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Offense

• Moved walkon Ahmed Mokhtar from TB to FB.
• Added redshirt senior David Ausberry to WR in addition to TE since he is taking snaps at both positions.
• Updated OL depth to match the walk-throughs from day #1 of fall camp, per Garry's 8/4/10 report.
  • LT - 75 Matt Kalil, 77 Kevin Graf
  • LG - 68 Butch Lewis, 74 Zack Heberer
  • C - 61 Kris O'Dowd, 67 Michael Reardon (changed from 88 to 67))
  • RG - 78 Khaled Holmes, 59 John Martinez
  • RT - 77 Kevin Graf, 72 Martin Coleman (Note I left 70 Tyron Smith as the #1 at RT because he was absent from practice due to a funeral)

Number Changes

• Deleted walkon #13 William O'Brien, who did not rejoin the team, per SID (he wasn't on our charts)
• Deleted walkon #39 Bobby Der who did not rejoin the team, per SID (he wasn't on our charts)
• Changed RB Ahmed Mokhtar from 27 to 39, per SID.
• Changed safety Dion Bailey from from 39 to 18, per SID.
• Changed OL Kevin Graf from XX back to 77, per SID. (I missed the prior change)
• Changed WR De'Von Flournoy from from 81 to 10, per SID.
• Changed TE Jordan Cameron from 23 to 84, per WeAreSC Blog.

• Noted that juco transfer LB Glen Stanely was released and will not enroll at USC (he will reportedly sign with Florida State.

Offense

• Moved redshirt freshman Kevin Graf from #2 LT to starting LG (per official end of spring depth chart)
• Moved 5th year senior Butch Lewis from #1 RG to #2 LG (per official end of spring depth chart, which also noted that he did not fully participate in spring drills due to injury)
• Moved redshirt sophomore Khaled Holmes from reserve LG to starting RG (per official end of spring depth chart)
• Moved redshirt junior reserve WR Jordan Cameron from WR to TE (per official end of spring depth chart)
• Moved freshman Patrick Hall from safety to tailback, per WeAreSC article dated 7/13/10.
• Noted that fifth year senior snapper and reserve TE Cooper Stephenson is not on the 2010 roster (presumably graduated) and moved him to the departed player pages.
• Noted that junior reserve FB D.J. Shoemate announced on 7/8/10 that he will transfer to Connecticut and moved him to the departed player pages for 2009 players.
• Noted that redshirt senior WR Travon Patterson announced on about 7/22/10 that he will transfer to Colorado and moved him to the departed player pages for 2009 players.

Defense

• Moved redshirt freshman Kevin Greene from SLB to reserve DE (per official end of spring depth chart)
• Moved sophomore T.J. McDonald from SS to FS (per official end of spring depth chart)
• Promoted sophomore Jawanza Starling from #2 SS to starting SS (per official end of spring depth chart)
• Moved redshirt freshman James Boyd from DE to reserve QB (per official end of spring depth chart), and then promptly moved him back to DE per WeAreSC's "Fall Camp Preview" from 7/13/10.
• Noted that sophomore reserve MLB Jarvis Jones, could not get cleared to play by USC doctors following a neck injury, was granted his release to transfer to any school.
• Noted that redshirt junior reserve WLB Jordan Campbell, who was suspended for the Spring and whose playing status was unclear due to undisclosed team violations, was given his release to transfer on about 7/1/10. He will reportedly transfer to Louisville.
• Noted that junior reserve DE Malik Jackson announced prior to 7/8/10 that he will transfer to Tennessee, and moved him to the departed plaer pages for 2009 players.
• Noted that redshirt freshman reserve safety Byron Moore announced prior to 7/8/10 that he will transfer to a local JC (LA Harbor College) to sit out a year (or earn his AA I assume) so that he can transfer and play in 2011.

• Noted that incoming OT Seantrel Henderson was released from his letter of intent (he will reportedly play for Miami)
• Noted that juco transfer DE Marquis Jackson will not enroll at USC (jucos don't sign leters of intent) and will reportedly sign with Texas Southern.

Offense

• Changed senior WR Ronald Johnson's number from 8 to 83.
• Noted that early-entry freshman WR Kyle Prater is wearing #85.
• Addd an injury notation to starting tight end Rhett Ellison (mono, likely out for Spring)
• Added an injury notation to #2 center Michael Reardon (neck injury from an ATV accident)
• Moved walk-on lineman Abe Markowitz from RG to C.
• Moved redshirt senior David Ausberry from WR to TE.
• Moved redshirt freshman Simione Vehikite from offense to defense- from FB to LB.

Defense

• Moved sophomore Devon Kennard to MLB and noted that he is co-equal with Chris Galippo as they are reportedly battling one another for the starging spot. Kennard moved from DE to SLB near the end of his freshman year.
• Moved redshirt freshman James Boyd back to DE. He moved from DE to TE in his redshirt year of 2009.
• Moved redshirt freshman Simione Vehikite from offesnse to defense- from FB to LB.
• Added an injury notation to LB Jarvis Jones (neck, career over?)

Coaches

• Added new offensive assistant coach Clay Helton who will reportedly be the quarterbacks coach.
• Moved defensive line coach Jethro Franklin to the departed coaches pages.

Coaches

• Moved former Head Coach Pete Carroll and the following assistants that he took to Seattle to the departed coaches page:
  1. Pete Carroll, Head Coach
  2. Ken Norton, Jr., Linebackers
  3. Jeremy Bates, Assistant Head Coach - Offense, Quarterbacks
  4. Brian Schneider, Special Teams Coordinator
  5. Kris Richard, Grad. Assistant - Defense
  6. Rocky Seto, Defensive Coordinator, Secondary
  7. Chris Carlisle, Strength and Conditioning Coach
  8. Jamie Yanchar, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
• Noted that the following coaches are moving on, but not to Seattle:
  1. Pat Ruel, Offensive Line
• Added new or previously left and are now returning coaches:
  1. Lane Kiffin, Head Coach
  2. Monte Kiffin, Defensive Coordinator
  3. Ed Orgeron, Defensive Line
  4. Joe Barry, Linebackers
  5. James Gregg, Offensive Line
  6. Willie Mack Garza, Defensive Back (???)
• Left the following coaches on the charts, but I am uncertain of their ultimate status:
  1. Todd McNair, Running Backs
  2. Jethro Frankling, Defensive Line
  3. John Morton, Wide Receivers
  4. Brennan Carroll, Tight Ends, Recruiting Coordinator

Returning Starters

• Identified the following as players who, for the first time, started at least one game in 2009 by boldly displaying their name red:
  1. QB Matt Barkley
  2. FB DJ Shoemate
  3. WR Brandon Carswell
  4. LT Tyron Smith
  5. DT Jurell Casey
  6. MLB Chris Galippo
  7. WLB Malcolm Smith
  8. SLB Devon Kennard
  9. DE Armond Armstead (two starts at DT)
  10. WLB Shane Horton
  11. DE Wes Horton
  12. FS Drew McCallister
  13. Snapper Chris Pousson
  14. Long Snapper, Cooper Stephenson
  15. Kicker, punter Jacob Harfman

Redshirts

• Added a reshirt notation to the following players because they have not previously redshirted, only played in games 1, 2, 3, or 4, and should qualify for a hardship waiver:
  1. Hebron Fangupo (Edit - I have been told Fangupo did not apply for a hardship waiver in 2009, his JR year, so he went from JR to SR)
  2. Marshall Jones
• Added a reshirt notation to the following freshmen players who did not play in any games:
  1. James Boyd
  2. Kevin Graf
  3. Kevin Greene
  4. Patrick Hall (It's not clear to me whether he redshirted and has 4 years to play 4, or if he still has 5 years to play 4. He practiced briefly in 2009, but he never entered school.)
  5. Torin Harris
  6. John Martinez
  7. Byron Moore
  8. Marquis Simmons
  9. Simione vehikite

2010 Signees

• Added the following commits who enrolled early:
  1. RB Dillon Baxter
  2. WR Kyle Prater

• Added the following commits who are expected to join the team this Summer:
  1. RB D.J. Morgan
  2. CB Randall Telfer
  3. TE Xavier Grimble
  4. CB Anthony Brown
  5. S Dion Bailey
  6. QB Jesse Scroggins
  7. WR Robert Woods
  8. DT George Uko
  9. CB Demetrius Wright
  10. CB Nicell Robey
  11. MLB Hayes Pullard
  12. SLB Glen Stanley
  13. WR Markeith Ambles
  14. C Giovanni Di Paolo
  15. TE Christian Thomas
  16. FB/LB Soma Vainuku
  17. DE Marquis Jackson
  18. OT Seantrel Henderson (has not yet signed his LOI)

Offense

• Deleted departing players and set preliminary depth to the best of my ability.
• Belatedly added Ahmed Mokhtar to the roster (he transferred to USC in 2009 from Oregon State by way of Orange Coast College)
• Noted that redshirt sophomore Aaron Corp will transfer from USC to FCS school Richmond, where he can play immediately.

• Deleted departing players and set preliminary depth to the best of my ability.
• Noted that sophomore MLB Uona Kaveina will transfer from USC to BYU.

End of Season Catch-up Charts - Uploaded 2/6/10

Offense

• Promoted freshman QB Matt Barkley to the starting position.
• Promoted redshirt junior QB Mitch Mustain to the #2 spot, above Aaron Corp.
• Added an injury notation to RB Stafon Johnson.
• Revmoved the injury notation from RB Curtis McNeal.
• Noted (with an "F" symbol) that senior TE Anthony McCoy and sophomore OT Tyron Smith were declared academically ineligible for the Emerald Bowl.
• Moved freshman James Boyd from DE to TE.
• Added an injury notation to TE James Boyd (knee surgery in 9/09, did not play at all in 2009)
• Added an injury notation to LB Luthur Brown (final season cut short with more back problems)
• Added an injury notation to RB Marc Tyler (season ending toe surgery).

• Moved freshman Devon Kennard from DE to starting SLB.
• Moved freshman James Boyd from DE to TE (moved during summer camp, but injured his knee and did not play)
• Added an injury notation to CB Marshall Jones (neck injury during 9/26/09 WSU game, did not play remainder of 2009)
• Added an injury notation to WLB Jordan Campbell (ankle injury during 9/26/09 WSU game, did not play remainder of 2009)
• Noted (with an "F" symbol) that senior DT Averell Spicer was declared academically ineligible for the Emerald Bowl.
• Added a "May Return" notation to freshman safety Patrick Hall (did not qualify for NCAA entry, and tore a ligament on his first day of practice)
• Added an injury notation to 6th-year senior Josh Pinkard (knee injury in final regular season game against Arizona, did not play in Emerald Bowl)

Still Need to Do

• Add the jersey numbers for the incoming freshmen.
• Update the By State roster.
• Check the heights and weights against the latest numbers in the official roster
• Add the latest walk-ons and double check the entire roster

Coaches

• Noted that freshman LB Frankie Telfort, who is unable to play due to a heart condition, has been appointed as a student coach.

Offense

• Added an injury notation to QB Aaron Corp (cracked fibula - likely out 2 weeks).
• Added an injury notation to TB Curtis McNeal (shoulder - out for a week or so).
• Moved offensive lineman Thomas Herring to the departed players pages (medical redshirt).

• Added an injury notation to DT Averell Spicer (high ankle sprain - "several" weeks) and put him at the bottom of the depth chart in light of the anticipated recovery time.
• Moved newcomer Hebron "Loni" Fangupo from reserve NT to #1 DT.
• Moved redshirt freshman Nick Perry from DE to DT, and listed him as the backup to Hebron Fangupo, per GarryP's post.
• Removed the injury notation from LB Luthur Brown, who reportedly has overcome his eligibility issues as well.

Still Need to Do

• Add the jersey numbers for the incoming freshmen.
• Update the By State roster.

Offense

• Moved Butch Lewis to the #2 spot at LT per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Moved redshirt freshman Khaled Holmes from reserve LT to reserve LG per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Moved Michael Reardon from reserve TE to reserve center per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Removed the injury notation from center Kristofer O'Dowd.
• Noted that Jeff Byers is a co-equal starter with Zack Heberer at LG and a co-equal starter with Kristofer O'Dowd at center (listing Byers first at LG and O'Dowd first at center as that is the likely scenario).
• Moved walk-on lineman Abe Markowitz from reserve center to reserve RG per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Moved Thomas Herring from RG to TE per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart (note that Herring's official website bio says, "If healthy, Herring will serve as a reserve offensive guard as a senior in 2009.").
• Listed QB Aaron Corp as the projected started per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Moved freshman QB Matt Barkley to the #2 spot, above Mitch Mustain, per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Deleted walk-on QB Chris McCaffery per his absence from the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart and his absence from the roster in the 2009 media guide.
• Moved sophomore D.J. Shoemate to the #2 spot at FB per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Listed Stafon Johnson, Joe McKnight, C.J. Gable and Allen Bradford as co-equal options at tailback per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Listed Curtis McNeal and Marc Tyler as co-equal reserve options at tailback per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Deleted walk-on TB Chris Fornataro from the chart per his absence from the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart and his absence from the roster in the 2009 media guide

• Moved sophomore UNLV transfer Shane Horton from safety to WLB per the RipsIt block.
• Noted that incoming freshman WLB Frankie Telfort was not cleared to pay (heart condition) and temporarily added him to the 2008 departed player pages (I will move him to 2009 pages when I create them).
• Moved redshirt freshman Wes Horton from the backup spot behind Everson Griffen to behind Armond Armstead per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Noted that sophomore Malik Jackson and redshirt freshman Nick Perry are co-equal reserve options at WDE per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Noted that Christian Tupou and Jurell Casey are co-equal starters at NT per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Moved incoming freshman Kevin Greene from DE to SLB per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Moved incoming freshmen Jarvis Jones from SLB to MLB per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Noted that incoming freshmen Jarvis Jones and Marquis Simmons are regarded as co-equal reserve options at MLB per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Moved Luthur Brown from MLB to the #s spot at SLB per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart (I left the injury notation in light of the fact that it has been reported that he has some linerging back issues and may be academically ineligible this season).
• Moved walk-on Dan Deckas from MLB to WLB per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Moved walk-on Justin Hart from safety to CB per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth charts.
• Moved junior Marshall Jones from safety to CB and noted that he is a co-equal option with Brian Baucham.
• Moved incoming freshman Byron Moore from safety to reserve CB per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Moved Taylor Mays from strong safety back to free safety per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart(chatter was wrong?).
• Noted that Josh Pinkard and Will Harris are co-equal starters at free safety (Garry P reports that in nickel back situations, Harris will be the safety while Pinkard is the third CB).
• Moved incoming freshman Patrick Hall from TB to FS per the official 4/24/09 end-of-Spring depth chart.
• Noted that incoming freshmen Patrick Hall and Jawanza Starling are co-equal reserve options at free safety.

• Update the By State roster.

• Updated all heights and weights based on the team's official "Spring Football Guide."

Offense

• Moved redshirt sophomore Michael Reardon from offensive line to tight end.
• Added redshirt freshman walk-on QB John Manoogian
• I did my best to glean a pecking order for the offensive line positions, but it is very fluid at this point so I may be innacurate. It seems that Charles Brown is a firm #1 at LT, Jeff Byers is a firm #1 at center (with O'Dowd out for the Spring), and Tyron Smith is a firm #1 at RT. That leaves a very good Butch Lewis to look for a starting role at guard, competing agains Howell, Parsons, and Heberer. The redshirt freshmen, Khaled Holmes and Matt Kalil may challenge for some playing time too.

• Moved backup DT Trey Henderson to the departed player pages (medical retirement following two knee surgeries).
• Added an injury notation to redshirt senior MLB Luthur Brown (out for rest of spring with sprained shoulder).
• Moved sophomore defensive lineman Armond Armstead from the inside, at DT, to the outside, at strongside DE, per media reports.

Still Need to Do

• Update the pages with the incoming players who sign on 2/4. I should have time to do this on Friday night or sometime Saturday.
• Update the By Num, By State and By Name rosters.

• Moved departed players to the departed player pages.
• Updated class standings for returning scholarship players.

Offense

• Identified the following as returning starters: OG Alex Parsons, TE Anthony McCoy, WR Damian Williams, and TB Joe McKnight
• Moved redshirt junior quarterback Mark Sanchez to the departed player pages (early NFL entry).
• Moved freshman OG Matt Meyer to the departed player pages (medical retirement).
• Noted that OG Jeff Byers was granted a sixth year of eligibility.
• Removed the various multi-position backup roles for OL starters at other position to wipe the slate clean (i.e. LG Byers at #2 Center, #1 RG Parsons at #2 LG and at #3 center, etc.)

• Identified the following as returning starters: NT Christian Tupou, NT Averell Spicer (though he lost his spot to Tupou), and LB Mike Morgan (started agaisnt Oregon)
• Moved returning FS Taylor Mays to the strong safety spot (per chatter).
• Noted that CB/Safety Josh Pinkard applied for a sixth year of eligibility (though it is not absolutely clear that he is returning)

Offense

• Moved wide receiver Vidal Hazelton to the departed player pages (he announced that he will transfer in November of 2008).
• Noted that walk-on JC redshirt senior fullback Matt Hillier was awarded a scholarship for 2008.

• Noted that walk-on redshirt senior OT turned DE Andrew Weiss was awarded a scholarship for 2008.
• Removed the injury notation from safety Kevin Ellison.

Offense

• Promoted redshirt sophomore receiver Damian Williams to the #1 spot at flanker, by himself.
• Noted that receivers Ronald Johnson and Vidal Hazelton are co-equal options at reserve flanker.
• Added an injury notation to tailback Allen Bradford (hip surgery) and moved him to bottom of chart as he will not play until next year.
• Added an injury notation to freshman TE Blake Ayles (knee surgery).
• Moved reserve DT Da'John Harris to reserve TE, per official weekly release.
• Promoted redshirt freshman TE Rhett Ellison to the #2 spot, noting that he is co-equal with Blake Ayles when healthy, per the official weekly release.
• Promoted QB Aaron Corp to the #3 spot at quarterback.
• Noted that tailback Broderick Green will transfer and moved him to the departed players pages for 2008.
• Noted that LG Jeff Byers and RG Alex Parsons are co-equal reserves at center behind Kris O'Dowd.

• Noted that Christian Tupou is the sole starter at NT (formerly co-equal with Averell Spicer).
• Noted that Averell Spicer and Jurrell Casey are co-equal reserves at NT.
• Added an injury notation to senior strong safety Kevin Ellison (torn cartilage in right knee during 10/25/08 game versus Arizona).
• Promoted safety Will Harris to the starting spot at strong safety in Kevin Ellison's absence.
• Added an injury notation to freshman DT Armond Armstead (broken hand).
• Noted that Clay Matthews is in sole possession of the starting spot at DE (i.e. is no longer "co-equal" with Everson Griffen), per the official weekly release.
• Removed Clay Matthews from the list of reserves at SLB, and moved freshman Nick Perry to reserve SLB.
• Added a co-equal notation to CBs Cary Harris and Kevin Thomas.

• Promoted Stafon Johnson to the #1 option at punt returner, and marked Joe McKnight and Brandon Carswell as co-equal reserve options.
• Promoted Cooper Stephenson to the #1 option at snapper for FGs and PATs (in addition to punts).

Offense

• Promoted Mitch Mustain to the #2 spot at QB.
• Moved freshman D.J. Shoemate from WR to fullback.
• Promoted Blake Ayles to the #2 spot at TE, and dropped Rhett Ellison to the #4 spot at TE, per the official depth chart in the weekly release for ASU.
• Moved Damian Wialliams from split end to flanker, making him the first-listed but nominally co-equal starter with Vidal Hazelton, per the official depth chart in the weekly release for ASU.
• Listed Patrik Turner as the sole holder of the #1 spot at split end, per the official depth chart in the weekly release for ASU.

• Removed injury notation from Rey Maualuga per ESPN.
• Returned Brian Cushing to SLB, but left him in as co-equal in the #2 spot at MLB for now ("USC might move Brian Cushing to middle linebacker in nickel situations in order to give Maualuga a break." - Daily News).
• Reinstated the injury notation for linebacker Luthur Brown (not sure I should have removed it in hindsight)("Linebacker Luthur Brown (back) is still not cleared to play." - Daily News)
• Returned freshman Nick Perry (likely redshirt) from SLB to DE per comment.
• Noted that Will Harris is the #2 option at FS (behind Taylor Mays) and at SS (behind Kevin Ellison, per the official depth chart in the weekly release for ASU.
• Added co-equal notations at DE for Clay Matthews and Everson Griffen, as before, per the official depth chart in the weekly release for ASU.
• Added co-equal notations at DT for Christian Tupou and Averell Spicer, as before but with Tupou listed first, per the official depth chart in the weekly release for ASU.

