Updates: Recruiting

USC picked up its fourth commitment for the class of 2009 on Thursday afternoon when Agoura High School junior offensive tackle Kevin Graf announced his college choice immediately after being offered a scholarship by the Trojans, informing coach Pete Carroll over the phone when coaches called with news of the offer. The 6′6″, 300-lb Graf […]

Sean Gregory of Time Magazine, hardly on the cutting edge of this story, profiles USC’s 14-year-old, 138 lb. hoops commit Ryan Boatright of East Aurora High (outside Chicago) as part of a larger story on ” the latest alarming trend in the often shady game of college-sports recruiting: coaches offering scholarships to athletes very early in […]

Ashley Corral, a senior point guard from Prairie High School in Washington, one of the most sought after prep basketball recruits in the nation, verbally committed to USC on Monday night to further strengthen the class of 2008.
Corral commits to USC (The Columbian)
Ashley Corral Profile (Scout)

Pete Carroll named Chauncey Washington the starting tailback for Saturday’s game: “Somebody’s got to go first, so let’s say we’re going with the oldest guy…We plan on playing everybody.” Read on for more notes from Thursday, including another statement from the NCAA on progress in the Reggie Bush investigation.

Some notes from USC’s Wednesday practice as they continue to prepare for Washington State:

Thomas Williams got a lot of time in Clay Matthews‘ strong-side LB spot on Wednesday as the latter has been limited by his broken thumb. The man who originally occupied that position, Brian Cushing (ankle), is no longer a sure thing to […]

Rivals is reporting early Friday morning that Los Angeles (Calif.) Cathedral junior wide receiver Randall Carroll immediately committed to USC after being offered a scholarship this week. The speedy Carroll, who played running back last year before being moved to receiver for the 2007 season, also runs track, and actually placed third in the state […]

Eric Sondheimer of the LA Times profiles Servite offensive lineman and USC verbal commit Matt Kalil (brother of Ryan), who, since his decision to attend SC, has dedicated himself to hitting the weight room (he now weights 285 pounds), attending camps and continuing to become bigger, faster and stronger. Kalil also has a nasty streak that coaches […]

Trojan fans hoping for another early football commitment Friday evening got one when Little Rock, Arkansas WR/CB Joe Adams announced his decision to attend USC on a local television station shortly after 7:30 pm. Florida, Michigan, Arkansas, and Georgia were among the schools thought to be in the running for the four-star, 6′1″ Adams, who […]

Trojan baseball recruits Mike Stanton and Mike Moustakas each agreed to contract terms with the teams that selected them in this year’s MLB draft, narrowly beating a midnight Wednesday deadline–which, if not met, would have seen the players attending USC in the fall. Stanton, an outfielder (who was also asked to play football at USC) […]

For Notre Dame High (Sherman Oaks) athlete Mike Stanton, the choice is either USC or Florida. The Florida Marlins, that is. A second round pick in the recent MLB draft, Stanton has until Wednesday to sign with the Marlins. If he doesn’t, he will enroll at USC and play for Chad Kreuter’s Trojans.
However, because he […]