To any who think USC isn't loaded when it comes to raw talent, see below. They had excellent recruiting--generally by-far the best on the West Coast until 2020. This is USC's pre-2020 recruiting classes data from Rivals. They have stacked up great raw talent. Now, in the 2020 class, they're in a dumpster that's on fire and has been pushed off a cliff.
USC recruiting pre-2020 classes:
2019 Ranked 18th. 10 - 4 star recruits
2018 Ranked 3rd.
5 - 5 star recruits; 13 4-star recruits
2017 Ranked 6th. 17 - 4 star recruits
2016 Ranked 10th.
2 - 5 star recruits. 11 4 star recruits.
2015 Ranked 1st.
4 - 5 star recruits. 16 4 star recruits.
With redshirts, the 2015 class will be gone. Even so, if you combine 5-star and 4-star recruits and call them "blue chips", with redshirting USC would have:
58 blue chip recruits on the roster from classes 2016 through 2019. (it's probably a bit less since some don't redshirt, transfer, quit, get drafted early, etc.). Dang, the Trojans were almost recruiting on Jimbo's level.
Good coaching could rapidly make them a major force in the college football world again. I see a lot of us (where we were pre-Herman) in this tale.
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