Offense

• Promoted Garrett Green to the #2 spot at QB per Coach Carroll's recent comments to the media, but added "co-equal" notations for all three reserve QBs per the official depth chart for the Oregon game.
• Added a co-equal notation for reserve wide receivers Brandon Carswell and Jordan Campbell.
• Moved Steve Gatena from reserve center to reserve tackle.
• Promoted Alex Parsons to the starting spot at RG, ahead of Zack Heberer, per Carroll's comments to the media after the 10/1 practice.

• Removed the co-equal notation and made Christian Tupou the starter at NT, with Averell Spicer the backup, per Carroll's comments to the media after the 10/1 practice.
• Removed the co-equal notation for Clay Matthews and Everson Griffen at DE and noted that Clay Matthews will be the starter.
• Promoted freshman Armond Armstead to the #3 spot at DT.
• Removed the injury notations from linebackers Chris Galippo, Luthur Brown and Mike Morgan.
• Moved Jordan Campbell from reserve WLB to reserve SLB.
• Moved freshman Nick Perry from reserve DE to reserve SLB.
• Added an injury notation to MLB Rey Maualuga (knee, Oregon State game).
• Noted that starting SLB Brian Cushing will start at MLB in Rey Maualuga's absence, per Carroll's comments to the media.
• Noted that Mike Morgan will start at SLB while Brian Cushing fills in at MLB for Rey Maualuga.
• Noted that reserve strong safety Will Harris is a co-equal reserve for free safety with Marshall Jones.
• Added an injury notation for CB Shareece Wright and promoted Josh Pinkard to the starting spot vacated by Wright.

• Removed injury notation from QB Mark Sanchez
• Removed walk-on offensive linemen Will Mullen and David Clinco because they are no longer on the official roster.
• Removed walk-on WR Jonathan DeAmaral because he is no longer on the official roster.

• Changed walk-on safety Justin Hart's number from 35 to 28.

• Moved Sam Anno to the departed coaches page (graduate assistant special teams 2005-06, video assistant 2007).

Offense

• Promoted Damian Williams to co-equal starter with Patrick Turner at split end (he was previously listed as the #2 flanker), demoting David Ausberry to the #3 option at split end.
• Noted that junior Alex Parsons is a co-equal starter with Zack Heberer at RG.
• Noted that junior Alex Parsons is the #2 option at LG, behind Jeff Byers.
• Moved Khaled Holmes from the #3 spot at RG to the #3 spot at LG.
• Moved walk-on lineman Steve Gatena from LT to the #3 spot at center.
• Moved Derek Simmons (recently moved to O-line from D-line) from LG to RG.
• Noted that TE Anthony McCoy is official the #1 TE by removing the co-equal notation with Rhett Ellison.
• Promoted freshman TE Blake Ayles to the #3 spot.
• Noted that Aaron Corp and Mitch Mustain are co-equal options at the #2 QB spot behind Mark Sanchez (listing Aaron Corp first as there appears to be some significance in the order, see e.g. the tailbacks where Joe McKnight is listed first amongst the four co-equal TBs).

• Promosted freshman DE Wes Horton to the #3 spot at stongside DE, behind Kyle Moore and Gerald Washington.
• Moved Da'John Harris from the #3 spot at NT to the #2 spot at DT.
• Promoted freshman DE Malik Jackson to the #3 spot at rush end, behind co-equal starters Everson Griffen and Clay Matthews.
• Promoted Mike Morgan to the #2 spot at SLB since he is listed at #2 in the official depth chart, but since he still bears an injury notation, I left Clay Matthews in the SLB lineup too.
• Left Brian Cushing as the #2 option at MLB even though Uona Kaveinga is listed at #2 as I cannot see them using Kaveinga in this role should the need arise.
• Swapped #1 CBs Cary Harris and Shareece Wright so that the options listed behind them match the official depth chart.

• Divided snapping into field goal and point after (FG, PAT) duties and punting (P) duties.
• Promoted freshman Chris Pousson to the #1 option at snapper for field goals and point afters.
• Left Cooper Stephenson as the #1 option at snapper for punts.
• Noted that Joe Houston and Jordan Congdon are co-equal reserves at place kicker, behind David Buehler.
• Promoted Greg Woidneck to the #1 option at holder by removing the co-equal notaiton with Garrett Green.
• Noted that Ronald Johnson is the #1 option for kickoff returns.
• Promoted Stafon Johnson to the #2 option for punt returns.

• Added an injury notation to QB Mark Sanchez (disclocated knee cap)
• Moved Garrett Green from WR to QB for depth.
• Moved BYU transfer Jordan Cameron from TE to WR
• Added a "may return" notation to OG Danial Campbell who did not qualify to enter.
• Added an injury notation to redshirt freshman reserve center Michael Reardon (hip)
• Moved junior Alex Parsons from OT to reserve center.
• Moved redshirt sophomore Butch Lewis from behind Charles Brown at LT to the starting spot at RT
• Added an injury notation to freshman Matt Meyer (foot)
• Moved DT Derek Simmons to the O-line, at LG behind Jeff Byers (also changed his number from 90 to 65)
• Added redshirt freshman walk-on QB Chris McCaffery.
• Added walkon center Abe Markowtiz from Punahou, HI.
• Added walkon WR Robbie Boyer from Mater Dei HS.
• Added walkon TB Chris Fornataro from Mills Godwin HS in Richmond, VA
• Added UC Davis transfer/walkon OT Steve Gatena who started at LT for UC Davis last year.

• Added a "may return" (not happening) notation to freshman LB Maurice Simmons (felony conviction) and removed him from the defensive roster
• Moved DT Derek Simmons to the O-line, at LG behind Jeff Byers (also changed his number from 90 to 65)
• Added walkon safety Ryan McMahon.
• Added walkon LB Ross Cumming.
• Noted that walkon LB Nick Garratt was awarded a scholarship.
• Added an injury notation to reserve MLB Chris Galippo (back surgery)
• Added an injury notation to reserve MLB Luthur Brown (back)
• Added injury notatin to LB Mike Morgan (shoulder)
• Noted that Brian Cushing would likely move to MLB if Rey Maualuga had to sit out.

• Added freshman DE/longsnapper Chris Pousson who will enter USC in 2008 as an additional scholarship player.

• Moved FB Alfred Rowe (academics) to the departed players pages.

• Added 2009 commit #11, one-star * (i.e. not yet ranked) juco DT Hebron Fangupo (updated him to a five-star ***** on 7/3/08 per Scout.com)
• Added 2009 commit #12, four-star **** WR Alshon Jeffrey
• Added 2009 commit #13, three-star *** CB Torin Harris
• Added 2009 commit #14, three-star *** DE James Boyd
• Added 2009 commit #15, four-star **** S Byron Moore
• Moved 2009 commit Randall Carroll from WR to CB based on his WeAreSC.com interview of 6/30/08.
• Added four-star **** rankings for Randall Carroll, De'Von Flournoy, and Patrick Hall.
• Added a three-star *** ranking for Chris Metcalf.

• Added numbers for incoming freshmen.

• Moved redshirt junior Charles Brown from RT to LT, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Moved junior Alex Parsons from reserve LG to starting RT, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Promoted freshman Matt Meyer to the #2 spot at LG, behind Jeff Byers, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Moved redshirt freshman Martin Coleman from the #3 spot at RT to the #2 spot at LG, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Moved redshirt junior Nick Howell from reserve center to reserve RT, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Moved redshirt freshman Michael Reardon from reserve RT to the #2 spot at center, behind Krisfofer O'Dowd, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Added preferred walk-on Garrett Nolan to the roster at reserve center, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Added a co-equal notation at RG for Zack Heberer and Thomas Herring, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Promoted redshirt freshman Rhett Ellison to be co-equal with Anthony McCoy at the #1 TE spot, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Added walk-on FB Matt Hillier to the roster, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Added a co-equal notation to TBs Joe McKnight, C.J. Gable, Stafon Johnson, and Allen Bradford, per official end-of-spring two deep. `
• Added a co-equal notation to TBs Broderick Green and Marc Tyler, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Added a co-equal notation for WRs Patrick Turner and David Ausberry, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Promoted Arkansas transfer WR Damian Williams to the #2 spot at flanker, below Vidal Hazelton and above Ronald Johnson, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Added walk-on WRs Preston Cavignac and Drew Ness, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Removed walk-on WRs Caleb Nelan and Aubey Layno-Moses in light of their not being on the current roster on the official website.
• Noted that juco-walk-on fullback Adam Goodman was awarded a scholarship for 2008.
• Noted that walk-on TE/snapper Cooper Stephenson was awarded a scholarship for 2008.

• Moved Christian Tupou from reserve DT to a co-equal starter with Averell Spicer at NT, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Noted that Trey Henderson will provide depth at NT as well as at DE.
• Moved Clay Matthews from LB to co-equal starter at rush end DE with Everson Griffen, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Moved walk-on Andrew Weiss from reserve OT on the O-line to reserve DE on the D-line, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Moved Luthur Brown from reserve MLB to co-starter at WLB with Kaluka Maiava, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Added walk-on safeties Spencer Spiegel and Robert Erickson (previously on team in 2006), per official end-of-spring two deep.

• Promoted Cooper Stephenson to the #1 spot at snapper, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Added OT Alex Parsons to the #2 spot at snapper, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Added TB C.J. Gable to the list of kick off returners, noting that he is a co-equal option with Ronald Johnson, per official end-of-spring two deep.
• Noted that Joe McKnight is the #3 option at kickoff returns.
• Added Brandon Carswell, Stafon Johnson, and Ronald Johnson as co-equal punt returners, behind Joe McKnight, per official end-of-spring two deep.

Schedules

• Added dates for Spring practice, Pro Day, Trojan Huddle, and Salute to Troy.
• Noted that Oregon game at the Coliseum was moved from 11/22 to 10/4
• Noted that Oregon State game in Corvalis was moved from Sat 9/27 to Thu 9/25

• Left the blue "May Return" notation on CB-turned-FB Alfred Rowe (ineligible for the 2008 season due to academics), but removed him from the departures pages as he is still attending USC and on the team.

• Noted that walk-on TE Cooper Stephenson will compete with Christian Putnam for snapper duties (per Brian Matthews post from 3/21/08).
• Noted that walk-on place kicker Brook Van Muijen has resigned from the team.

• Noted that assistant secondary coach Demetrice Martin departed after completing his two year position as a graduate assistant at USC. Although there have been rumblings that he may end up elsewhere (e.g. UCLA), he accepted a job with UTEP in January of 2008.

2009 Recruits

• Added 2009 commit #10, four-star **** LB Vontaze Burfict

• Added pages for the 2009 Recruits

2009 Recruits

• Added 2009 commit #1, four-star **** MLB Marquis Simmons
• Added 2009 commit #2, four-star **** TE Morrell Presley
• Added 2009 commit #3, (not yet ranked) WR Randall Carroll
• Added 2009 commit #4, four-star **** OT Kevin Graf
• Added 2009 commit #5, four-star **** SS T.J. McDonald
• Added 2009 commit #6, five-star ***** QB Matt Barkley
• Added 2009 commit #7, (not yet ranked) WR De'Von Flournoy
• Added 2009 commit #8, (not yet ranked) S Patrick Hall
• Added 2009 commit #9, (not yet ranked) LB/S Chris Metcalf

Generally

• Changed background color of all new signees to "New Player" yellow.

Offense

• Moved sophomore Michael Reardon from the D-line back to the O-line based on comments.

2008 Recruits

• Noted that verbal commit WR/CB Joe Adams signed elsewhere (Arkansas)
• Added 2008 commit #19, four-star **** CB T.J. Bryant
• Added 2008 commit #20, four-star **** DE Nicholas Perry
• Added 2008 commit #21, four-star **** LB Uona Kaveinga

2008 Recruits

• Added 2008 commit #18, three-star *** DT Jurrell Casey

Defense

• Removed CB Vincent Joseph altogether in light of Scott Schrader's comments that he will attend El Camino College and likely not return.
• Removed DB Mozique McCurtis who left the team to prepare for law school.
• Added sophomore safety transfer Shane Horton.

2008 Recruits

• Added 2008 commit #16, three-star *** DE Malik Jackson
• Added 2008 commit #17, two-star ** ATH Brian Baucham (I listed him at CB because that is where he may start his career).

Generally

Did the following in preparation for including all 2008 players who have given a verbal commit and, after signing day, who have signed:

• Moved the known departing players to the "Departing Players" pages based on their graduation, exhaused eligibility, early entry into the NFL, academic problems, etc.;
• Incremented the returning players' academic classes;
• Noted players who started one or more games in 2007 as returning starters by putting their names in bold red type; and
• Removed all injury notations.

Generally

• In preparation for the 2008 updates, added a few walk-on players that I chronically neglected throughout 2007, including David Clinco, Matthew Jordan, Aubey Layno-Moses, Will Mullen, and Andrew Weiss. (Also returned walk-on Duron Sylvester to the roster at WR).

Offense

• Removed injury notation from LT Sam Baker and nominally returned him to the starting spot. ("Offensive tackle Sam Baker (hamstring) started but was rested at times against the Sun Devils. He too intends to start in his Coliseum farewell." - 11/26/07 LA Times).
• Added a co-equal notation around Sam Baker and Butch Lewis in light of Sam Baker's partial participation of late.
• Promoted Chilo Rachal as to the sole holder of the starting spot at RG, with Alatini Malu as his backup.
• Removed the five-player co-equal notation for TBs Stafon Johnson, Joe McKnight, Desmond Reed, Hershell Dennis, and Allen Bradford.
• Added a two-player co-equal notation for TBs Joe McKnight and Stafon Johnson.
• Added a three-player co-equal notation for TBs Desmond Reed, Hershell Dennis, and Allen Bradford.

Defense

• Removed the co-equal notation for LBs Thomas Williams, Clay Matthews, and Mike Morgan, per the official weekly release for the UCLA game.
• Added a two-player co-equal notation for LBs Keith Rivers and Kaluka Maiava. (However, "Linebacker Keith Rivers, who sat out against Arizona State because of an ankle sprain, is on track to start against UCLA, Carroll said. . . ." - 11/29/07 LA Times)

Offense

• Dropped LT Sam Baker down as he is unlikely to take any snaps against Cal due to his torn hamnstring.
• Added an injury and likely redshirt notations to WR Travon Patterson.
• Added likely redshirt notations to Jordan Campbell, Broderick Green, Aaron Corp, Brandon Carswell, Michael Reardon, and Rhett Ellison.
• Note: the NCAA database says that Nick Howell played at Notre Dame, but that is probably an error such that he too will take a redshirt in '07.
• Returned the injury notation to redshirting TB Broderick Green (aggravated his foot and is back in a boot).

Defense

• Added likely redshirt notations to Da'John Harris.
• Note: the NCAA database says that Derek Simmons played in the first three games, and also at Notre Dame, but the Notre Dame entry is probably an error such that he too will take a redshirt in '07.
• Note: the NCAA says that Christian Tupou played in third game, and also at Notre Dame, but that is probably an error such that he too will take a redshirt in '07.

Offense

• Removed the injury notation from QB J.D. Booty (broken finger).
• Removed the injury notaton from TB Stafon Johnson.
• Added an injury notation to left tackle Sam Baker who has been playing, off and on, despite a hamstring tear suffered druing the 10/13/07 Arizona game.
• Promoted redshirt freshman Butch Lewis to co-starter at LT with the hobbled Sam Baker.
• Removed the injury notation from freshman offensive lineman Kristofer O'Dowd who has returned to practice after suffering a knee injury that required surgery during the 9/22/07 game at Washington.
• Removed the injury notation from RG Chilo Rachal who is playing day to day (knee injury at the 9/22/07 Washington Game - on the same play as Kris O'Dowd)
• Promoted Alatini Malu to the co-starter at RG with the day-do-day Chilo Rachal.
• Added an injury notation to reserve lineman Thomas Herring (fractured knee cap).
• Moved Patrick Turner from the #1 spot at flanker, to the #1 spot at split end, above David Ausberry (per official weekly release).
• Promoted Vidal Hazelton to the #1 spot at flanker (per official weekly release).

Defense

• Removed the injury notation from SLB Brian Cushing and returned him to the #1 spot at SLB.
• Noted that Thomas Williams, Clay Matthews, and Mike Morgan are co-equal reserves at SLB per the official weekly relase.
• Noted that Shareece Wright has sole possession of the #3 spot at CB by listing him behind Cary Harris at one spot and behind Terrell Thomas at the other spot, and also by removing the co-equal notations with Vincent Joseph and Mozique McCurtis (per official weekly release).

Offense

• Added an injury notation to QB J.D. Booty (broken finger).
• Promoted FB Alfred Rowe and noted that he is a co-equal reserve option with Jody Adewale, per weekly release.
• Added an injury notation to TB Stafon Johnson (bruised/sprain foot suffered at UW).
• Promoted Chauncey Washington out of the cluster to the sole hoder of the starting spot at TB, per observation and weekly release.
• Added redshirt notation to TB C.J. Gable and dropped him down with the other redshirts at the bottom of the depth chart (season-ending abdominal surgery).
• Promoted TB Desmond Reed into the cluster of five reserves behind Chauncey Washington.
• Removed injury notation from TB Hershel Dennis.
• Promoted TB Hershel Dennis into the cluster of five reserves behind Chauncey Washington.
• Added an injury notation to freshman center Kristofer O'Dowd (knee surgery following injury at UW on 9/29/07, may return for 10/20 Notre Dame game).
• Removed injury notation from center Matt Spanos and promoted him to the starting spot at center (he reliefed O'Dowd at the 9/29 UW game).
• Added an injury notation to RG Chilo Rachal (injured at UW on 9/29/07 on same play as O'Dowd).

Defense

• Noted that Averell Spicer is the #2 option at both DT and NT.
• Noted that Kyle Moore is in sole possession of the #1 spot at DE by removing the co-equal notation with freshman Everson Griffen.
• Added an injury notation to SLB Brian Cushing (injured during opening game versus Idaho, aggravated his injury when he attempted to return against WSU, and expected to play against Notre Dame).
• Added a co-equal notation to SLB's Thomas Williams, Clay Matthews, and Brian Cushing.
• Removed the injury notation from safety Will Harris.
• Moved reserve safety Mozique McCurtis to a co-equal reserve option at CB with Shareece Wright, behind Cary Harris.
• Added injury and redshirt notations to freshman MLB Chris Galippo (back surgery).

Special Teams

• Promoted WR Brad Walker to the #2 option at snapper.
• Rearranged options at PR and KOR per weekly release.

Offense

• Moved freshman Michael Reardon from the defensive line to the offensive line, per 8/31/07 LA Times, putting him at RT per the 9/10/07 release for the Nebraska game (also changed his number from 91 to 67).
• Added an injury notation to redshirt senior center Matt Spanos (triceps).
• Moved o-lineman Matt Spanos from center to RG based on Coach Carroll's indication that if he returns to play it will be at guard or tackle since he cannot snap the ball.
• Promoted freshman center Kristofer O'Dowd to the starting spot at center.
• Removed the injury notation from TB Chauncey Washington ("declared fit" according to the 9/11/07 Daily News)
• Removed the injury notation form QB Mark Sanchez.
• Added an injury and likely redshirt notation to freshman TB Broderick Green (foot surgery, out for at least a month), and dropped him down on the depth chart accordingly.
• Promoted TBs CJ Gable and Stafon Johnson to the #1 and #2 spots in the five-back cluster of alternative backs.
• Added freshman TB Joe McKnight to the five-back cluster of alternative backs in place of injured TB Broderick Green.
• Added an injury notation to redshirt sophomre OL Nick Howell (hernia surgery).
• Removed the injury notation from freshman TB Marc Tyler as he is running with the scout team (I left the likely redshirt notation for now, but it is possibile that he will play this year).
• Removed the injury notation from WR Travon Patterson because he is practicing and will play against Nebraska, per Garry P.

