s and they’ve executed it persistently.
“Several of these guys have had almost a veteran-like presence on the team in terms of their consistency and their playmaking and they just need to take that to the game field and I just see no reason why they won’t.”
Other true freshmen listed on the two-deep embody large receiver Ethan “Boobie” Feaster; offensive linemen Vlad Dyakonov and Breck Kolojay; linebacker Talanoa Ili; and security Madden Riordan.
Kayden Dixon-Wyatt was listed as a starter for the USC Trojans. Instagram/@kay8enn
As anticipated, Tobias Raymond will make his first profession start at middle after Kilian O’Connor suffered a season-ending injury in training camp. Alex VanSumeren and Jide Abasiri are slated to start at defensive sort out after Jahkeem Stewart lately went down with a foot injury.
The Trojans didn’t identify one starter at working back, which makes some sense given the standard of their top two choices, itemizing both Waymond Jordan and King Miller with the “OR” designation. There was also no designated top backup quarterback given that both Sam Huard and Jonas Williams had been listed as choices.
Luke Wafle was also listed as a starter for the protection. Instagram/@lukewafle
Kicker Caden Chittenden edged Ryon Sayeri in a heated battle to deal with discipline objectives after Sayeri had crammed in for Chittenden last season in the wake of a season-ending injury Chittenden suffered in training camp.
Riley lately credited Chittenden’s perseverance after Sayeri went on to have an wonderful season, making 21 of 25 discipline objectives to break the earlier single-season faculty report of 19 made discipline objectives.
“I think 99.9% of players probably would have transferred out given how that played out,” Riley said lately. “He wanted to stay here at USC and compete and so I think that says a lot about him.”
Sayeri is listed as the starter to deal with kickoffs.
Riley is next scheduled to converse with the media on Thursday morning, when he’ll undoubtedly be requested about the youth motion on his workforce.
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