The 2024 USC Trojans football team will represent the

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(USC) as a first-year member of the

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during the

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. The team is led by their third-year head coach

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, and will play their home games at

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located in

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. The 2024 season will be the Trojans first year in the

since departing from the

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Previous season

The

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finished the

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with a 8-5 overall record and a 5-4 conference play good for Three-way tie for 4th place. The Trojans would win their first 5 games of the season by an average of 40 points in the wins, but would go on to lose 5 of their last 6 games including losses to rivals

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and to LA

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. Even losing 5 of their last 6 games, they were invited to play in the

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, they would play and defeat No. 16

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by a score of 42-28 behind a great performance from

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who throws a

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6 touchdowns in the game.

Preseason

USC Spring Football Game Set for April 20, 2024 at the

Spring Game

Schedule

Games summaries

vs. LSU

vs Utah State

at Michigan Wolverines

vs Wisconsin Badgers

at Minnesota Golden Gophers

vs Penn State Nittany Lions

at Maryland Terrapins

vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights

at Washington Huskies

vs Nebraska Cornhuskers

at UCLA Bruins ( Victory Bell)

vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Personnel

Roster and coaching staff

Depth Chart

''True Freshman''
Double Position : *
projected Depth Chart Week 1 vs LSU

Injury report

Scholarship distribution chart

*Scholarship Distribution 2024 chart ^ : the players who still have to make an official choice and the players who are eligible for the Covid year. / / * Former Walk-on / – 81 players on scholarship / 85 scholarships permitted

Coaching staff additions

* : to be confirmed

Coaching staff departures

Transfers

Transfers out

The Trojans have lost 30 players via transfer.

Transfers in

The Trojans have added 17 players via transfer.

NFL Draft

Entered NFL draft

The following players have headed for the 2024 NFL Draft : QB Caleb Williams, RB

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, RB Austin Jones, WR Brenden Rice, WR

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, OL Justin Dedich, OL Jarrett Kingston, DL Jack Sullivan, DL Kyon Barrs, DL Tyrone Taleni, EDGE

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, LB

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, CB Christian Roland-Wallace, S Calen Bullock, S Max Williams, P Aadyn Sleep-Dalton, LS Jac Casasante.

NFL Draft combine

Eight members of the 2023 team were invited to participate in drills at the 2024

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. † Top performer DNP = Did not participate

USC Pro Day

USC's Pro Day will be on March 20, 2024. † Top performer DNP = Did not participate

CFL Draft

CFL global draft

The following player have headed for the 2024 CFL global Draft : DL Tyrone Taleni.

Returning starters

Offense Defense Special teams

Recruiting Class

USC signed 22 players in the 2024 recruiting cycle. 1 committed player unsigned. 2 JuCo. 5 walk-on.

Rankings

Statistics

Team

Individual Leaders

Offense

Defense

Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown

Special teams

Scoring

USC vs. non-conference opponents

USC vs. B1G opponents

USC vs. all opponents

References

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