Defense

• Added an injury notation to safety Josh Pinkard (knee).
• Moved freshman Michael Reardon from the defensive line to the offensive line, per 8/31/07 LA Times, putting him at RT per the 9/10/07 release for the Nebraska game.
• Listed sophomore CB Shareece Wright as the #2 option at both CB positions, per the official weekly release for the Nebraska game.
• Added an injury/likely redshirt notation for CB Kevin Thomas ("tight" shoulder following offseason surgery).

Special Teams

• Noted that Vincent Joseph and Desmond Reed are the #1 and #2 options for KO returns, per the weekly release for Nebraska.
• Noted that C.J. Gable, Stafon Johnson, and Ronald Johnson are co-equal backup options at KO returner, per the weekly release.
• Removed Brandon Carswell from the depth at punt returner, per the weekly release.

Generally

• Updated all heights and weights based on the official Weekly Release for the Idaho game.

Defense

• Deleted walk-on DT Aisake Fifita ("medical" per 8/27/07 weekly release)

2008 Recruits

• Added 2008 commit #14, four-star **** CB/WR Joe Adams (I listed him at CB because that is reportedly where he will start his career).

Offense

• Added an injury notation to starting TB Chauncey Washington (shoulder injury from the 8/22/07 scrimmage). I left him at the top of the depth chart based on indications that it is a short term injury and he will likely be back by Nebraska.
• Demoted TB Desmond Reed based on the frequent reports that his main role will be as a returner with special teams or as a "third down" back.
• Promoted TB Stafon Johnson just below C.J. Gable based on reports that one of the two will likely be the starter against Idaho.
• Noted that the following TB's are co-equal options as starters per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll - Chauncey Washington, C.J. Gable, Stafon Johnson, Allen Bradford, and Broderick Green.
• Moved WR Jamere Holland to the departed players pages (he was reportedly "dismissed" from the team, and will transfer).
• Returned walk-on WR Spencer Vigoren to the active roster (I removed him earlier because his name did not appear on the official roster, but he is still on the team).
• Added a "probable redshirt" designation to freshman TB Marc Tyler (doctors not yet satisfied with how his ankle has healed from last season's ankle surgery).
• Noted that Drew Radovich (injured for much of Fall camp) and Charles Brown and Thomas Herring are co-starters at right tackle, per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll.
• Added Nick Howell to the depth at RT, per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll.
• Noted that Charles Brown is also the backup to Sam Baker at LT (per Daily News).
• Promoted walk-on fullback Adam Goodman above Jody Adewale and Jordan Campbell as the backup to starter Stanley Havili (per Daily News).
• Noted that freshman center Kris O'Dowd has won the backup spot behind Matt Spanos over Nick Howell (per Daily News).
• Moved walk-on Brent Yoshida from scout team safety to scout team WR based on his appearance with the wide receivers at Salute to Troy.
• Promoted TEs Dale Thompson and Anthony McCoy above Jimmy Miller, per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll.
• Noted that QBs Mark Sanchez (hairline fracture in throwing thumb) and Mike McDonald are co-equals as backup QBs, per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll.

Defense

• Removed the injury notation from LB Luthur Brown.
• Noted that Cary Harris and Josh Pinkard are co-starters at CB (per the Daily News).
• Noted that Kyle Moore and freshman Everson Griffen are co-starters at defensive end (per Daily News).
• Moved walk-on Brent Yoshida from scout team safety to scout team WR based on his appearance with the wide receivers at Salute to Troy.
• Returned freshman DB Marshall Jones from CB to reserve FS.
• Moved safety Will Harris (ankle) from reserve FS to reserve SS.

Special Teams

• Noted that walk-on Christian Putnam is the reserve snapper behind Will Collins, per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll.
• Promoted punter Greg Woidneck above Garrett Green at reserve holder, behind Mike McDonald, per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll.
• Removed Brandon Carswell from the list of kickoff returners, per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll.
• Added Stafon Johnson to the list of kickoff returners, per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll.
• Added Stafon Johnson to the depth at punt returner and reordered the list as follows per the depth chart released by Pete Carroll: Desmond Reed, Ronald Johnson, Stafon Johnson, Joe McKnight, and Brandon Carswell.

Offense

• Noted that WR David Ausberry would start with WR Patrick Turner, and moved Ausberry from split end to flanker to indicate this likelihood.
• Moved Ronald Johnson from flanker to split end so that he and Vidal Hazelton occupy the #2 spots at the two nominal WR positions.
• Promoted walk-on turned scholarship WR Brad Walker above injured WR Travon Patterson.
• Promoted QB-turned-WR Garrett Green above injured WR Jamere Holland.
• Removed the injury notation from OT Drew Radovich (back), per Daily News. (I left him at the #3 spot for now, but suspect he will regain his starting position).
• Added an injury notation to WR Jamere Holland based on the fact that he is still not practicing (groin).
• Added an injury notation to TB Hershel Dennis based on the fact that he is not practicing while nursing a sore knee.
• Demoted Hershel Dennis in light of his injury status.
• Removed the co-starter designation as it seems relatively clear that Chauncey Washington will be the nominal starter at TB.
• Promoted freshmen TBs Broderick Green and Joe McKnight above the injured TBs.
• Struggled with a meaningful ranking of the remaining TBs, realized they are different and have all performed well in varying roles, and then gave up for now.

Defense

• Demoted CB Kevin Thomas who had surgery in 2006 in connection with a broken foot. He has not yet been cleared for contact, but he has been participating in practice. I was going to add an injury notation, but Garry Paskwietz notes that he got a lot of work in the secondary on Saturday, and quotes Coach Carroll as saying, "It’s nice to have him back but he’s missed a lot of work and we won’t move him up the charts until we’re sure about his confidence to be back out there.”
• Added an injury notation to safety Will Harris (ankle sprain, probably out for 2 weeks).
• Listed safety Josh Pinkard at CB too. He is reportedly competing with Cary Harris for the starting spot opposite of Terrell Thomas.
• Removed the co-starter indication for safeties Taylor Mays and Josh Pinkard based on Pinkard's competition at CB.
• Added an injury notation to MLB Luthur Brown based on my own observation (he attended, but did not participate in the 8/16/07 scrimmage).
• Promoted freshman MLB Chris Galippo above Luthur Brown.

Special Teams

• Returned walk-on kicker Brook Van Muijen to the roster. It appears that Emannuel Moody's transfer allowed Van Muijen to remain on the roster with the total player count under the maximum 105.

Offense

• Noted that TB Emmanuel Moody is transferring and moved him to the Departed Players pages.
• Promoted freshman WR Ronald Johnson above Travon Patterson based on RoJo's performance and Patterson's injury.
• Moved redshirt freshman Alfred Rowe from reserve safety to fullback.
• Moved Garrett Green from reserve QB to WR.

Defense

• Moved redshirt freshman Alfred Rowe from reserve safety to fullback.

Special Teams

• Removed walk-on kicker Brook Van Muijen from the roster as he was reportedly cut from the team.
• Added CB Vincent Joseph to the players who are in the lead to be the team's kickoff returner.

Offense

• Added an injury notation to #2 QB Mark Sanchez who suffered a hairline fracture during Sunday's scrimmage.
• Added an injury notation to freshman TB Marc Tyler as he is reportedly "out indefinitely" while doctors continue to evaluate him following last year's surgery on his fractured ankle.
• Added an injury notation to sophomore WR Travon Patterson (toe - out at least 10 days).

Defense

• Moved redshirt freshman Derek Simmons from the #3 spot at NT to the #2 spot at DT.
• Moved freshman Marshall Jones from safety to CB as that is where he has been practicing.

Special Teams

• Noted that Desmond Reed is the #1 option for punt returns.
• Removed Patrick Turner, Jamere Holland, Travon Patterson, Vincent Joseph, and Cary Harris, from the depth chart for kick and punt returns.
• Added freshman Brandon Carswell who is being evaluated for return duty.

Offense

• Noted that senior walk-on WR Brad Walker was awarded a scholarship.
• Moved sophomore Alex Parsons from the d-line to the o-line.
• Added an injury notation to redshirt senior RT Drew Radovich ("back injury") and dropped him on the depth chart for now.
• Moved redshirt sophomore Thomas Herring from reserve RG to RT.
• Promoted freshman QB Aaron Corp to the 4th spot in light of news reports that he appears to be battling Mike McDonald for the 3rd spot.

Defense

• Moved sophomore Alex Parsons from the d-line to the o-line.
• Added an injury notation to freshman DE Trey Henderson (torn meniscus, out 4-5 weeks).
• Added freshman walk-on CB Daniel Harper.
• Added sophomore walk-on CB Omari Crittenden.
• Re-inserted walk-on safety Justin Hart as he is still practicing with the team, wearing #35 rather than #40.

Special Teams

• Noted that redshirt junior walk-on punter Greg Woidneck was awarded a scholarship.
• Added freshman walk-on kicker Brook Van Muijan.
• Added redshirt senior walk-on kicker Brad Smith.

2008 Recruits

• Added 2008 commit #13, five-star ***** WR Brice Butler.

2008 Recruits

• Added 2008 commit #12, four-star **** DT Armond Armstead.

Offense

• Added an injury notation to freshman OL Martin Coleman who entered early in January, but had shoulder surgery in June for a torn labrum suffered in high school. He will redshirt in '07.

2008 Recruits

• Added 2008 commit #11, five-star ***** (Scout ****) TE Blake Ayles.

Offense

• Returned Jody Adewale to the #2 spot at Fullback.

• Re-added walk-on kicker Joe Houston (he worked hard and overcame the hurdles imposed by the USC admissions department)

• Added 2008 commit #1, five-star ***** WR DJ Shoemate.
• Added 2008 commit #2, five-star ***** OT Matt Kalil.
• Added 2008 commit #3, five-star ***** OT Matt Meyer
• Added 2008 commit #4, four-star **** TE Chris Polk.
• Added 2008 commit #5, four-star **** DE Wes Horton.
• Added 2008 commit #6, four-star **** WLB Maurice Simmons.
• Added 2008 commit #7, four-star **** (Scout ***) TB Curtis McNeal.
• Added 2008 commit #8, four-star **** OT Tyron Smith.
• Added 2008 commit #9, four-star **** (Scout ***) S Drew McAllister.
• Added 2008 commit #10, four-star **** OG Daniel Campbell.

Generally

• Per request, re-inserted the "Roster-By State" page.

Offense

• Added redshirt sophomore juco walk-on fullback Adam Goodman (6-3 240, 4.7) per 7/12/07 article by Scott Eklund at JCFootball.com.
• Removed BYU basketball-to-football transfer WR Jordan Cameron because he did not make grades and will attend Ventura College. Look for him in the 2008 Class, with an AA in hand.

• Removed academically ineligible DE Chris Barret because this would have been his final season of eligibility.

• Removed walk-on kicker Joe Houston (he was a potential juco transfer from El Camino College) because it was previously reported that he couldn't meet USC's entrance requirements.

• Added and/or updated jersey numbers and for incoming freshman, walk-ons, and existing players per official roster released on June 30, 2007.

• Noted that FB/TB Michael Coleman will transfer.
• Added five-star QB Mitch Mustain who transferred to USC, joining his former Arkansas teammate, WR Damian Williams. Mustain will redshirt the 2007 season and not be eligible to play until the Fall of 2008, per transfer rules.
• Added 6-5 redshirt freshman transfer WR Cameron Jordan (played basketball at BYU) Like Mitch Mustain and Damian Williams, Cameron Jordan will redshirt the 2007 season and will not be eligible to play until the Fall of 2008.
• Noted that walk-on WR Spencer Vigoren is no longer on the team.
• Noted that walk-on QB Duron Sylvester is no longer on the team.
• Noted that walk-on QB Tyler Davis is no longer on the team.
• Added redshirt sophomore walk-on QB Jon Breuer.
• Removed the injury notations for O-lineman Matt Spanos, WR Jamere Holland, RB Allen Bradford, and RB Stafon Johnson.
• Left the injury notation for WR Damien Williams ("Williams ... will not even practice with the Trojans next season following his second shoulder operation in two months." - 6/11/07 LA Times).

• Noted that DT Lawrence Miles has left the team. It's not clear whether or not it's an eligibility issue, so I have noted him as a "transfer" on the departed players pages. (Per the Daily News, he is anticipated to attend a JC, but not return to USC)
• Noted that LB Josh Tatum is transferring (possibly to Miami say reports).
• Noted that DE Chris Barrett is ineligible for the 2007 season and, in view of his status, demoted him to the bottom of the depth chart. (failed to complete the NCAA-required six units during the Spring semester).
• Noted that walk-on safety Justin Hart is no longer on the team.
• Noted that walk-on Safety Robert Erickson is no longer on the team.
• Noted that walk-on CB Matthew Jordan is no longer on the team.
• Added redshirt sophomore walk-on DT Aisake Fifita.
• Removed the injury notations for LB Brian Cushing, CB Terrell Thomas, safety Josh Pinkard, and safety Kevin Ellison.

• Added redshirt freshman walk-on punter Billy O'Malley.
• Added juco walk-on snapper Christian Putnam.

• Moved incoming freshman WR Brandon Carsell from reserve flanker to reserve split end, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Added sophomore offensive lineman Zack Heberer to the #3 spot at not only RG, but also at LG, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Promoted Matt Spanos to the starting spot at center, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Added an injury notation for Matt Spanos (ankle).
• Moved early-enrollee freshman Martin Coleman from the #3 spot at LT to the #3 spot at RT, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Promoted TE Jimmy Miller from the #3 spot to the #2 spot, above Dale Thompson, and below Fred Davis, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Promoted walk-on QB Duron Sylvester from the #6 position to the #5 position, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Moved walk-on Cooper Stephenson from TE to the #2 spot at FB, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Moved Michael Coleman from FB back to reserve TB, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Noted that the following five players are co-equal candidates for the starting role at TB: Chauncey Washington, C.J. Gable, Hershel Dennis, Desmond Reed and Emmanuel Moody.
• Noted that the following three incoming players are co-equal candidates on the bottom rungs of the depth chart at TB: Broderick Green, Joe McKnight, and Marc Tyler.
• Added an injury notation to TB Allen Bradford, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Moved walk-on Sean Calcagnie from the split end to flanker, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Promoted WR transfer Damian Williams to the #3 spot at flanker.
• Added walk-on WR Caleb Nelan and noted that he is a co-equal option with walk-on Scott Stephens, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.

• Moved redshirt senior Alex Morrow to the #2 spot behind strongside DE Lawrence Jackson, rather than behind DE Kyle Moore, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Moved incoming freshman Michael Reardon from the O-line (OT) to the D-line (strongside DE), per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Noted that incoming freshmen Michael Reardon and Trey Henderson are co-equal candidates as reserves on the depth chart at strongside DE.
• Moved sophomore Alex Parson from reserve NT to DT, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Moved redshirt junior Lawrence Miles from reserve NT to reserve DT, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Removed the injury notations for Alex Parson and Lawrence Miles, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Added reserve DT Chris Barrett, to reserve DE too, behind Kyle Moore, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Moved Thomas Williams to the #2 spot at MLB, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Removed the injury notation from safety Will Harris.

• Added walk-on redshirt junior WR Brad Walker as the backup snapper, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Promoted reserve QB Mike McDonald to the #1 spot at holder, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Added reserve QB Garrett Green to the #2 spot at holder, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Removed reserve QB Mark Sanchez from the list at holder, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Removed TB Desmond Reed from the depth list at Kickoff Returner, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Added WR Jamere Hollandto the depth list at Kickoff Returner, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.
• Added cornerbacks Cary Harris and Vincent Joseph to the depth list at Kickoff Returner, per the end-of-Spring two-deep.

• Promoted sophomore TB C.J. Gable to the #1 spot at TB as he has received the most first team reps thus far this Spring.
• Noted that TBs Chauncey Washington, Emmanuel Moody, and Allen Bradford are co-equal options at TB so far this Spring, behind C.J. Gable, as they are all getting roughly equal reps and have all broken off good runs.
• Moved redshirt sophomore Thomas Herring from reserve RT to the second unit at RG, behind Chilo Rachal, per GarryP practice report.
• Moved redshirt freshman Butch Lewis from a reserve spot at RT to the second unit at LT, per GarryP.
• Moved redshirt senior Alatini Malu from the second spot at RT to the second spot at LG, behind Jeff Byers, per GarryP.
• Moved redshirt sophomore Charles Brown from the second spot at LT to the second spot at RT, behind Drew Radovich, per GarrP.
• Moved redshirt senior Matt Spanos from LG to the #2 spot at center, behind redshirt soph Nick Howell.
• Moved redshirt senior Drew Radovich from guard to the first unit at right tackle.
• Removed the injury notation from sophomore TB Emmanuel Moody as he has been participating in Spring practice.
• Removed the injury notation from redshirt junior O-lineman Jeff Byers as he has been participating in Spring practice.
• Added Jeff Byers to the depth at center too, below Nick Howell and Matt Spanos who have thus far been taking snaps at center, as that was his position in high school and Coach Carrol said, "Byers could begin playing center in a few weeks."
• Located Jeff Byers with the first unit at left guard.
• Removed the injury notation from redshirt freshman FB Stanley Havili as he has been participating in Spring practice.
• Removed Thomas Williams from the FB squad as he has been returned to linebacker duties.
• Removed the injury notation from sixth-year senior TB Hershell Dennis as he has been participating in Spring practice.
• Removed the blue "May Return" notation for TB-turned-FB Michael Coleman in that his academic situation was remedied.
• Added an injury notation to FB Michael Coleman in that he is still waiting to be cleared by the doctors, following an MRI exam of his hip, and is not yet participating in practice.
• Added an injury notation to sophomore TB Stafon Johnson (will not participate in Spring practice while recovering from an offseason shoulder surgery)
• Added an injury notation for redshirt freshman WR Jamere Holland (groin - out at least 2 days).
• Added an injury notation to Arkansas transfer WR Damian Williams. He participated in the first day of Spring drills, but is now reportedly "out indefinitely with a shoulder injury he suffered last season." (3/22/07 Daily News)
• Added sophomore Garrett Green to the depth chart at QB (while leaving him at least temporarily on the depth chart at safety), in light of his taking reps at QB.
• Removed walkon TB John Griffin.
• Moved walkon Sean Calcagnie from safety to WR.

• Added an injury notation to SLB Brian Cushing (hamstring pull on 3/22/07, out at least 2 weeks)
• Removed SLB Brian Cushing from the DE spot as USC appears to have returned to a standard 4-3 defense.
• Added injury notations to safety Kevin Ellison and CB Terrell Thomas because theh, like fellow safeties Josh Pinkard and Will Harris and CB Kevin Thomas, are sitting out Spring practice to rehabilitate from injury.
• Promoted sophomore CB Shareece Wright to the first unit in linght of Terrell Thomas' rehabilitation.
• Moved junior DB Mozique McCurtis from cornerback to safety.
• Removed the injury notation from redshirt freshman LB Josh Tatum as he has been participating in Spring practice.
• Moved Fili Moala to the starting position at DT, and moved Chris Barret to the second unit at DT.
• Removed walkon D-lineman Mike Davis.
• Removed walkon CBs Jamel Williams and Jerry Williams.
• Moved walkon Jim Abbot from safety back to CB.
• Moved redshirt senior DE Alex Morrow from strongside DE (behind entrenched starter Lawrence Jackson) to weakside DE (behind Kyle Moore) based on the Spring Guide's indication that Alex Morrow will "battle for a starting position".
• Added an injury notation for sophomore DT Alex Parsons who recently had knee surgery.
• Moved Gerald Washington from TE to DE.

• Promoted walk-on punter Greg Woidneck to the #1 option at holder for field goals, above reserve QB Mike McDonald.
• Added QB Mark Sanchez as a backup holder, per the Spring Guide.
• Added incoming freshmen Joe McKnight and Ronald Johnson as potential returners, per the Spring Guide.

• Noted that running backs coach Todd McNair is taking on the role of Special Teams Coordinator (previously performed by GA Sam Anno).
• Noted that 2006 video assistant and assistant director of football operation, Yogi Roth, is now a graduate assistant coach helping with the quarterbacks.
• Noted that 2006 graduate assistant in charge of special teams, Sam Anno, is the 2007 video assistant.

• Added new Wide Receivers Coach and Passing-Game Coordinator, John Morton.

