Plenty of adjectives describe USC junior quarterback Matt Barkley. Following a season in which he threw for 3,528 yards, along with 39 touchdown passes, the third-year signal caller has received his fair share of praise over the last month. But on Thursday, as Barkley announced he would return to school for his senior season â [...]
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Matt Barkley chooses ‘one more year’ with Kiffin
Trojan football fans had to anxiously wait until Matt Barkleyâs press conference at 1 p.m. on Thursday to learn that the junior quarterback would return for his senior season, forgoing the opportunity to enter the NFL draft. USC football coach Lane Kiffin discovered Barkleyâs fate a day earlier, but only after enduring a painfully long [...]
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Junior quarterback Matt Barkley will stay at USC for his senior season, forgoing the 2012 NFL draft. Barkley was the last of the four draft eligible juniors to announce his decision and just one day after junior safety T.J. McDonald Barkley made his announcement Thursday at Heritage Hall in front of a crowd of media [...]
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USC junior safety T.J. McDonald announced Wednesday that he will return to school for his senior season, forgoing the opportunity to declare for the NFL draft. McDonald, a first-team All-Pac-12 selection in 2011, had been projected as a possible second round pick in next Aprilâs draft had he chose to declare. âWe have an opportunity [...]
Read the rest of this article »Defensive end Nick Perry opts for the pros
USC junior defensive end Nick Perry has declared for the 2012 NFL draft. It was announced that the 6-foot-3 defensive lineman would follow fellow junior offensive tackle Matt Kalil, opting to go pro. “We counseled Nick throughout his decision-making process and we stand behind him on this decision,â USC coach Lane Kiffin said. âHe was [...]
Read the rest of this article »Left tackle Matt Kalil to enter NFL draft
USC junior left tackle Matt Kalil has decided to forgo his senior season and enter the 2012 NFL draft, the school announced Friday. Kalil, who did not allow a sack last season, is projected by several scouting services to be the first offensive tackle selected in next Aprilâs draft. âThe decision to leave USC after [...]
Read the rest of this article »Kiffin finds his stride in second year at USC
You could first see it in the press room following USCâs 31-17 win over Notre Dame in October. It was there again on the field after the Trojansâ 38-35 upset of Oregon in Eugene. It was as wide as ever when USC led UCLA by 50 late in the fourth quarter on Saturday: it being [...]
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Itâs easy to get caught thinking that last Saturdayâs 50-0 trouncing of UCLA marked the end of USCâs probationary period. With the win, the team ended a two-year period of bowl ineligibility â a sizable weight off the Trojansâ shoulders. USC can now play for a national championship and be ranked in the BCS, something [...]
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