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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Despite being one of the final stops in Nike Football Training Camp tour, Oakland certainly proved it was worth the wait. The event's biggest impressions centered around a handful of ESPN 150 members, the region's top-rated running...

ESPN 150 safety Bishard Baker (Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue) estimates it took about a month for a few generic pieces of USC mail to turn into a consistent stream of handwritten letters. On Tuesday afternoon, the increase in contact culminated to a sc...

It's not that four-star defensive end Malik Dorton (Bellflower, Calif./St. John Bosco) had grown disillusioned, but he was thinking rationally. Childhood favorite USC had extended scholarship offers to 12 other defensive ends, including two from t...

When Connor Humphreys (Portland, Ore./Central Catholic) hopped on a plane bound for Los Angeles on Friday, it was pouring rain in his hometown. Sunny, 80-degree temperatures greeted the defensive end prospect when he landed, offering a glimpse at wha...

ESPN 150 offensive tackle Casey Tucker (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) has decommitted from USC, high school coach Steve Belles said in a text message. Tucker committed to the Trojans on July 18, 2012, but recently gained significant interest from the ...

Running back D.J. Riggins (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian) has yet to land his first scholarship offer but, in the meantime, the shifty prospect has maintained a dialogue with a number of Pac-12 schools. "I'm going up to Utah this week an...

Blog | April 18, 2013

Class of 2015 linebacker John Houston Jr. Jr. (Gardena, Calif./Serra) put on an impressive performance at the recent Los Angeles Nike Football Training Camp and received a UCLA scholarship offer, his first, shortly thereafter. USC saw enough to do...

After going on a tour of some nearby schools in recent months, ESPN Watch List outside linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams (Ellenwood, Ga./Cedar Grove) used some free time this week to visit the Los Angeles schools. And one stood out above the other....

Last fall, ESPN Watch List linebacker Dwight Williams (Gardena, Calif./Serra) would have strongly considered committing to USC on the spot if he were to land a scholarship offer. He had plenty of other options, but Williams was a frequent visitor at ...

A familiar tune blared from the speakers immediately after Brandon Simmons (Arlington, Texas/Timberview) stepped into his father's car on Sunday, an indication that the ESPN Watch List safety had just landed yet another scholarship offer. It was t...

Blog | March 12, 2013

When Jermaine Eluemunor moved to the United States from England four years ago, USC was the only school he knew anything about. The Scranton (Pa.) Lackawanna College offensive tackle knew about the football tradition, sunny California weather and ...

LOS ANGELES -- Receivers hardly found any open space against Naijiel Hale (Bellflower, Calif./St. John Bosco) on Sunday at the Nike Football Training Camp, so it was only fitting that a strong showing earned the fast-rising cornerback an invite to Th...

Blog | March 11, 2013

LOS ANGELES -- Before stepping onto the field for the Nike Football Training Camp on Sunday, highly touted defensive tackle Ainuu Taua (Lompoc, Calif./Lompoc) calmly sat on the track surface that surrounds the turf at Redondo Union High School. He wa...

Blog | March 11, 2013

Fontana (Calif.) Summit effectively ran the ball to the tune of 200 yards per game last fall, so Class of 2014 receiver Erik Brown wasn't necessarily the primary option. That might change this season. Brown received his first two scholarship of...

Blog | February 28, 2013

In the end, the heartbreak was too much to overcome. Relationships might have been patched up, but the wounds never healed completely. USC lost ESPN 150 defensive end Kylie Fitts (Redlands, Calif./Redlands East Valley) for good on Tuesday night...

If it were up to him, ESPN 150 defensive end Kylie Fitts (Redlands, Calif./Redlands East Valley) wouldn't be facing a signing-day decision. All of the tension and speculation would be over. The former USC commit never expected to be tangled in ...