• Noted that OL Travis Draper will take a medical retirement and not return in 2007.
• Noted that FB Brandon Hancock has decided not to return for a sixth year to avoid further injury to his knee.
• Moved Michael Coleman from TB to FB, per Daily News.

• Noted that DT Walker Lee Ashley has transferred to Minnesota.

• Added walk-on kicker Joe Houston.
• Added Nebraska transfer, walk-on kicker Jordan Congdon (won't be eligible until 2008).

• Noted that OG James Wilson will go elsewhere, rolling the count back to 15.
• Noted that QB recruit Samson Szacacsy will go elsewhere, rolling the count back to 14.
• Added 2007 commit #15, five-star ***** WR/CB Ronald Johnson.
• Added 2007 commit #16, three-star *** DE/TE Trey Henderson.
• Added 2007 commit #17, three-star *** DE/FB Christian Tupou (Scout says he will likely end up at DT).
• Added 2007 commit #18, three-star *** TE Rhett Ellison.
• Added 2007 commit #19, five-star ***** RB Joe McKnight.

• Added 2007 commit #16, four-star **** WLB/safety/RB Malcolm Smith.

• Noted that USC's Offensive Coordinator, Wide Receivers Coach, and Recruiting Coordinator Lane Kiffin has departed, at the young age of 31, to take on the head coaching job with the Oakland Raiders.
• Based on assumption, noted that coach Steve Sarkisian will be the Offensive Coordinator, in addition to Assistant Head Coach and Quarterbacks Coach, based on the 1/23/07 LA Times which reports that he "will take full control of USC's offense." Coach Sarkisian's overall responsibilities may vary, depending on who is hired to replace Lane Kiffin.
• Noted that USC has a vacancy for a Wide Receivers Coach and at Recruiting Coordinator.

• Noted that DE Jeff Schweiger will transfer (he went to Fresno State).
• Noted that safety Antwine Perez will transfer (he went to Maryland).

• Removed the departing players.
• Updated the "By Class" chart.

• Added 2007 commit #1 five-star ***** MLB Chris Galippo.
• Added 2007 commit #2, four-star **** TB Broderick Green.
• Added 2007 commit #3, five-star ***** OT Martin Coleman.
• Added 2007 commit #4, five-star ***** QB Aaron Corp.
• Added 2007 commit #5, three-star *** QB Samson Szacacsy.
• Added 2007 commit #6, five-star ***** TB Marc Tyler.
• Added 2007 commit #7, five-star ***** DE Michael Reardon.
• Added 2007 commit #8, four-star **** S Marshall Jones.
• Added 2007 commit #9, five-star ***** OG James Wilson.
• Added 2007 commit #10, four-star **** WLB Jordan Campbell.
• Added 2007 commit #11, four-star **** WR Damian Williams.
  He transferred from Arkansas and is already enrolled in school. Per NCAA transfer rules, he can practice in 2007, but cannot play until 2008).
• Added 2007 commit #12, five-star ***** OL Kristofer O'Dowd.
• Added 2007 commit #13, four-star **** WR Brandon Carswell.
• Added 2007 commit #14, five-star ***** DE Everson Griffen.
• Added 2007 commit #15, five-star ***** DT Da'John Harris.

• Added an injury notation for freshman TB Emmanuel Moody (ankle ligament, out 3-4 weeks)
• Removed Allen Bradford from the FB list, per his absence there in the official Weekly Release for Cal.

• Added freshman CB Vincent Joseph as the #3 option for kickoff returns, behind the starting pair of C.J. Gable and Desmond Reed, per the official Weekly Release for Cal.
• Added wide receivers Patrick Turner and Travon Patterson as the #2 and #3 options at punt returner, behind Desmond Reed (who missed the Oregon game for personal reasons), per the official Weekly Release for Cal.

• Added reserve LB Thomas Williams to the offensive roster at fullback.
• Noted that junior WR Dwayne Jarrett is regarded as the no.1 flanker by removing the co-starter notation that encompassed Dwayne Jarrett and Patrick Turner.
• Noted that redshirt junior TB Chauncey Washington is regarded as the no.1 tailback, and the sole starter, per USC's official Weekly Release.
• Noted that RG Chilo Rachal is the designated starter, per the Weekly Release re Oregon.
• Added Travis Draper (reserve center) to the chart as reserve RG behind Chilo Rachal and Alatini Malu.
• Noted that Jody Adewale, Thomas Williams, and Mike Brittingham are co-equal starters at fullback, per USC's official Weekly Release.
• Added a likely redshirt notation to freshman OG Zack Heberer.
• Added a likely redshirt notation to freshman OT Butch Lewis.
• Added a likely redshirt notation to freshman WR David Ausberry.

• Added a likely redshirt notation for freshman DE/linebacker Michael Morgan.
• Removed the injury notation for DT Travis Tofi (foot injury) who sat out the first eight games but was cleared to play against Oregon this coming Saturday.
• Removed the injury notation for LB Luthur Brown as he played against Stanford.
• Promoted Clay Matthews to the #2 spot at SLB, behind Dallas Sartz.
• Noted that defensive back Mozique McCurtis is the #2 option at both CBs spots and at both safety spots, per the Weekly Release for Oregon.

• Noted that fullback/safety/kicker David Buehler is wearing #18, not #14.
• Noted that punter Greg Woidneck is wearing #44, not #49.

• Removed the injury notation for starting RG Chilo Rachal (lingering ankle sprain, but he played against ASU)

• Added an injury notation for sophomore CB Kevin Thomas (surgery on broken foot, may return for bowl game).

• Added an injury notation for redshirt sophomore RG Chilo Rachal (nursing a high ankle sprain that caused him to miss the 10/7 game against Washington. He is only possible for the 10/14 game against ASU).
• Added freshman Allen Bradford to the FB roster based on reports that he is practing there this week.
• Returned FB Brandon Hancock to the roster at FB as he is still on scholarship.
• Added redshirt senior walk-on WR Ben Malcomson.
• Added a co-equal notation for reserve TBs Allen Bradford, Desmond Reed, and Stafon Johnson.

• Removed the injury notation for NT Sedrick Ellis and returned him to the #1 spot as he started against Washington.
• Noted that DE Rashaad Goodrum is out for the season (his last) and moved him to the departed players list as a medical redshirt.
• Added walk-on redshirt junior safety Brent Yoshida (last attended ASU).
• Added an injury notation for redshirt senior walk-on LB Lou Ferrigno, Jr.

• Added an injury notation for FB Ryan Powdrell (ankle - versus Nebraska - out for season - may be last).
• Added an injury notation for freshman FB Stanley Havili (cracked fibula - versus Arizona - out 4 to 6 weeks).
• Noted that reserve juco kicker David Buehler is getting snaps as the scout team fullback.
• Noted that freshman Emmanuel Moody and redshirt junior Chauncey Washington are co-equal options at the starting TB position.
• Promoted Desmond Reed to the #4 spot at TB.
• Left Allen Bradford at TB (between updates, he had moved back to safety for a week, but elected to return to the offensive side of the ball as a TB)
• Noted that sophomore Patrick Turner and junior Dwayne Jarrett (recovering from a shoulder injury, probable against Washington) are co-starters at split end.
• Added an injury notation for fifth year senior WR Chris McFoy (fractured shoulder bones in 9/30 game @ WSU, out 4-6 weeks)
• Noted that fifth-year senior Drew Radovich (starting LG) and Charles Brown are co-equal reserve options at LT, behind Sam Baker (per the official Weekly Release for Washington)
• Added an injury notation for redshirt sophomore LG Jeff Byers (season ending surgery).
• Noted that redshirt junior Alatini Malu is the #2 option at LG, RG, and RT (per the official Weekly Release for Washington).
• Removed the injury notation for TE Jimmy Miller.
• Noted that freshman Anthony McCoy and redshirt sophomore Jimmy Miller are co-equal reserve options at TE, behind Fred Davis and Dale Thompson.

• Added an injury notation to starting NT Sedrick Ellis (knee surgery three weeks ago due to a practice injury - is practicing again and might start on 10/7 against Washington)
• Noted that redshirt sophomore Fili Moala (a co-equal option at the adjacent DT spot with Chris Barrett) is the starting NT in the absence of Sedrick Ellis.
• Noted that redshirt freshman Averell Spicer and true freshman Alex Parsons are co-equal options as reserve NT.
• Noted that sophomore LB/DE ("elephant end") Brian Cushing is the starting DE, opposite to Lawrence Jackson, and that he is backed up by Kyle Moore and Jeff Schweiger.
• Removed Dallas Sartz and Mike Morgan from the DE spot as I have not observed them in that role.
• Promoted sophomore Rey Maualuga to the starter at MLB.
• Removed the co-equal notation and indicated that Dallas Sartz is the starter at SLB, and Brian Cushing is the #2 option at SLB.
• Removed the injury notation for LB Thomas Williams.
• Added an injury notation for reserve LB Luthur Brown (badly pulled hamstring @ 9/30 WSU game - out several weeks)
• Noted that sophomore Cary Harris is a starter at LCB.
• Added an injury notation for starting FS Josh Pinkard (knee injury a Arksansas - out for season).
• Promoted redshirt freshman Kevin Ellison to the starting spot at SS.
• Promoted freshman Taylor Mays to the starting spot at FS.
• Moved juco redshirt sophomore Mozique McCurtis from CB to the #2 spot at both safety position (co-equal with freshman Antwine Perez at FS).
• Noted that reserve juco kicker David Buehler is a co-equal reserve option at FS with freshman QB/FS Garrett Green (Note that Buehler is reportedly taking snaps as the scout team FB).

• Promoted freshman C.J. Gable to the #1 option for kickoff returns.
• Noted that Allen Bradford and Vidal Hazelton are co-equal reserve option at kickoff returns.
• Promoted Troy Van Blarcom to the #1 spot for kickoffs (juco David Buehler was challening him during Fall camp, but Van Blarcom has been booming his kickoffs)
• Removed walk-on punter David Taft as he no longer appears on the official roster.

• Moved freshman Vidal Hazelton to the #3 spot at split end.
• Promoted redshirt freshman Nick Howell to the #2 spot at center.
• Promoted freshman Zack Heberer to the #3 spot at RG.
• Moved juco Gerald Washington from DE back to TE.
• Moved walk-on Brad Walker from reserve split end to reserve flanker.
• Promoted freshman Stanley Havili to the #2 spot at FB.
• Removed the injury notation from TB Chauncey Washington.
• Demoted TB Stafon Johnson.
• Added a co-equal notation for tailbacks Chauncey Washington, C.J. Gable, Emmanuel Moody, Allen Bradford, and Desmond Reed.

• Promoted freshman Alex Parsons to the #2 spot at NT.
• Noted that Chris Barrett and Fili Moala are co-equal options at DT.
• Promoted freshman Derek Simmons to the #4 spot at DT.
• Noted that Dallas Sartz and Brian Cushing are co-equal options at SLB.
• Noted that Oscar Lua and Rey Maualuga are co-equal options at MLB.
• Noted that Cary Harris and Kevin Thomas are co-equal options at one CB position.
• Noted that Terrell Thomas is a starter at the other CB position.
• Moved freshman Garrett Green from the #2 spot at SS to the #3 spot at FS.
• Moved freshman Taylor Mays from the #3 spot at FS to the #2 spot at SS.
• Added a likely redshirt notation to LB Joshua Tatum.

• Removed Garrett Green from the list of holders.
• Added walk-on punter Greg Woidneck to the list of holders.
• Noted that Cary Harris and C.J. Gable are co-equal options for kickoff returns.

• Promoted redshirt junior Drew Radovich to the #1 spot at LG, above Jeff Byers.
• Ranked the TB depth as fourth-year Junior Chauncey Washington (still questionable for 9/2 opener), freshman C.J. Gable, freshman Allen Bradford, freshman Emmanuel Moody, and freshman Stafon Johnson (running with the Scout team since Tuesday when the scouts began to run Arkansas plays), based on news reports.
• Promoted TB Desmond Reed in light of his participation in practices and scrimmages.
• Promoted freshman WR Travon Patterson in light of the heavy praise he is receiving from the coaches.
• Promoted freshman WR David Ausberry above walk-on Brad Walker.
• Added an injury notation to third-year sophomore TE Jimmy Miller (sore shoulder - out for a week).
• Promoted freshman TE Anthony McCoy to the #3 spot at TE.
• Returned Michael Coleman from the FB list back to the TB list, based on somewhat dated reports that he was at TB with the scout team.
• Deleted freshman Garrett Green from the QB list based on reports that he is running with the 2's at safety.

• Promoted freshman QB/safety Garrett Green to the #2 spot at safety.
• Added an injury notation to LB Thomas Williams (ankle, suffered, I believe, at the Sunday scrimmage)
• Removed the co-equal notation for MLB's Rey Maualuga and Oscar Lua based on reports that both will get lots of playing time, but Rey Maualuga will be the starter.
• Promoted Luthur Brown at MLB in light of Thomas Williams' injury.
• Promoted Clay Matthews, Jr. at SLB in light of Thomas Williams' injury.

• Moved Michael Coleman from reserve TB to reserve FB.
• Noted that SLB Dallas Sartz is, like Brian Cushing, getting time at DE in a 3-4 defense.
• Removed the injury notation from TB Desmond Reed.

• Removed the injury notation from DE Lawrence Jackson (groin strain).
• Added an injury notation to LB Joshua Tatum (unknown) as, to the best of my knowledge, he has not been practicing.

• Noted that the #1 and #2 punt returners are sure-handed TB Desmond Reed and freshman WR Travon Patterson.
• Noted that the #1 and #2 kickoff returners are freshman CB Cary Harris and freshman TB C.J. Gable.
• Noted that sophomores David Buehler and Troy Van Blarcom are still competing to handle kickoffs.
• Noted that sophomore David Buehler is the #1 option for "Long FGs".

• Noted that FB Brandon Hancock is out for the season, moved him to the departed players list, and update the scholarship count based on the assumption that he will take a medical redshirt.

• Added freshman QB Garrett Green to the depth at strong safety.
• To be consistent with the location of the SLBs, and Strong Safeties, swapped the DEs that serve as rush ends (Kyle Moore, Jeff Schweiger, Rashaad Goodrum, Lawrence Miles, Brian Cushing, and Mike Morgan) with the DEs that tend to line up against the TE (Lawrence Jackson, Alex Morrow, Jeff Tola, Derek Simmons, Gerald Washington).

• Added an injury notation to fullback Brandon Hancock (knee).
• Promoted freshman TB Allen Bradford to the #3 spot behind Chauncey Washington and Michael Coleman.

• Moved juco TE Gerald Washington from TE to DE where depth is an issue.
• Added freshman safety Allen Bradford, if only temporarily, to the depth chart at TB since he was given a few carries on Thursday.

• Promoted freshman CB Shareece Wright to just below the more experienced scholarship players at CB, based on his being reported as the "#5" CB by the Press Enterprise.
• Removed injury notation for freshman CB Vincent Joseph, based on his full participation in Wednesday's first scrimmage.
• Promoted freshman CB Vincent Joseph to just below the more experienced scholarship players at CB, based on Press Enterprise.
• Moved juco TE Gerald Washington from TE to DE where depth is an issue.
• Added a likely redshirt notation to injured safety Will Harris and dropped him down on the depth chart as he will miss all of 2006.

• Added an injury notation to TB Chauncey Washington who may be held out for several days (left hamstring).
• Moved freshman Butch Lewis from the D-line to the O-line.
• Moved redshirt freshman Charles Brown from reserve RT to reserve LT, per suggestion.
• Added walk-on QBs Tyler Davis and Duron Sylvester.
• Added walk-on WRs Scott Stephens and Spencer Vigoren.
• Added walk-on TE Cooper Stephenson.

• Added walk-on LBs Dan Deckas and Lou Ferrigno, Jr.
• Added walk-on safeties Robert Erickson and Sean Calcagnie.

• Added juco walk-on punter Greg Woidneck as the #1 option, above walk-on Taylor Odegard and scholarship kicker Troy Van Blarcom.
• Added juco kicker David Buehler as the #1 option at kickoffs, and as the #2 option at FGs (he's likely to be the best option as the specialist for long field goals).
• Added walk-on freshman punter Robert Taft as a reserve punter.
• Deleted departed player Ryan Ting from kickoff returns and punt returns.

• Deleted Al Everest, who was to join the Trojans as a graduate assistant for special teams, but fell through.

• Noted that OT Matt Spanos is academically ineligible, but still on scholarship.

• 9 - QB Tyler Davis
• 15 - QB Duron Sylvester
• 37 - LB Dan Deckas
• 38 - S Robert Erickson
• 46 - S Sean Calcagnie
• 47 - WR-CB Scott Stephens
• 49 - P Greg Woidneck
• 59 - LB Lou Ferrigno, Jr.
• 80 - WR Spencer Vigoren
• 85 - TE Cooper Stephenson
• 98 - P Robert Taft

Start of Fall Camp Edition

I also need to add the walk-on additions that are noted in the "Roster By Num" section.

Offense

• Removed the injury notation for QB J.D. Booty.
• Promoted redshirt junior TB Chauncey Washington to the #1 spot.
• Included redshirt freshman OL Nick Howel at C, in addition to OT, per the LA Times' indication that he "has been mainly playing center."
• Added injury and likely redshirt notations to freshman WR Jamere Holland (broken collarbone).
• Removed departed WR Ryan Ting.
• Removed departed WR/TB Whitney Lewis (transferring to Northern Iowa)
• Noted that freshman RB Kenny Ashley did not qualify academically and updated the scholarship count accordingly.
• Moved redshirt senior LB-converted-to-RB Ryan Powdrell from TB (where he excelled as a power back in the Spring) back to FB, behind the #1 FB Brandon Hancock.

• Noted that walkon sophomore LB Clay Matthews, Jr. was awarded a scholarship.
• Promoted freshmen safeties Taylor Mays and Allen Bradford to just behind likely starters Josh Pinkard and Kevin Ellison and spring-enrollee Antwine Perez, as they have been taking snaps with the first-unit defense.
• Added an injury notation to redshirt junior starting DE Lawrence Jackson (groin).
• Added an injury notation to redshirt senior backup NT Travis Tofi (fractured right foot).
• Added an injury notation to freshman CB Vincent Joseph (ankle).
• Removed the injury notation (hernia surgery in March) for redshirt junior LB Thomas Williams as he is practicing.
• Noted that sophomore LB Brian Cushing has also been practicing as a rush end at DE.
• Noted that freshman LB Mike Morgan has also been practicing as a rush end at DE.
• Removed departed S Brandon Ting.

• 7 - WR Vidal Hazelton
• 13 - RB Stafon Johnson
• 14 - QB Garrett Green
• 17 - WR Travon Patterson
• 18 - WR Jamere Holland
• 19 - WR David Ausberry
• 21 - S Allen Bradford
• 23 - CB Vincent Joseph
• 24 - CB Shareece Wright
• 25 - TB C.J. Gable
• 26 - TB Emmanuel Moody
• 29 - S Taylor Mays
• 31 - FB Stanley Havili
• 39 - S Alfred Rowe
• 46 - LB Mike Morgan
• 51 - LB Josh Tatum
• 56 - DT Alex Parsons
• 68 - DT Butch Lewis
• 74 - OG Zack Heberer
• 86 - TE Anthony McCoy
• 90 - DE Derek Simmons

• WR/TB Whitney Lewis
• WR Ryan Ting
• S Brandon Ting

• QB K. Livermore (Added in Spring '06, but not on official roster on 8/6/06)
• WR Wil Smith (not on official roster on 8/6/06)
• FB Sean Kelly (injured all of '05 and not on official roster on 8/6/06)

• Deleted Al Everest, who was to join the Trojans as a graduate assistant for special teams, but fell through.

• Added 2007 commit #1, five-star LB Chris Galippo from Anaheim, CA.
• Added 2007 commit #2, RB Broderick Green from Little Rock, AR.
• Added 2007 commit #3, OL Martin Coleman from Huntington Beach, CA.
• Added 2007 commit #4, QB Aaron Corp from Orange, CA.
• Added 2007 commit #5, QB Samson Szakascy from Camarillo, CA.

• Promoted incoming QB Garrett Green above walk-on QB K. Livermore.
• Moved Brandon Hancock from TB back to FB (he played TB in the Spring due to the lack of TBs)
• Moved linebacker-turned-RB Ryan Powdrell from FB to TB, he having earned the #1 slot at TB during the Spring.
• Moved incoming FB Stanley Havili above walk-on FB Sean Kelly.
• Removed the "may return" notation from TB Chauncey Washington.
• Moved TB Chauncey Washington, who played in 2003 when he entered with Reggie Bush, but was ineligible in the Falls of 2004 and 2005, to the #2 spot at TB.
• Removed the injury notation from Michael Coleman (hip), per the 4/12/06 Press Enterprise article indicating that he would be ready in two months.
• Moved TB Michael Coleman to the #3 spot.
• Moved reshirt senior TB Hershel Dennis down in light of his continued injury status. He redshirted all of 2005 due to a knee injury that occured in late 2004. He re-tore the ligament in his knee during the Spring, will not play in 2006, and may petition the NCAA for a sixth year.
• Moved incoming player C.J. Gable from CB to TB, per the official Two-Deep (as of April 14, 2006)
• Noted that the following new players are co-equal candidates at TB: Kenney Ashley, C.J. Gable, Stafon Johnson, and Emanuel Moody.
• Moved sophomore WR Patrick Turner from the #2 spot at SE to the #2 spot at Flanker, per the official Two-Deep (as of April 14, 2006)
• Moved redshirt senior WR Chris McFoy from the #2 spot at Flanker to the #2 spot at SE, per the official Two-Deep (as of April 14, 2006)
• Noted that the following new players are co-equal candidates at SE: Vidal Hazelton and Travon Patterson.
• Noted that the following new players are co-equal candidates at Flanker: David Ausberry and Jamere Holland.
• Promoted juco TE Gerald Washington to the #4 spot.
• Moved redshirt freshman Nick Howell from the #3 spot at RT, to the #2 spot at LT, behind Sam Baker.
• Moved redshirt freshman Thomas Herring from the #2 spot at LT, to the #3 spot at RT, behind Kyle Williams and Charles Brown.
• Promoted redshirt sophomore Travis Draper to the #2 spot at Center.
• Added redshirt sophomore Jeff Byers to the #1 spot at LG.
• Added a "may return" notation to OG Matt Spanos because he is academically ineligible for the Fall of 2006.
• Removed the injury notation for OG Drew Radovich.

• Moved redshirt sophomore Lawrence Miles from reserve DT to reserve DE.
• Moved incoming d-lineman Derek Simmons from DT do DE.
• Moved incoming d-lineman Alex Parsons from DE do DT.
• Noted that the following players are co-equal starters at DE: Kyle Moore and Jeff Scwheiger.
• Moved junior DB Josh Pinkard from CB to the #1 spot at Free Safety.
• Moved sophomore Will Harris from CB to the #2 spot at Free Safety (oh so briefly).
• Added an injury notation to Sopohomore Will Harris who is out for the season due to a knee injury.
• Noted that the following players are co-equal starters at CB: Terrell Thomas and Cary Harris.
• Removed the injury notation for redshirt freshman SS Kevin Ellison.
• Promoted redshirt freshman SS Kevin Ellison to the #1 spot at SS.
• Moved junior Keith Rivers from SLB (where he played in the Spring as others nursed their injuries), back to WLB.
• Noted that redshirt junior Thomas Williams is a reserve at MLB, in addition to at SLB.
• Removed the injury notation from redshirt senior LB Dallas Sartz.
• Promoted redshirt senior LB Dallas Sartz to the starting slot at SLB.
• Removed the injury notation from #2 SLB Brian Cushing.

• Promoted walk-on Taylor Odegard to the #1 spot at punter, returning kicker Troy Van Blarcom to the reserve role.
• Added reserve FB Mike Brittingham to the specialists page as a reserve snapper, behind Will Collins.
• Deleted Ryan Ting as a holder for FG attempts.
• Added Mark Sanchez as the #1 option for holder on FG attempts.
• Added incoming QB Garret Green as the #3 option for holderon FG attempts.
• Noted that the following players are co-equal for kickoff returns: Cary Harris, Steve Smith and Ryan Ting.
• Noted that the following new players are co-equal reserve options for kickoff returns: C.J. Gable, Stafon Johnson, Taylor Mays, Emmanuel Moody, Travon Patterson, and Shareece Wright.
• Noted that Ryan Ting and Steve Smith are the no. 1 and no. 2 punt return options.
• Noted that the following new players are co-equal reserve options for punt returns: C.J. Gable, Taylor Mays and Travon Patterson.

• Added an injury notation for quaterback J.D. Booty who has a ruptured disk in his back.
• Moved Matt Spanos from backup center to starting LG, per Daily News.
• Moved Jeff Byers from LT to backup center where he has been practicing the most this Spring.
• Removed walk-on QB Tom Harwood as he is no longer on the team.
• Added an injury notation to TB Hershel Dennis who, after taking a year off to recover from knee surgery, pulled his hamstring.
• Moved FB Brandon Hancock to TB, where he is practicing this Spring.
• Moved reserve WR Whitney Lewis to TB, where he is practicing this Spring.
• Moved reserve safety Ryan Ting to WR, where he is practicing this Spring.

• Noted that Kyle Moore is penciled in as a starting DE (removed the co-equal notation with Jeff Schweiger).
• Moved Chris Barrett to the starting spot at DT such that the D-line is Lawrence Jackson (DE), Chris Barrett (DT), Sedrick Ellis (NT), and Kyle Moore (DE).
• Added an injury notation for walk-on LB Clay Matthews (concussion).
• Added an injury notation to SLB Brian Cushing because he is still being held out owing to his shoulder surgery.
• Moved Keith Rivers from WLB to SLB as all of the SLB's (Cushing, Sartz, Williams, and Matthews) nurse their injuries.
• Moved freshman Walker Lee Ashley to the #3 spot at DT based on reports that Chris Barret appears to be winning his starting spot over Fili Moala and Walker Lee Ashley.
• Added a co-equal border notation around MLBs Oscar Lua and Rey Maualuga based on reports that they are sharing first team snaps.
• Corrected Mozique McCurtis' class standing from junior to redshirt sophomore.
• Added an injury notation to DT Lawrence Miles who had shoulder surgery and will miss all of Spring ball.
• Removed walk-on CB Alex Gomez because he does not appear on the offical team roster.
• Moved reserve safety Ryan Ting to WR, where he is practicing this Spring.
• Moved freshman Antwine Perez to the starter at free safety, based on the process of elimination and practice observations.

• Noted that Ryan Ting is working out as the holder for field goals and PATs.
• Noted that kicker Troy Van Blarcom is in the mix for the punter's spot.
• Removed walk-on punter Sean Limalehu who left the team to focus on other endeavors, per comments.
• Removed walk-on kicker Phil Mellinger because he does not appear on the official team roster.

• 16 - P Taylor Odegard (was 18)
• 25 - S Chase McWhorter (was 16)
• 30 - FB Mike Brittingham (was 49)
• 35 - FB Jody Adewale (was 41)
• 37 - FB Ryan Powdreell (was 56)
• 71 - OT Charles Brown (was 95)
• 92 - DT Jermyah Graves (was 94)

• 6 - S Antwine Perez
• 81 - TE Gerald Washington
• 94 - DT WalkerLee Ashley

• 46 - CB Alex Gomez (SR* graduated?)
• 46 - P Sean Limalehu (SO*)
• 9 - K Phil Mellinger (SO*)

• Corrected the class notation for DT Averell Spicer from sophomore to redshirt freshman (the NCAA's indication that he played against Cal is an error).
• Removed the injury notation for redshirt freshman LB Luthur Brown in light of his participation in informal drills.
• Moved LB Luthur Brown to MLB, rather than SLB, per Garry P's comments that he will get a try there.
• Moved LB Thomas Williams, who is still nursing an injury, from MBL to SLB, the position he started at in 2005.
• Noted that DEs Kyle Moore and Jeff Schweiger are co-equal for the moment.
• Added recruited walk-on juco DT Gregg Clark to the roster.

• Moved redshirt sophomore Travis Draper (6-4 295) from D-Line to O-Line, where he will get a try at guard or center, per comments by GarryP.

• Removed the injury notation for CB Mozique McCurtiss (hernia operation) in light of his participation in voluntary practice.
• In light of his prior role as a starter before he was injured in 2005, moved redshirt junior Terrell Thomas to the starting position at CB, opposite of safety-converted-to-CB Josh Pinkard.

• Added coach Al Everest who joins the Trojans as a graduate assistant in charge of special teams

• Put QB Mike McDonald back on the roster, per GarryP.

• Removed the injury notations for the following players in light of their participation in voluntary 7-on-7 drills on 02/23/06:
  1. CB Terrell Thomas (JR*)
  2. CB Will Harris (SO)
  3. LB Keith Rivers (JR)

• Added Demetrius Martin, a former assistant coach at Mt. Sac JC, as a graduate assistant coach for the secondary.
• Added a separate "Departures" page for past coaches.

• Updated wide receiver Vidal Hazelton from prospect to commit.

• Noted that graduate assistant offensive line coach David Watson was promoted to full-time assistant coach for the defensive line.
• Noted that Rocky Seto, who co-coached the linebackers in 2005, will coach the secondary.

• Moved redshirt freshman Charles Brown from TE to RT, per newspaper reports.
• Moved redshirt junior Alatini Malu from RT ro RG.
• Noted that backup QB Mike McDonald has resigned, per Garry Paskweitz (Mike was given a scholarship in 2005 when he remained on the team to provide some needed depth at QB).

• Offense
• TE Fred Davis
• Defense
• DT Sedrick Ellis
• DT Fili Moala
• LB Brian Cushing
• LB Oscar Lua
• LB Thomas Williams
• LB Keith Rivers
• S/CB Josh Pinkard
• CB Terrell Thomas

• Noted that defensive line coach Jethro Franklin took a position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• Noted that defensive backs coach Greg Burns took a position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• Noted that Idaho Head Coach Nick Holt, who had just announced he was leaving Idaho to join the St. Louis Rams, decided to return to the Trojans as the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach.

• Moved incoming freshman OL Zack Heberer from tackle to guard.
• Moved OL John Lanza to the departing players page, per comments that he was given a graduation trophy at the December banquet.
• Moved WR John Zilka to the departing players page, per comments that he was given a graduation trophy at the December banquet.

• Moved incoming freshman C.J. Gable, an athlete who may play corner, safety, or even TB, from safety to CB, based on his reported weight (190) and comments.

• Removed RB prospect Keiland Williams as he commited to LSU.

• Moved redshirt senior Ryan Powdrell from LB to FB per coaches' indication they were going to try him there in the Spring.

• Updated commits who have signed NLIs.
• Left WR Vidal Hazelton as committed, but not completely signed, as his parent or guardian's signature is still required.
• Left RB prospect Keiland Williams on the chart as he is still up in the air.

• Removed the departing players.

• Removed DE Michael Stuart as I'm told it is unlikely he will return.

• Added 2006 commit #8, four-star DE Alex Parson from Irvine, CA.
• Added 2006 commit #9, five-star WR Vidal Hazelton from Chatham, VA.
• Added 2006 commit #10, four-star CB Shareece Wright from Colton, CA.
• Added 2006 commit #11, four-star DT Butch Lewis from Aurora, CO.
• Added 2006 commit #12, four-star TB Emmanuel Moody from Coppell, TX.
• Added 2006 commit #13, five-star WR David Ausberry from Lemoore, CA.
• Added 2006 commit #14, five-star S, TB, LB, Allen Bradford from Colton, CA.
• Added 2006 commit #15, four-star FB Stanley Havili from Salt Lake City, UT.
• Added 2006 commit #16, five-star S, TB C.J. Gable from Sylmar, CA.
• Added 2006 commit #17, four-star WR Travon Patterson from Long Beach, CA.
• Added 2006 commit #18, five-star TB Stafon Johnson from Los Angeles, CA.
• Added 2006 commit #19, three-star CB Vincent Joseph from Long Beach, CA.

• Added 2006 commit #6, four-star TE Anthony McCoy from Fresno, CA.
• Added 2006 commit #7, five-star LB Josh Tatum from Oakland, CA.

• Added an injury notation to WR Greig Carlson (groin).
• Added an injury notation to WR Patrick Turner (hamstring).
• Added an injury notation to walkon FB Sean Kelly (shoulder).
• Added an injury notation to freshman TB Michael Coleman (hip).
• Promoted sophomore TE Fred Davis to co-starter with Dominique Byrd, per 11/27/05 Official Release.
• Promoted freshman LB Brian Cushing to the starting spot at SLB.

• Added an injury notation to LB Keith Rivers (hamstring).
• Added an injury notation to LB Thomas Williams (knee).
• Added an injury notation to freshman CB Will Harris (knee).
• Added an injury notation for juco CB Mozique McCurtis (abdomen).
• Removed the injury notation for CB John Walker.

• Added an injury notation to reserve TB/punt returner Desmond Reed who tore his ACL during the Notre Dame game.

• Removed the "likely redshirt" notation for freshman LB Brian Cushing who played in both the ND and Washington games.
• Added a "likely redshirt" notation for senior LB Dallas Sartz who will undergo shoulder surgery and should return in the Spring.
• Moved freshman DE Kyle Moore to the #2 spot at DE, behind Lawrence Jackson, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release.
• Promoted sophomore DE Jeff Schweiger to the #2 spot at DE, behind Frostee Rucker, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release.
• Positioned Ryan Powdrell and freshman Brian Cushing as co-equal reserves at SLB, behind Thomas Williams, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release.
• Promoted freshman CB Kevin Thomas to the #2 spot at LCB, behind Justin Wyatt, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release.
• Added an injury notation for WR-converted-to-CB John Walker (high ankle sprain, 10/22/05 versus Washington)
• Added safety Josh Pinkard to the #1 spot at RCB, in front of injured WR-converted-to-CB John Walker (high ankle sprain, 10/22/05 versus Washington).

• Added safety Darnell Bing to the kickoff returns roster, behind Reggie Bush, in place of Desmond Reed (Bing returned his first KO against Washington for 84 yards).
• Added freshman CB Cary Harris as a reserve option for kickoff returns, per news reports and the depth chart in USC's weekly release.
• Added Ryan Ting as a reserve option for punt returns, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release.
• Added Reggie Bush as a reserve option at punter, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release.
• Added QB Mike McDonald as a reserve option at holder, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release.

• Moved Mike McDonald to the #3 spot at QB and freshman Mark Sanchez to the #4 spot at QB because Coach Carroll wants McDonald working with the 1st string offense and be ready if called upon in a game and wants Sanchez to grow against the better competition offered by the 1st string defense.
• Removed the "likely redshirt" notation for freshman TB Michael Coleman who played in the Arizona game.

• Removed the injury notation for DT LaJuan Ramsey who practiced with the first unit and is expected to play Saturday.
• Added a "likely redshirt" notation for freshman LB Brian Cushing who continues to be sidelined with a shoulder injury.
• Removed the injury notation for freshman CB Kevin Thomas who has recovered from mono and has been practicing effectively and at full speed.

• Added an injury notation for redshirt sophomore LG Drew Radovich who may have a torn labrum in his hip.
• Noted that Chilo Rachal and Alatini Malu will backup Taitusi Lutui at LG in place of Drew Radovich.
• Noted that Kyle Williams, Sam Baker's backup at LT, is also a reserve option at RT, behind Winston Justice and Alatini Malu.
• Noted that Fred Davis and Dale Thompson are co-equal alternates at reserve TE.
• Noted that walkon center Russ Burruel was awarded a scholarship, per comments.
• Noted that walkon wide receiver John Zilka was awarded a scholarship, per comments.

• Added an injury notation for freshman safety Kevin Ellison who may have torn a knee ligament when colliding with Scott Ware in the 10/01 ASU game.
• Added an injury notation for starting DT LaJuan Ramsey who did not play against ASU and will return when he is "able."
• Added an injury notation (belatedly) for CB Kevin Thomas who will not play against Arizona. He was previously diagnosed with mono, but is now participating in non-contact drills and is expected to be available for the game against Notre Dame.
• Removed the injury notation for juco CB Mozique McCurtis who has recovered from his hernia surgery and is practicing with the team.
• Removed the injury notation for reserve DE Chris Barrett (calf) who "will return this week".
• Removed the injury notation for reserve DE Jeff Schweiger (broken foot) who was available for limited play against ASU and is practicing again.
• Removed the injury notation for walkon LB Clay Matthews who has evidently been practicing and playing again.
• Promoted Alex Morrow to the #2 spot at DE, behind Lawrence Jackson and in front of Chris Barrett (returning from injury).
• Promoted WR-converted-to-CB William Buchanon to the #2 spot at RCB behind starter John Walker.
• Moved freshman CB Cary Harris to the #2 spot at LCB behind starter Justin Wyatt.
• Noted that Lawrence Miles and Travis Draper are co-equal options at reserve DT behind starter LaJuan Ramsey and backup Fili Moala.
• Noted that Jeff Schweiger and Rashaad Goodrum are co-equal options at reserve DE behind starter Frostee Rucker.
• Noted that Dallas Sartz (shoulder), Brian Cushing (shoulder), Clay Matthews, and Collin Ashton are co-equal options at SLB, behind current starter Thomas Williams.

• Added 2006 commit #5, five-star safety Antwine Perez from New Jersey.

• Promoted freshman TB Michael Coleman to the #4 spot based on his extensive 4th quarter use against Arkansas.

• Added an injury notation for CB Terrell Thomas who injured his knee against Arkansas and is likely out for the season.
• Added an injury notation for linebacker Dallas Sartz who injured his shoulder in the Arkansas game and is out for 3-4 weeks.
• Noted that Thomas Williams will start at SLB in place of Dallas Sartz.
• Noted that freshman MLB Luthur Brown, who may still redshirt, has been practicing at OLB to provide added depth.
• Added wide receiver William Buchanon to the CB roster as he is practicing their this week for added depth.
• Removed the injury notation for freshman CB Will Harris who his practing and will be available against Oregon.
• Noted that safety Josh Pinkard will be the nickel back in place of John Walker (now starting at CB).

• Added Justin Wyatt as the #3 option for kickoff returns, per the official Weekly Report for the Oregon game.
• Removed Whitney Lewis and Cary Harris from kickoff returns.

• Added an injury notation to freshman LB Brian Cushing who suffered a shoulder separation in Tuesday's practice and will not play against Arkanas.
• Noted that freshman LB Luthur Brown is a likely redshirt (back).
• Added an injury notation to safety Darnell Bing who is "50/50" to play against Arkansas (hip flexor from Hawaii game).
• Added an injury notation to backup DE Kyle Moore who won't be ready for Arkansas (sprained knee).

• Removed the injury notation from freshman TB Michael Coleman (prior hip surgery) who is practicing this week with the scout team.
• Replaced the injury notation for OL Thomas Herring, inadvertently removed during a prior edit.
• Moved Greig Carlson to the #3 spot at flanker, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release for the Arkansas game.
• Moved Whitney Lewisto the #4 spot at split end, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release for the Arkansas game.
• Promoted freshman OL Nick Howell to the #3 spot at RT, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release for the Arkansas game.

• Moved DL Lawrence Miles from the #4 spot at NT to the #4 spot at DT, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release for the Arkansas game.
• Removed the co-position notation for MLBs Thomas Williams, Rey Maualuga, and Ryan Powdrell, leaving them in that same order at #2, #3, and #4, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release for the Arkansas game.
• Noted that Josh Pinkard who is listed as the #2 player at FS behind Scott Ware is also the #2 player at SS behind Darnell Bing (question for Arkansas), per the depth chart in USC's weekly release for the Arkansas game.
• Moved Brandon Ting from the #4 spot at FS to the #4 at SS, per the depth chart in USC's weekly release for the Arkansas game.
• Added an injury notation to #2 DE Chris Barrett (calf, 2 weeks), per 09/13/05 Daily News.

• Promoted freshman WR Patrick Turner to the #2 spot at split end.
• Promoted Drew Radovich to the #2 spot at LG.
• Added Fred Matua to the reserve center slot as a co-equal spot with Matt Spanos
• Moved Alatini Malu from the #3 spot at LG, to the #2 spot at RT, behind Winston Justice.

• Moved Travis Tofi from the #3 spot at DT, to the #2 spot at NT, behind starting NT Sedrick Ellis.
• Moved freshman DT Averell Spicer to the #3 spot at NT>
• Moved Travis Draper to the #3 spot at DT.
• Noted that Oscar Lua is the starting MLB, and that Thomas Williams, freshman Rey Maualuga, and Ryan Powdrell are co-#2s at MLB.
• Promoted freshman Kevin Ellison to the #s spot at SS, behind Darnell Bing.

• Removed the injury notation for OG Drew Radovich (practicing again).

• Removed the injury notation from LB Dallas Sartz as he has been practicing.
• Added an injury notation for freshman safety-turned-CB Will Harris (sprained ankle).
• Added an injury notation for linebacker Clay Matthews (elbow).
• Added an injury notation for juco CB Mozique McCurtis (hernia, likely redshirt)
• Listed Oscar Lua as the #1 MLB, Thomas Williams as the #2 MLB, and freshman Rey Maualuga as the #3 MLB, based on practice observation. Listed freshman Luthur Brown as the #4 ("Oscar Lua, Thomas Williams and freshmen Rey Maualuga and Luthur Brown are taking turns in the middle.", 08/18/05 Daily News)
• Noted that the NCAA gave juco LB Ryan Powdrell a redshirt year for 2004 such that he is a redshirt junior, and not a senior.
• Added walkon juco DT #94 Jermyah Graves (6-0, 325). He last attended North Iowa Area Community College.

• Added 2006 commit #4, five-star safety Taylor Mays from Washington.

• Removed the injury notation for TE Dominique Byrd and promoted him to the #1 spot at TE.
• Removed the injury notation for FB Brandon Hancock as he has been practicing in full contact scrimmages.
• Added an injury notation for OG Drew Radovich.
• Added Taitusi ("Deuce") Lutui (reserve RT behind Winston Justice) to the #1 spot at LG in light of the injuries to Jeff Byers (hip, out for season) and Drew Radovich (pinched nerve, under evaluation), and based on practice reports.
• Promoted LenDale White to the co-starter at tailback with (White was listed lower in the Spring while working on his academics).
• Promoted freshman Patrick Turner to the #3 spot at split end.
• Promoted freshman QB Mark Sanchez to the #3 spot at quarterback.

• Added in injury notation for SLB Dallas Sartz (hip pointer).
• Promoted freshman LB Brian Cushing to the #2 spot at SLB since he has been playing with the ones while Sartz recovers.
• Promoted freshman Kyle Moore to the #2 spot at weakside DE.
• Promoted Frostee Rucker to the #1 spot at rush end.
• Deleted freshman Walker Ashley in light of the reports that he he will not be certified by the NCAA Clearinhouse
• Noted that redshirt senior CB John Walker is the third CB who will play as the nickelback in passing situations.
• Moved freshman Will Harris from safety to CB, per the LA Times.
• Noted that freshman LB Rey Maualuga is in the mix for time at MLB.

• Deleted TB Chauncey Washington from kickoff returns since he can practice with the team, but cannot play this year.
• Added freshman CB #7 Cary Harris to kickoff returns since he has been practicing there this Fall.
• Added a separate column for kickers handling kickoffs and kickers handling FGs.
• Promoted Troy Van Blarcom to the #1 spot at kickoffs and to the #2 spot at FGs (behind Mario Danello).

• Noted that walkon kicker Mario Danello was awarded a scholarship.
• Noted that walkon fullback Mike Brittingham was awarded a scholarship.
• Noted that walkon tailback Andre Woodert was awarded a scholarship.
• Noted that walkon offensived lineman John Lanza was awarded a scholarship.

• Edited the information re Chauncey Washington, who is ineligible to play this fall, but will remain at USC and practice with the team.
• Deleted juco OL Kevin Myers who will reportedly not join the team this Fall.

• Added an injury notation to sophomore DE Jeff Schweiger who broke his foot at the first day of practice and will be out for 8 weeks following surgery.
• Assigned #35 to walkon Justin Hart and moved him from reserve CB to reserve safety.
• Added #57 walkon linebacker Nick Garratt.
• added #48 walkon CB Matthew Jordan.

• Added an injury notation for OT Thomas Herring who will undergo an MRI of his knee and "might have to redshirt this season," per the OC Register.
• Noted that walkon QB Michael McDonald was awarded a scholarship for 2005, and returned him to the active roster.

• Noted that walkon QB Michael McDonald is no longer listed, per the 2005 Media Guide.

• Deleted juco DT Gabe Long who will not join the team this Fall, but may still enter in January of 2006.

• Updated heights and weights based on the 2005 Media Guide.
• Identified walkon players with the color green in addition to the text "(wo)".

• Added 2006 commit #3, DT Derek Simmons.

• Cary Harris, 17 to 7
• Troy Van Blarcom, 13 to 17

• Added an injury notation for sophopmore LG Jeff Byers who will be out for the season because his hip did not heal properly and will require another surgery, per 06/29/05 Daily News.
• I did not make the change because Byers and Radovich were considered co-starters after Spring, but the Daily News reports that "With Byers out, USC will move Taitusi Lutui to left guard. Lutui started every game at right tackle last year but was beaten out by returning lineman Winston Justice during spring practice. Sophomore Drew Radovich is another possibility."
• Added an injury notation for junior FB Brandon Hancock who will have arthroscopic knee surgery this week and will probably miss the start of training camp, per 06/29/05 Daily News.
• Added an injury notation for senior TE Dominique Byrd who will have arthroscopic knee surgery this week and will probably miss the start of training camp, per 06/29/05 Daily News.

• Added an injury notation for freshman running back Michael Coleman who recently underwent surgery to repair a tear in the cartilage in his left hip.
• Noted that redshirt sophomore running back Chauncey Washington "may return" to USC.

• 1 - WR Patrick Turner
• 6 - QB Mark Sanchez
• 9 - CB Mozique McCurtis
• 10 - LB Brian Cushing
• 13 - PK Troy Van Blarcom
• 15 - CB Kevin Thomas
• 16 - S Chase McWhorter
• 17 - CB Cary Harris
• 26 - S Will Harris
• 43 - LB Kaluka Maiava
• 52 - LB Luthur Brown
• 58 - LB Rey Maualuga
• 76 - OT Nick Howell
• 84 - DE Kyle Moore
• 85 - TE Charles Brown
• 94 - DT Walker Lee Ashley
• 99 - DT Averell Spicer

• Moved reserve quarterback Rocky Hinds to the 2004 departures page in view of his intended transfer after still being in the 3rd spot behind Matt Leinart and JD Booty.
• Moved reserve running back Chauncey Washington to the 2004 departures page in view of his intended transfer after being declared academically ineligible for a second consecutive year.

• Added 6-1 juco cornerback Mozique McCurtis who will join the team this Fall as a true sophomore.
• Added walkon cornerback Justin Hart who will join the team this Fall as a true freshman.
• Moved cornerback Eric Wright to the 2004 departures page in view of his intended transfer to another institution.
• Noted that reserve DE Michael Stuart "may return" in that he left USC to attend a JC due to academics.

• Added 2006 commit #2, OT Zack Heberer.

• Noted that redshirt sophomore tailback Chauncey Washington is ineligible for the 2005 football season.
• Removed the co-starter notation for Chauncey Washington and dropped him on the depth listing in view of his ineligibility.
• Noted that Chauncey Washington may transfer to UNLV.

• Noted that junior DT Manuel Wright, who missed spring practice and would have been academically ineligible, applied for inclusion in the NFL's supplemental draft, which will be held in July.
• Noted that redshirt freshman linebacker Michael Stuart is ineligible for the 2005 football season, and dropped him behind Frostee Rucker in view of his ineligibility.

• Removed ever-proscrastinating prospect Erik Lorig who reportedly will enroll at Stanford.
• Added the first commit of 2006, juco TE Gerald Washington, who will enter in January of 2006.

• Added all of the freshman who will enter this Fall to the Depth page and changed their status color to new player "yellow".
• Added dashed rectangles to group equally positioned players (e.g. co-starters Lua, Williams and Powdrell at the #1 spot for MLB and co-players Reed and Washington at the #2 spot for TB).
• Removed the cross-out lines from Dominique Byrd, Frostee Rucker, LenDale White and Manueal Wright who were all held out of Spring for academic "demerits" (hopefully they will be eligible in the Fall).

• Promoted Jeff Byers to be the co-starter at LT, with Drew Radovich.
• Moved reserve O-lineman John Lanza from LG to RG.
• Added walkon redshirt junior OG #62 Dominique Wise.
• Added walkon redshirt junior OT #73 Jonathan Richert.
• Moved Whitney Lewis and John Zilka from SE to FL, per the official end-of-spring depth chart dated 04/15/05.
• Added walkon redshirt sophomore QB #13 Tom Harwood.
• Promoted David Kirtman to the starting spot at fullback.
• Moved redshirt senior John Walker from WR to CB, per the official end-of-spring depth chart dated 04/15/05.
• Removed potential walkon Ashton White because he did not enroll in school.

• Moved redshirt senior John Walker from WR to CB, per the official end-of-spring depth chart dated 04/15/05.
• Removed the injury notation from Justin Wyatt based on his participation in drill at the end of Spring practice (he underwent hernia surgery earlier in the year).
• Promoted senior Justin Wyatt to the starting slot at LCB, per the official end-of-spring depth chart dated 04/15/05.
• Added walkon sophomore DE Jeff Tola
• Added junior juco walkon NT Mike Davis (last attended Saddleback CC).
• Added redshirt sophomore walkon strong safety Chase McWhorter.

• Moved walkon #49 Mike Brittingham from LB to FB.

• Changed LB Ryan Powdrell's class status from redshirt junior to senior (the University did not submit his redshirt paperwork on time).
• Added walkon, identical twin cornerbacks #30 Jerry Williams and #35 Jamel Williams.
• Moved walkon #49 Mike Brittingham from LB to FB.
• Added an injury notation to cornerback Justin Wyatt because he recently underwent hernia surgery (04/14/05 Daily News).
• Promoted walk-on CB Alex Gomez to starter in view of Justin Wyatt's absence.
• Added an injury notation to free safety Scott Ware (he injured his knee at the 04/15/05 Spring Huddle).
• Promoted freshman Kevin Ellison to the starting position at FS in view of Scott Ware's absence for the remainder of Spring.

• Added walkon kicker #9 Phil Mellinger (temporarily listed as a freshman until I confirm his class status).
• Added walkon punter #46 Sean Limahelu (temporarily listed as a freshman until I confirm his class status).

• Changed OT Taitusi ("Deuce") Lutui from 73 back to 71 as that is what he was wearing at the Spring Huddle.

Coaches

• Noted that Norm Chow, USC's offensive coordinator from 2001-2004, departed for a similar position with the NFL's Tennessee Titans.
• Noted that Lane Kiffin was promoted to Offensive Coordinator. In 2004, he was the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator.
• Noted that Lane Kiffin will also assume the role of Recruiting Coordinator, a position previously held by coach Ed Orgeron.
• Added Steve Sarkisian, who spent a 2004 with the Oakland Raiders, is returning to USC as the quarterbacks coach (occupied by Carl Smith in 2004) and, signifiantly, as Assistant Head Coach (held by Ed Orgeron in 2004).
• Noted that offensive line coach Tim Davis departed to become an assistant offensive line coach with the Miami Dolphins.
• Added offensive line coach Pat Ruel. In 2004, he was an offensive line assistant with the New York Giants.
• Added defensive line coach Jethro Franklin. He was the defensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers from 2000-2004.
• Added Sam Anno as a graduate assistant for special teams. He played linebacker at USC from 1983 to 1986, and played special teams in the NFL for seven seasons.
• Noted that Mark Jackson, USC's Director of Football Operation from 2001-2004, departed for Syracuse University.
• Noted that Dennis Slutak, who left for Mississipi with Coach Ed Orgeron, was wooed back to USC as Director of Football Operations (the position previously held by Mark Jackson who went to Syracuse). In 2004, Slutak was a graduate assistant who worked with the kickers.
• Added Yogi Roth as Assistant Director of Football Operations.

• Noted that junior TB LenDale White is unavailable for Spring practice because he accumulated too many negative academic points (03/21/05 Daily News).
• Moved LenDale White down in view of his absence.
• Moved early-entry freshman Michael Coleman, who was moved to TB, up to just behind Reggie Bush, Desmond Reed and Chauncey Washington.
• Removed Ashton White from the FB list because he is not yet with the team.
• Removed the injury notation for TE Nick Vanderboom, a walk-on player who was awarded a scholarship in 2004.
• Noted that TE Kurt Katnik took a medical redshirt for recurring concussion and will no longer play.
• Moved reserve lineman Matt Spanos to the #2 spot at center.
• Removed Jeff Byers from the center rotation since he appears to be focusing almost exclusively on left guard.
• Promoted Whitney Lewis to the #2 spot at split end.
• Removed Fred Davis from the wide receiver list since he is working out exclusively with the tight ends.
• Moved Travis Draper to DT (was on the offensive line)
• Noted that TE Dominique Byrd is unavailable for Spring practice because he accumulated too many negative academic points.
• Noted that RB LenDale White is unavailable for Spring practice because he accumulated too many negative academic points.
• Moved QB Matt Leinart down since he is not practicing with the team this Spring owing to his elbow surgery.
• Promoted OL Drew Radovich to the starter at left guard.
• Promoted OL Winston Justice to the starter at right tackle.
• Moved Alatini ("Tiny") Malu from #2 RG to the #2 spot at LG, behind Drew Radovich.
• Moved Chilo Rachal to the #2 spot at RG behind Fred Matua.
• Moved #91 Chris Barret to the defensive side of the ball at DE (he was on offense at TE).
• Moved Fred Davis to the starting spot at TE, with close competition by Dale Thompson and Jimmy Miller.
• Deleted walkon FB Morgan Craig as he is no longer listed on the official roster.

• Removed the injury notation for CB Eric Wright since he was participating in Spring drills.
• Noted that CB Eric Wright has been suspended from the team and is unavailable for Spring practice in view of his arrest for alleged rape.
• Noted that DT Manuel Wright is not participating in 2005 Spring practice because he has too many negative academic points.
• Moved LaJuan Ramsey from reserve DE to starting DT. At present, the other starting DT is Sedrick Ellis.
• Promoted #54 Jeff Schweiger to starting DE, opposite #96 Lawrence Jackson.
• Moved Travis Draper to DT (was on the offensive line)
• Moved Michael Stuart from reserve SLB to reserve DE.
• Removed Keith Rivers as reserve DE since he appears to be focusing exclusively on linebacker.
• Noted that DT Manuel Wright is unavailable for Spring practice because he accumulated too many negative academic points.
• Noted that DT Lawrence Miles is unavailable for Spring practice because he accumulated too many negative academic points.
• Noted that DE Frostee Rucker is unavailable for Spring practice because he accumulated too many negative academic points.
• Moved Thomas Williams from SLB to MLB, where he, Oscar Lua and Ryan Powdrell are all competing for the starting job.
• Added Collin Ashton as the reserve backer at both the Will and Sam positions, behind starters Keith Rivers and Dallas Sartz, respectively.
• Promoted freshman safety Kevin Ellison to the #2 spot at strong safety, behind Josh Pinkard, based on news reports that Ellison practiced with the first-team defense while Pinkard nursed a sore foot.
• Added an injury notation to OL Jeff Byers who is sitting out the remainder of the Spring following surgery on his right hip.
• Moved #91 Chris Barret to the defensive side of the ball at DE (he was #9 on offense at TE).

• Noted that incoming kicker Troy Van Blarcom was officially accepted into USC.

• 4 - S Kevin Ellison
• 18 - P Taylor Odegard (walkon)
• 27 - TB Michael Coleman

• 9 - Walkon Kicker
• 13 - Walkon QB
• 30 - Walkon CB Williams
• 35 - Walkon CB Williams
• 62 - Walkon Lineman

• 10 - QB John David Booty (was 17)
• 23 - TB Chauncey Washington (was 25)
• 48 - DE Michael Stuart (was 43 as reserve LB)
• 63 - DT Travis Draper (was 64 as reserve OL)
• 73 - OT Taitusi ("Deuce") Lutui (was 71)
• 75 - DT Fili Moala (was 91)
• 75 - OT Kyle Williams (was 78)
• 77 - OT Thomas Herring (was 94)
• 78 - OL Kyle Williams (was 75)
• 80 - WR John Zilka (was 27)
• 91 - DE Chris Barrett (was 9 at TE)
• 98 - DT LaJuan Ramsey (was 52)

• Updated charts for 2005, through 02/02/05, National Letter of Intent day.

• Noted that OT Winston Justice (suspended in 2004) will return to USC, rather than turning pro, and will challenge Taitusi Lutui for the starting spot at RT, per the 01/11/05 LA Times.
• Deleted TE Eugene Germany, a member of the 2004 recruiting class that did not enter, per the 01/11/05 LA Times report that "[he] will not return this semester because of clearinghouse issues."
• Deleted WR Derrick Jones, a member of the 2004 recruiting class that did not enter, per the 01/11/05 LA Times report that "[he] will not return this semester because of clearinghouse issues."

• Removed the injury notation for DT Manuel Wright in view of his play in the Orange Bowl (though he was limping after the game).

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
67. Zoltan Mesko (***) - Punter

Committed to USC:


• Noted that the nation's #5 LB prospect Rey Maualuga (*****) committed to USC on 01/15/05.

• Added an injury notation for RB Hershel Dennis who tore knee ligaments at practice and will miss the Orange Bowl.

Committed Elsewhere:


• Noted that LB prospect Todd Cox committed to Tennessee on 12/16/04.
• Noted that CB prospect Syd'Quan Thompson committed to Cal on 12/14/04.
• Noted that CB prospect Robert Peele, once a "soft commit," is no longer being recruited by USC.
• Noted that CB prospect Victor "Macho" Harris commited to Virginia Tech.

• Moved Steve Smith to the #1 spot at flanker per the official depth chart.
• Added an injury notation for OL Drew Radovich, per 11/30/04 Daily News.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
63. Jason Gwaltney (****) - RB
    (Gwlatney publicly committed to USC on 12/11/04, with Spicer, Thomas, and Harris, but he later said that he's still deciding between USC, Ohio St. and W.Va.)
64. Shea McKeen (****) - DE, TE
65. Kalvin Bailey (***) - FB
66. Chad Green (**)(juco) - DE
• Noted that DE prospect Rick Jean-Francois (*****) does not appear to have an offer from USC (academics?).

  Committed to USC:
  

• Noted that the nation's #1 DE prospect Averell Spicer (*****) committed to USC on 12/11/04.
• Noted that the nation's #7 CB prospect Kevin Thomas (****) committed to USC on 12/11/04.
• Noted that the nation's #12 safety prospect Will Harris (****) committed to USC on 12/11/04.
• Noted that the nation's #48 LB prospect Kevin Ellison (***) committed to USC on 12/08/04.

  Committed Elsewhere:
  

• Noted that safety prospect C.J. Byrd committed to Georgia on 11/28/04.
• Noted that juco MLB prospect Desmond Bishop committed to Cal on or about 12/01/04.
• Noted that OLB prospect Tray Blackmon committed to Auburn on or about 12/01/04.
• Noted that OLB prospect Travis Beckum committed to Wisconsin or about 12/06/04.

• Removed the injury notation for LG John Drake. ("Drake, who's missed two games with a sprained ankle, will play but won't start...")
• Listed Jeff Byers as the starting LG in view of the above re John Drake.
• Removed the injury notations for wide receivers Chris McFoy and Steve Smith as they have been practicing.
• Listed the flanker depth as Chris McFoy, Jason Mitchell, Steve Smith, and Greig Carlson, per the official Weekly Release dated 11/22/04.

• Added an injury notation to sophomore DT Manuel Wright, who suffered a high ankle sprain in the early minutes of the 11/13/04 Arizona game.
• Removed the injury notations for CBs Kevin Arbett and Ronald Nunn as they have been practicing in preparation for the Notre Dame game.
• Removed the injury notations for safeties Scott Ware and Greg Farr as they have been practicing.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
61. Julius McClellan (juco)- WR
62. Josh McNeil - C
• Noted that CB prospect Justin King committed to Penn State.
• Noted that TE prospect DajLeon Farr committed to LSU.

• Added an injury notation for starting redshirt sophomore WR Chris McFoy who will likely not play against Arizona due to a sprained knee, per 11/12/04 Daily News.
• Removed the injury notation for redshirting sophomore quarterback JD Booty based on reports that he is throwing again in practice.

• Added an injury notation for CB Kevin Arbett who aggravated his sprained knee against Oregon St.

• Added an injury notation for starting LG John Drake because he is "questionable" against Oregon St. due to his sprained ankle having not improved.
• Noted that redshirt freshman Matt Spanos has been taking snaps at center "in case of an emergency." (The no.2 center Jeff Byers has been working with the first unit at LG in place of John Drake who is nursing a left high ankle sprain. He broke his right ankle in 2003. "What happens to one, happens to the other," said Drake, who did not practice for the second day in a row. "I guess the left was jealous of the right.").
• Noted that redshirt freshman Drew Radovich (who has now been listed or played in garbage time at most every OL spot other than center) is competing with senior Travis Watkins for the no.2 spot at LG, per GarryP ("We saw Jeff Byers and Drew Radovich split the time at left guard today and both will compete this week in practice for possible playing time if Drake is unable to go.")
• Moved freshman OL Travis Draper from RG to LT based on a poster's report that he is practicing there with the service team.
• Removed the injury notation from redshirting freshman OL Chilo Rachal because of reports that he will make the Oregon St. travel squad.
• Arbitrarily moved Chilo Rachal from LG to RG to balance the chart. If you know where Rachal is practicing with the reserve team, please post feedback.
• Moved John Walker from reserve CB to the no.2 spot at split end in view of his play at wide receiver and the official depth chart dated 10/25/04.

• Added an injury notation for CB Ronald Nunn who is sitting out with a sprained knee.
• Moved freshman DE Jeff Schweiger to the no.2 spot, behind Frostee Rucker, per the official depth chart dated 10/25/04.
• Moved freshman LB/DE Keith Rivers to the no.4 spot at the other side of the D-line in view of the fact that I have observed Rivers and Schweiger playing a rush-end role at the same time.
• Removed John Walker from reserve CB in view of his play at WR.
• Moved redshirt freshman Terrell Thomas to the no.2 CB spot, behind Kevin Arbet, such that the four main CB's include Kevin Arbett, Justin Wyatt, Eric Wright, and Terrell Thomas.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
57. Rick Jean-Francois - DE
58. Michael Oher - OL (The Insiders's database currently shows his interest in USC as "none.")
59. Jonathon Stewart - RB
60. Robert Peele - CB (a "soft commit")
• Noted that DB prospect Demetrice Morley has committed to Tennessee.
• Noted that RB prospect Marlon Lucky has committed to Nebraska.

• Added a "Likely Redshirt" icon and noted which scholarship players, who have not previously redshirted, are likely to redshirt in 2004.

• Added a "Both" button to display the offensive and defensive depth charts on a single, printable page.

• Noted that freshman Jeff Byers is the No. 2 option at LG, behind John Drake (in addition to being the No.2 option at center behind Ryan Kalil).
• Noted that redshirt freshman Drew Radovich is the No.3 option at RT, in addition to being the no.2 option at RG and the no.3 option at LT.
• Removed the injury notation for redshirt freshman OL Matt Spanos in view of his play in the 10/23/04 Washington game.
• Moved redshirt freshman Matt Spanos from reserve LT to reserve RT in view of his play there in the 4th quarter of the 10/23/04 Washington game. The second string OL in that game was #79 Sam Baker at LT, #63 Travis Watkins at LG, #53 Jeff Byers at center, #60 Drew Radovich at RG, and #69 Matt Spanos at RT.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
56. Aaron Miller (juco) - Corner/Safety (Went to Oklahoma in 2002, then transferred to Fresno JC after spending 3 semester with Oklahoma)
• Noted that DT prospect Walker Ashley has committed to the Trojans.

• Moved redshirt freshman Chris Barrett from DE to TE, and updated his weight from 225 to 270, per the 10/20/04 LA Times.
• Question: Is walk-on FB Morgan Craig still on the team?

• Noted that true sophomore QB J.D. Booty, who played sparingly in four games in 2003, will redshirt 2004.

• Removed the injury notation for sophomore safety Darnell Bing who played on 10/16/04 versus ASU.
• Removed the injury notation for freshman DE Jeff Schweiger who played on 10/16/04 versus ASU.
• Removed the injury notation for sophomore DT Manuel Wright who played on 10/16/04 versus ASU.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
53. Gabe Long (juco) - DT
54. Desmond Bishop (juco) - MLB
55. Larry Brackins (juco) - WR
• Noted that OL prospect Nick Howell has committed to the Trojans.

• Moved Chris McFoy to the no.1 spot at flanker in view of Steve Smith's broken leg.
• Promoted freshman Dwayne Jarrett to the no.1 spot at split end in view of Chris McFoy's backfill of Steve Smith.
• Promoted redshirt senior Jason Mitchell to the no.3 spot at wide receiver, per the 10/14/04 Daily News.
• Noted that freshman Fred Davis is working out at wide receiver, in addition to tight end, per 10/14/04 Daily News.

• Added an injury notation for DT Manuel Wright, who is day to day for the ASU game, per the 10/14/04 Daily News.
• Noted that injured, walk-on turned schollie safety Greg Farr will not petition for a sixth year, and will try to return later this year, per the 10/14/04 Daily News.
• Moved Darnell Bing, who sat out the Cal game, back to the no.1 spot at strong safety. (Reportedly, Bing is going through drills this week, but it's not yet certain that he'll be cleared versus ASU).
• Moved Jason Leach who normally starts at free safety, but played strong safety in Bing's absence, back to free safety.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
52. Michael Coleman - S/QB
• Noted that S/QB prospect Michael Coleman has committed to the Trojans.

• Added an injury notation for sophomore wide receiver Steve Smith who broke his left fibula while diving for his 31 yard reception versus Cal.

• Added an injury notation for safety Scott Ware who fractured his foot during the game versus Cal.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
51. Demetrice Morley - S, CB
• Noted that LB prospect Kaluka Maiava has committed to the Trojans (he was previously commited to UCLA).

• Added an injury notation to the No.3 OT Matt Spanos (knee), per the 10/03/04 "Weekly Release" listing him as questionable (knee).
• Listed the No.2 RG Drew Radovich as the No.3 LT too, per the official depth chart in the weekly Release.
• Removed the injury notation for OL Alatini Malu who was evidently recovered from his appendectomy, per the Weekly Release.
• Listed juco sophomore Alatini Malu as the No.3 RG, above freshman OL Travis Draper, per the Weekly Release.
• Removed the "may return" players from the 2004 depth chart, while leaving them on the charts that include the 2005 recruits.

• Added an injury notation for strong safety Darnell Bing ("sore shoulder"), per 10/09/04 Daily News.
• Added an injury notation for reserve strong safety Greg Farr, per 10/09/04 Daily News.
• Moved Jason Leach (who usually starts at FS and backs up Bing at FS) to the No.1 spot at SS, in view of Darnell Bing's injury.
• Moved Josh Pinkard to the No.2 spot at strong safety, in view of Darnell Bing's injury, and per the 10/08/04 Daily News ("Freshman Josh Pinkard hopes to play on Saturday in a rotation with starting free safety Scott Ware and strong safety Jason Leach.")
• Returned senior Shaun Cody to starting DT, in front of Manny Wright, and to the No.2 slot at DE, behind Lawrence Jackson, per the depth chart in the Weekly Release.
• Moved CB Kevin Arbet from the no.2 spot behind CB Justin Wyatt, to the starting spot at CB opposite of Justin Wyatt, per Coach Pete Carroll's statements in the 10/08/04 Daily News (note that this conflicts with the official depth chart in the Weekly Release which identifies the starters as Nunn and Wyatt)
• Removed the "may return" players from the 2004 depth chart, while leaving them on the charts that include the 2005 recruits.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
50. Kevin Ellison - LB
• Noted that TE prospect Charles Brown has committed to the Trojans (it's a "soft commit" in that he's still visiting other schools).

• Relisted former TB Darryl Poston as a transfer, rather than a medical redshirt, in view of his transfer to the Utah Utes. Sadly, Poston was injured on his first play for the Utes (knee), and he will miss the remainder of 2004 after undergoing knee surgery.

• Added screens for the Punt Away, Punt Return, Kick Away, Kick Return, and PAT Attempt teams, per observation of special teams play versus Virginia Tech and Stanford.
• Still need to add the the FG Block and PAT Block teams (same?), and the FG Attempt team (same as the PAT Attempt team?).

• Added an injury notation for TE Nick Vanderboom who underwent knee surgery and will be out two to three weeks, per 09/29/04 Daily News.
• Dropped TE Nick Vanderboom from the no.2 spot to below Dale Thompson, Fred Davis, and Jimmy Miller, in view of his surgery.
• Noted that sophomore QB John David Booty is still not practicing "at full speed" due to his elbow injury from Fall camp, per 09/23/04 Daily News.
• Noted that redshirt sophomore Kyle Williams is the no.2 tackle on both the left and right sides, per the official pre-Stanford depth chart.
• Moved redshirt freshman Drew Radovich from the no.2 spot at LT to the no.2 spot at RG, , per the official pre-Stanford depth chart.
• Removed the injury notations for junior TE Dominique Byrd (broken knee cap a week before Fall camp), and placed him at the no.2 spot at TE, behind Alex Holmes, per the Daily News report that he will be ready to play at Cal.

• Listed senior DL Shaun Cody as the no.2 DT, as well as the no.1 DE, in view of his play at both positions.
• Added freshman backup LB Keith Rivers to the DE list (no.3 spot), opposite freshman Jeff Schweiger, in view of their frequent play as "speed ends" or "rush ends" against Stanford.
• Added walk-on turned schollie player Collin Ashton to the no.3 spot at MLB behind Tatupu and Lua (he is already the no.3 WLB behind Grootegoed and Rivers) per the official pre-Stanford depth chart.
• Moved redshirt freshman CB Eric Wright from the no.3 spot at LCB to the no.2 spot at RCB, behind Ronald Nunn, per the official pre-Stanford depth chart.
• Moved redshirt freshman CB Terrell Thomas from the no.2 spot at RCB to the no.3 spot at LCB behind Justin Wyatt and Kevin Arbett, per the official pre-Stanford depth chart.
• Moved juco Scott Ware from the no.2 spot at SS (behind Darnell Bing) to the no.2 spot at FS (behind Jason Leach), per the official pre-Stanford depth chart.
• Noted that starting FS Jason Leach is also the backup SS, behind Darnell Bing, per the official pre-Stanford depth chart.
• Added an injury notation for freshman DE Jeff Schweiger who may be out 3-4 weeks due to a bruised bone in his knee, per 09/29/04 Daily News.
• Removed the injury notation for Chris Barrett per Ryan Abraham's report that he is practicing.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
48. Edward Dickson - TE
49. LaVar Lobdell - WR

• Restored SS Greg Farr by deleting the "May Return" notation, per Sean Kennally's 9/18/04 post indicating that he was cleared by the NCAA and was on the team flight to BYU.

• Corrected the icon for freshman OL Chilo Rachal by removing the "May Return" notation and adding an injury notation (knee surgery).
• Moved Matt Cassell to the No.2 QB spot in view of reports that "Cassel has beaten out Brandon Hance for the backup QB job." (09/17/04 Seattle Times, Pac-10 Report)
• Moved JD Booty (who may or may not redshirt) to the No.4 QB spot in view of reports that "Cassel has beaten out Brandon Hance for the backup QB job." (09/17/04 Seattle Times, Pac-10 Report)

• Promoted sophomore Manny Wright to the starting DT, per 09/16/04 Daily News.
• Moved senior Shaun Cody to starting DE, in front of redshirt freshman Lawrence Jackson, in view of Manny Wright's emergence at DT.
• Corrected safety Gregg Farr's class status from senior to redshirt senior (his correct status if the NCAA permits him to return).
• Moved Scott Ware to the No.2 spot at strong safety, behind Darnell Bing, in view of reports that Ware and Bing are splitting time at practice.

• Moved all of the "May Return" players into their respective class columns and updated the scholarship count by temporarily ignoring all of the "May Return" players.

• Added an injury notation for reserve QB John David Booty who has been suffering from a nerve problem in his right elbow first reported on 08/18/04.
• Deleted the "May Return" notation for Mike Williams in view of the NCAA's denial of his petition for reinstatement.
• Moved junior Hershel Dennis to the No.3 position at TB in that he is practicing with the team again, per 09/14/04 Daily News.
• Added a "May Return" notation for junior OL Winston Justice (suspended - pellet gun).
• Added a "May Return" notation for sophomore WR Whitney Lewis(ineligible - academics).
• Added a "May Return" notation for redshirt freshman TB Chauncey Washington(ineligible - academics).
• Added a "May Return" notation for freshman TE Eugene Germany(ineligible - not cleared by NCAA).
• Added a "May Return" notation for freshman OG Chilo Rachal(ineligible - not cleared by NCAA).
• Moved injured FB Brandon Hancock to the bottom of the stack since he is not available and not expected to play in 2004.
• Moved injured OL Alatini Malu to the bottom of the stack at RG since he is not available while recovering from an appendectomy.
• Removed the injury notation for TE Alex Holmes.
• Removed the injury notation for WR William Buchanon.

• Added a "May Return" notation for SS Greg Farr(ineligible - academics).
• Added a "May Return" notation for freshman DT Thomas Herring(ineligible - transcripts)
• Removed injury notation for DE LaJuan Ramsey since he participated in the 09/11/04 game versus Colorado State.
• Removed injury notation for DE Rashaad Goodrum since he participated in the 09/11/04 game versus Colorado State.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
46. Kyle Moore - DE
47. Adrian McCovey - MLB

• Added an injury notation for sophomore juco OL Alatini Malu (appendectomy), per 08/26/04 LA Times.
• Promoted redshirt junior Greig Carlson to the No. 2 spot at flanker, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Moved WR William Buchanon from flanker to split end, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Moved redshirt freshman Drew Radovich from reserve RT to the No.2 LT, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Moved John Drake from RG to LG, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Moved Fred Matua from LG to RG, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Moved Hershel Dennis to the bottom of the TB roster in view of his suspension.

• Moved Travis Tofi from reserve DT to reserve DE, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Moved LaJuan Ramsey from reserve DT to the No.2 DE behind Lawrence Jackson, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Moved Matt Grootegoed from SLB to WLB, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Moved Dallas Sartz from WLB to SLB, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Promoted Justin Wyatt to the starting CB, in front of Kevin Arbet, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.
• Promoted Greg Farr per the official depth chart of 08/23/04. (a walk-on who was just awarded a scholarship) to the No.2 spot at SS, per the official depth chart of 08/23/04.

• Moved redshirt sophomore Fred Matua from starting RG to starting LG.
• Promoted juco senior John Drake to the starting RG.
• Noted that redshirt sophomore walk-on tight end Nick Vanderboom was awarded a scholarship, per 08/21/04 Daily News.
• Promoted redshirt sophomore tight end Nick Vanderboom to the No.1 spot at TE, in view of Alex Holmes' strained knee, per 08/21/04 Daily News.
• Moved freshman Fred Davis from the wide receiver roster to the tight end roster.
• Added an injury notation for redshirt junior wide receiver William Buchanon who hyperextended his knee, per 08/21/04 Daily News.

• Noted that senior walk-on safety Gregg Farr was awarded a scholarship, per 08/20/04 Daily News.
• Noted that redshirt freshman DT Ryan Watson, reported to be academically ineligible on about 08/04/04, is transferring to the Southern Miss. Golden Eagles, per 08/22/04 article on GoldenEagle.net.
• Added an injury notation for juco junior DE Rashaad Goodrum who recently had knee surgery, per 08/10/04 Daily News.

• Promoted freshman center Jeff Byers to the No.2 spot, behind sophomore Ryan Kalil, per 08/14/04 Daily News.
• Promoted juco-transfer junior Taitusi Lutui to the starting right tackle, per 08/14/04 Daily News.
• Noted that senior starting tight end Alex Holmes will miss five to seven days because of a calf strain, per 08/13/04 Daily News.
• Noted that reserve tight end Kurt Katnik is out indefinitely because of headaches from two concussions, per 08/12/04 Daily News.
• Noted that walk-on tailback Ashton White will not enroll until Spring 2005, per 08/14/04 Daily News.
• Moved freshman Fili Moala from the O-line (LT) to the D-line (DT), per GarryP.

• Moved senior Shaun Cody from DE, back to DT, leaving redshirt freshman Lawrence Jackson as the starting DE.
• Removed the injury notation (toe) from starting DE Frostee Rucker since he has been practicing.
• Promoted freshman Jeff Schweiger to the No.2 DE spot, behind Frostee Rucker.
• Moved Matt Grootegoed from the starting WLB to the starting SLB.
• Promoted sixth-year senior Kevin Arbet to the starting CB, above Justin Wyatt, per 08/14/04 LA Times.
• Moved Dallas Sartz from the starting SLB to the starting WLB.
• Promoted freshman LB Keith Rivers to the No.2 spot at WLB, behind Dallas Sartz, per 08/14/04 Daily News.
• Promoted freshman Josh Pinkard to the No.2 spot at strong safety, behind Darnell Bing, per O.C. Register.
• Promoted juco transfer junior Scott Ware to the No.2 spot at free safety, behind Jason Leach, per O.C. Register.
• Noted the re-injury of redshirt freshman DE Chris Barrett's shoulder, per 08/14/04 Daily News.

• Noted that OL prospect Rodney Picou committed to Nebraska.

• Switched freshman Eugene Germany from LB to TE, per practice observations.
• Moved redshirt sophomore WR Chris McFoy to the No.1 spot at split-end, where Mike Williams may return, per the 08/05/04 Daily News.
• Moved true freshman WR Dwayne Jarrett to the No. 2 spot at split-end, per 08/05/04 Daily News.
• Moved true freshman WR Fred Davis to the No. 3 spot at split-end, per my own opinion.
• Moved redshirt junior WR William Buchanon from the No. 1 spot at split-end to the No. 2 spot at flanker, just behind Steve Smith, since, per my own opinion, he should stay near the top of the depth chart at WR.
• Added freshman walk-on wide receiver #48 Brad Walker.

• Switched freshman Michael Stuart from TE to SLB, per practice observations.
• Added walk-on freshman linebacker Clay Matthews, Jr., per 08/05/04 Daily News.
• Noted that Ashton White has qualified to join the team as a walk-on. I put him at FB. I am uncertain as to his class.
• Added freshman walk-on cornerback #22 Jim Abbott.

• Eugene Germany, 57 to 80

• Noted that the No. 2 tight end Dominique Byrd re-injured his knee in a pickup basketball game.
• Noted that sophomore wide receiver Whitney Lewis is ineligible and will "try to re-enroll in the Spring," per the 08/04/04 Daily News.
• Noted that redshirt freshman tailback Chauncey Washington (who would redshirt anyway) is ineligible and will also "try to return to USC in the Spring," per the 08/04/04 Daily News.
• Noted that juco wide receiver Chris Brewer will NOT join USC this Fall because he does not have the necessary grades, per the 08/04/04 Daily News.
• Removed injury notation for senior juco OG John Drake since he is actively participating in Fall drills, per GarryP.
• Noted that freshman OT Fili Moala is wearing #91, per GarryP.

• Noted that redshirt freshman DT Ryan Watson is ineligible, per the 08/04/04 Daily News.
• Noted that walk-on redshirt junior linebacker/long snapper Collin Ashton was awarded a scholarship, per GarryP.

  (Note: There are three other scholarship players who were once walk-ons: fellow long snapper Will Collins, wide receiver/punt returner Greig Carlson and cornerback Kevin Arbet.

• Noted that redshirt freshman DT Ryan Watson is currently ineligible to play, but is appealing, per 08/04/04 Daily News.
• Noted that junior juco DE Rashaad Goodrum is wearing #44, per GarryP.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
45. Bryan Evans - CB
• Noted that QB prospect Ryan Perrilloux committed to Texas.

• Added schedules for 2007 and 2008 based on the Trojan Football Alumni Club directory.

• Noted that redshirt senior QB Brandon Hance changed his jersey number from 8 to 4, per 08/04/04 Daily News.
• Noted that freshman WR Dwayne Jarrett changed his jersey number from 80 to 8, per 08/04/04 Daily News.

• Noted that redshirt senior DE Van Brown will not return to the team this Fall and will transfer, per GarryP.

• Terrell Thomas, 29 to 28
• Fred Matua, 57 to 51

• Rocky Hinds, 7
• Derrick Jones, 26
• Josh Pinkard, 36
• Michael Stuart, 43
• Jeff Byers, 53
• Jeff Schweiger, 54
• Keith Rivers, 55
• Ryan Powdrell, 56
• Eugene Germany, 57
• Travis Draper 64
• Chilo Rachal, 66
• Alatini Malu, 70
• Taitusi Lutui, 77
• Dwayne Jarrett, 80
• Fred Davis, 83
• Jimmy Miller, 88
• Dale Thompson, 89
• Lawrence Miles, 93
• Thomas Herring, 94

• Noted that five-star quarterback Mark Sanchez gave his verbal commitment to the Trojans, per 07/17/04 Insiders.com article.
• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
Rodney Picou - OG

• Removed the injury notation from Matt Cassel since he has been actively participating in the voluntary 7-on-7 drills.

• Removed incoming freshman LB/DE Jonathon Turner from the roster per reports that he has committed to Arizona. Turner signed a Letter of Intent in February of 2003, but didn't qualify for entry in the Fall of 2003. He later qualified and was widely expected that he would join the team in the Fall of 2004. However, neither Turner nor USC were bound by his 2003 Letter of Intent because he didn't enter in 2003.

• Noted that USC has extended offers to the following recruits:
Cary Harris - CB
• Noted that CB prospect Johnny Sears has committed to Michigan.

• Noted that the USC coaches are looking at JUCO wide receiver Chris Brewer for possible entry in Fall of this year, per GarryP.

• freshman wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett.
• walkon redshirt junior center Ross Burruel.
• walkon redshirt freshman FB Sean Kelly.
• walkon redshirt freshman TB John Griffin.
• walkon redshirt junior CB Justin Tolliver.
• walkon redshirt freshman kicker Mario Danelo.

37. Victor Harris - CB
38. Callahan Bright - DT
39. Walker Ashley - DT
40. Eugene Hayes - OLB
41. Reggie Smith - FS
42. Chris Barney - OT

Dace Richardson - OT
32. Derrick Williams - WR
33. B.J. Travers - LB
34. Nick HOwell - OT
35. Travis Beckum - LB
36. Syd'Quan Thompson - CB

• Stopped counting Winston Justice in the scholarship count for true juniors because he is suspended for 2004/05. (Please correct me if I'm wrong).

• Added "four-star" juco defensive end Rashaad Goodrum. He previously signed a letter of intent to Washington. However, after he didn't earn his AA in time and became a recruitable athlete again, he reconsidered his decision and selected USC.

• Returned Mike Williams to the offense page under the heading "May Return?"
• Noted that tight end Gregg Guenther, who started several games in 2003 with Dominique Byrd and Alex Holmes injured, has elected to quit the football team to focus on basketball, per 05/20/04 OC Register.
• Moved Matt Cassel from tight end back to quarterback, per 05/04/04 LA Times.

• Noted that high school punter Taylor Odegard (currently a senior) will join the USC football team as a 2004 Fall walk-on, per 04/28/04 post by GarryP.
• Noted that high school kicker Troy Van Blarcom (currently a junior) gave his verbal commitment to the Trojans, per 04/26/04 WeAreSC.com article. Troy Van Blarcom is the Trojans first public verbal for 2005.

1. Adam Myers-White - FS
2. Anthony Moeaki- TE
3. Averell Spicer - DL
4. Brian Cushing - LB
5. C.J. Byrd - S
6. Charles Brown - TE
7. DajLeon Farr - TE
8. Dan Doering - OL
9. DeSean Jackson - WR
10. Ekom Udofia - DL
11. Erik Lorig - TE
12. Eugene Monroe - OL
13. Fred Rouse- WR
14. James McKinney - DL
15. Johnny Sears - CB
16. Justin King - CB
17. Kevin Thomas - CB
18. Luthur Brown - LB
19. Mark Sanchez - QB
20. Marlon Lucky - TB
21. Maurice Wells - TB
22. Melvin Alaeze - DL
23. Neefy Moffett - LB
24. Nyan Boateng - WR
25. Patrick Turner - WR,TE
26. Rey Maualuga - LB
27. Ryan Perrilloux - QB
28. Todd Cox - LB
29. Tray Blackman - LB
30. Will Harris - S

• Moved redshirt freshman Matt Spanos from reserve LG to reserve LT, behind Sam Baker, per the official 04/09/04 Depth Chart.
• Moved Michael Stuart, who will join the team in the Fall, from flanker to tight end, per the official 04/09/04 Depth Chart.

• Moved Ryan Watson from the offensive line, back to the defensive line, per the official 04/09/04 Depth Chart.

• Noted that reserve linebacker Collin Ashton is also a reserve snapper, per the official 04/09/04 Depth Chart.

• Moved sophomore wide receiver Whitney Lewis to the #1 spot on the split end list, per the 04/09/04 Daily News.
• Left Steve Smith at the #1 spot at flanker such that Steve Smith and Whitney Lewis are #1 on for the receiving spots vacated by Keary Colbert and Mike Williams.
• Moved William Buchanon to the #2 split end spot behind Whitney Lewis, per 04/09/04 "Comments From Pete Carroll as End of Spring Practice Nears."
• Moved freshman wide receiver Fred Davis to the #3 spot at split end, behind Whitney Lewis and William Buchanon, per the 04/09/04 "Comments From Pete Carroll as End of Spring Practice Nears."
• Moved redshirt senior Lee Webb to the #1 fullback spot (he being a "standout" in replacing injured starter Brandon Hancock), per the 04/09/04 "Comments From Pete Carroll as End of Spring Practice Nears."

• Moved Terrell Thomas and Eric Wright to the #3 cornerback positions on opposite sides of the field, per the 04/09/04 "Comments From Pete Carroll as End of Spring Practice Nears."
• Moved Matt Grootegoed from the starting strongside linebacker position to the starting weakside linebacker position.
• Promoted Dallas Sartz to the starting strongside linebacker.
• Moved redshirt freshman Thomas Williams from the weakside linebacker list and listed him as the reserve strongside linebacker behind Dallas Sartz.
• Listed Ryan Ting as being a reserve safety in addition to being a reserve cornerback.

• Added injury notation for reserve quarterback/tight end Matt Cassell who broke his foot while pitching against UCLA on 03/28/04, per 04/01/04 Daily News.
• Moved junior fullback Brandon Hancock to the bottom of the fullback list since he will miss the 2004 season while recovering from a March 2004 surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee. He suffered the injury in the Rose Bowl victory over Michigan.
• Noted that 2003 non-qualifier Fili Moala has qualified, will start working out with the team this Summer, and will enroll in classes in the Fall. He's currently listed on the O-line, but it's not yet clear which side of the ball he'll line up on.
• Noted that junior offensive tackle Winston Justice has been suspended for two semesters and will not play in the 2004 season.

• Noted that linebacker Clay Matthews Jr. of Agoura, the son of former USC linebacker Clay Matthews and brother of former USC safety Kyle Matthews, intends walk-on in the fall, 03/13/04 Daily News.
• Moved senior defensive lineman Shaun Cody from DT to DE, per the 03/31/04 Daily News.
• Added injury notation for redshirt junior defensive end Frostee Rucker who aggravated a toe ligament previously injured in the Rose Bowl.
• Noted that cornerback Kevin Arbet was cleared by the NCAA for a sixth year.
• Removed the injury notation for linebacker Oscar Lua as he has been participating in Spring Practice.
• Noted that the coaches may move Oscar Lua from linebacker to fullback in view of Brandon Hancock's season ending surgery.

• Promptly returned Lee webb to the list of fullbacks, in addition to the linebacker list, per the LA Times.
• Removed the injury notation for Alex Holmes and returned him to the starting tight end position.
• Noted that redshirt senior Travis Watkins and juco sophomore Alatini Malu are competing for the LG position, per GarryP's Trojan Confidential show.
• Elevated sophomore Kyle Williams to the starting position at RT since Winston Justice is not participating in Spring drills and may not return to the team.

• Noted that freshman linebacker Jonathon Turner has qualified and will enter in the Fall, per GarryP.
• Removed the injury notation for linebacker Matt Grootegoed, cornerback Eric Wright, and cornerback Terrell Thomas since they are participating in Spring practice.
• Removed the injury notation for cornerback Kevin Arbet since his is healthy, per GarryP (though he has only been cleared by the Pac-10, and not yet by the NCAA, for his sixth year).
• Elevated redshirt freshman DT Sedrick Ellis to the #2 position, and noted that he is competing with Mike Patterson, per GarryP's Trojan Confidential show.

• Removed the injury notation for wide receivers Whitney Lewis and William Buchanon based on their full participation in Spring practice.
• Removed Matt Cassell from the list of QBs as he is only listed as a tight end in the Spring Prospectus.
• Added redshirt freshman Desmond Reed to the tailback list, removing him from the wide receiver and cornerback lists, per the Spring Prospectus.
• Removed wide receiver D Hale from the roster as he is listed as a "lost squadman" in the Spring Prospectus.
• Removed injured OL John Drake from the tackle positions, though he started there at times in 2003, because he is only listed as a guard in the Spring Prospectus.
• Moved freshman Travis Draper from the left tackle position to the center and right guard positions based on observation of him at the RG position at practice and his being identified as a center or guard in the Spring Prospectus.
• Moved redshirt freshman Matt Spanos from RT to the LG position, and removed him the list of defensive ends, based on his being identified as an OG in the Spring Prospectus.
• Added redshirt freshman Drew Radovich to the LT position, in addition to the LG position, in view of his being listed as an OG-OT in the Spring Prospectus.
• Moved incoming juco Taitusi "Deuce" Lutui from LG to LT per his being listed as an OG in the Spring Prospectus.
• Added juco Alatini Malu who is already listed in the LG list to the LT list in view of his being listed as an OG-OT in the Spring Prospectus.
• Added incoming freshman Chilo Rachal who is already listed in the RG list to the RT list in view of his being listed as an OG-OT in the Spring Prospectus.
• Added "converted defensive tackle" Ryan Watson to the offensive guard list per the Spring Prospectus.

• Removed Lee webb from the list of fullbacks and switched him back to the middle-linebacker postion, per the Spring Prospectus.
• Removed Chris Barrett from the tight end list, leaving him on the defensive end list.
• Removed Dallas Sartz from the tight end list, leaving him only in his natural positions linebacker and safety.
• Moved incoming freshman Eugene Germany from defensive end to linebacker per the Spring Prospectus.
• Removed double-listed Jimmy Miller from the defensive end list, leaving him in the tight end list, per the Spring Prospectus.
• Added LaJuan Ramsey to the defensive end list, in addition to the defensive tackle list, per the Spring Prospectus.
• Removed the injury notation from s in view of his participation in Spring practice.
• Moved incoming freshman Thomas Herring from defensive tackle to defensive end per the Spring Prospectus.
• Removed walkon Forest Mozart from the free safety list per his being listed as a "lost squadman" in the Spring Prospectus.
• Converted sophomore Brandon Ting from cornerback to reserve safety per the Spring Prospectus.

• Removed punter Tom Malone as a placekicker.
• Removed reserve punter Zack Sherwood as he is listed as a "lost squadman" in the Spring Prospectus.
• Added placekicker Ryan Killeen as the reserve punter behind Tom Malone.

• Marco Chavez, 85 to 48
• Chris McFoy, 89 to 82

• Noted that junior fullback Brandon Hancock will miss Spring practice to undergo knee surgery and may miss the entire season if the doctors determine that his ACL is torn, per 03/04/04 Daily News.
• Added walkon redshirt sophomore wide receiver Wil Smith, per the official Spring roster from usctrojans.com.
• Added walkon redshirt junior center Ross Burruel, per the official Spring roster from usctrojans.com.

• Returned walkon safety Greg Farr to the roster as his name appears on the official Spring practice roster at usctrojans.com.
• Returned walkon tight end Owen Hanson to the roster as his name appears on the official Spring practice roster at usctrojans.com.

• Moved Carl Smith from tight end coach to quarterbacks coach, per 03/02/04 usctrojans.com article.
• Noted that Brennan Carroll was rehired as a fulltime assistant in charge of the tight ends, per 03/02/04 usctrojans.com article.
• Noted that Lane Kiffin was given the added responsibility of "passing game coordinator" in addition to continuing to serve as the wide receivers coach, per 03/02/04 usctrojans.com article.

• Alatini Malu, 70
• Fred Davis, 83
• Travis Draper 64
• Wil Smith, 9
• Ross Burruel, 61

• Will Collins, 70 to 50
• Mario Darnelo, 46 to 19
• Kurt Katnik, 85/61 to 85 only

• Noted that quarterbacks coach Steve Sarkisian is leaving to accept a coaching position with the Oakland Raiders.

• Moved redshirt freshman Sam Baker to the LT position vacated by graduating senior Jacob Rogers, per Ryan..
• Moved juco sophomore Alatini Malu from tackle to guard, per Ryan.

• Removed LB Sailo Faraimo who retired from the team with a medical scholarship due to multiple concussions, per 02/27/04 Daily News.

• Noted that junior wide receiver Mike Williams will enter the NFL draft and give up his final two years of eligibility at USC.

• Noted that walkon redshirt freshman snapper Will Collins was awarded a scholarship, per 02/18/04 OC Register. Also noted that he will handle short snapping for fieldgoals and extra points and long snapping for punts.

• Noted that walkon-turned-scholarship cornerback Kevin Arbet has been approved by the NCAA for a sixth year, per 02/23/04 LA Times. Moved Arbet to the starting CB position, opposite Nunn.

• Added new running backs coach Todd McNair, per 02/17/04 article at usctrojans.com.

• Added new tight end coach, Carl Smith.

• wide receiver Steve Levario
• safety Matt Lemos
• safety Kyle Matthews
• center Spencer Torgan

• Updated to reflect 2004 signees.

• Noted that RB/LB Sekili Faaeteete is no longer committed to USC ("academic isues"?, not willing to accept a grayshirt?).
• Noted that 2003 non-qual Jonathon Turner will not enroll for the Spring Semester afterall, per GarryP.
• Corrected juco transfer and early enrollee Alatini Malu from Freshman to Sophomore.

• Corrected the count for True Sophomores from 11 to 12.
• Put wide receiver D Hale back on the roster because he has reportedly applied to the NCAA for a sixth year due to being injured in both 2002 and 2003.
• Assigned early enrollees Jonathon Turner and Travis Draper to the two remaining spots in the 2003 class since they were 2003 commits.

• Removed the commit status for Pomona, California DE recruit Eugene Germany since he has denied that he committed to USC and will not announce until signing day.

• Noted that safeties coach Rocky Seto will move to linebackers coach, per 01/26/04 Daily News.
• Noted that former UCLA and NFL linebacker, Ken Norton, Jr. will join the coaching staff for a position to be announced, per 01/26/04 Daily News.

• Noted that Ohio wide receiver recruit Fred Davis has committed to the Trojans and enrolled for the Spring Semester (per 01/26/04 Toledo Blade).

• Noted that running backs coach Kennedy Pola has taken a job with the NFL's Cleveland Browns.

• Noted that safety Mike Ross is transferring, per 01/23/04 Daily News.
• Noted that the playing career of linebacker Daniel Urquhart is over because he is taking a medical redshirt, per 01/23/04 Daily News.

• Noted that receiver/defensive back Lamar Herron will not attend because of grade problems, per 01/23/04 Daily News.
• Noted that 2003 non-qual Travis Draper, 2003 non-qual Jonathon Turner, and JC transfer OL Alatini Malu have already enrolled for the Spring Semester. They will practice with the team in March.

• Completely revised the menu bar.
• Added an "Intro" page and a "Schedules" page.
• Renamed "Kicking" to "Special Tms".
• Added a "Notes" page for Roster notes.
• Added a "Former" page for recruits who are no longer being recruited by USC.
• Added "Departures" pages to keep track of outgoing players.

• Deleted all of the outgoing players.

• Noted that cornerback recruit Ted Ginn committed to Ohio State.
• Noted that OL recruit Thomas Herring reportedly commited to USC after the 11/01/03 WSU game (per the 12/01/03 Long Beach Press Telegram), but I left him listed as a non-committed recruit since he has not to my knowledge made his commit "public".
• Noted that DE recruit Jeff Schweiger committed to USC during the the fourth quarter of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, per 01/04/04 OC Register.
• Noted that Alatini Malu, a 6-5, 310 lb offensive lineman from LBCC who is aka "Tiny," reconsidered his verbal to Cal, committed to USC, and signed a letter of intent on 01/16/04.
• Noted that QB recruit Rocky Hinds committed to USC on Saturday, per the 01/17/03 Daily Times.
• Noted that Pomona, California DE recruit Eugene Germany committed to USC on Saturday, per the 01/17/03 Daily Times.

• Removed freshman safety Darnell Bing from the TB roster since that possibility never materialized.
• Added redshirt junior Travis Watkins to the 2nd team position at RG, behind Fred Matua, due to the injury to John Drake.
• Promoted redshirt senior Eric Torres to the 2nd team position at RT, behind Winston Justice, due to the injury to John Drake.

• Removed the injury notation for redshirt senior DE Omar Nazel because he has been cleared by doctors to play in the Rose Bowl.
• Added an injury notation for freshman linebacker Sailo Faraimo (multiple concussions), noting that his playing career MAY be over, per 12/23/03 Daily News.
• Added an injury notation for junior linebacker Bobby Otani (multiple concussion ) who has reportedly submitted paperwork to take a medical redshirt, per 12/23/03 Daily News.
• Moved freshman Terrell Thomas from the safety roster to the cornerback roster, per 12/24/97 posting by tirebiter97 indicating that he is working exclusively with the corners now.
• Moved freshman DT Manuel Wright to the #2 position, behind Shaun Cody, per USC's "Interactive Depth Chart".

• Noted that Arizona JUCO OL recruit Taitusi Lutui Committed to USC. Lutui last attended Snow College in Ephraim, Utah. He was heavily recruited by BYU.
• Noted that QB prospect Matt Tuiasosopo committed to Washington on 12/17/03.

• Removed junior linebacker Bobby Otani owing to his application for a medical redshirt.

• Added injury notation for freshman TB Chauncey Washington who will not play in the Rose Bowl, per 12/19/03 Daily News.
• Removed WR Whitney Lewis from the FB and TB rosters

• Added injury notation for safety Mike Ross who is not expected to play in the Rose Bowl because of concussions, per 12/15/03 Daily News.

• Removed injury notation from FB Brandon Hancock, per 12/13/03 LA Times.
• Removed injury notation from TB Chauncey Washington, per 12/13/03 LA Times.

• Noted that Culver City, California WR Michael Bumpus has verbally commited to USC, per GarryP.
• Noted that Florida linebacker Keith Rivers has verbally commited to USC, per GarryP.

• Added injury status notation for WR William Buchanon (back), per 12/06/03 Injury Report in the Daily News.
• Added injury status notation for WR Whitney Lewis (knee), per 12/06/03 Injury Report in the Daily News.

• Returned WLB Melvin Simmons to the starting slot, per the official 11/30/03 Depth Chart from usctrojans.com.
• Moved fresham LB Salo Faraimo from the WLB lineup to the SLB lineup, at the #4 positoin, per the official 11/30/03 Depth Chart from usctrojans.com.

• Noted that California safety Josh Pinkard has verbally commited to USC.

• Added full-screen print capability.

• Added full-screen print capability.

• Added injury notation for freshman backup QB John David Booty who is out with a broken wrist from Dave Ball's sack during the 4th quarter of the UCLA game.
• Elevated redshirt junior backup QB Brandon Hance to the #2 position in view of Booty's injury.
• Elevated backup QB Billy Hart to the #3 position, and left Matt Cassell at tight end, per Coach Carroll's comments in the 11/24/03 Daily News.

• Added injury notation for starting RG John Drake who fractured his ankle early in the UCLA game.
• Elevated redshirt freshman Fred Matua to the starting RG position.

• Added injury notation for FB Brandon Hancock (sprained left knee) who will not play against UCLA, per 11/20/03 Daily News.

• Removed the injury notation from OLB Melvin Simmons (bruised fibula) because he will play against UCLA, but not start, per 11/21/03 Daily News.

• Moved WR Jason Mitchell to the #2 position, behind Mike Williams and ahead of Williams Buchanon, per the official depth chart from usctrojans.com dated 11/09/03.
• Added freshman Whitney Lewis to the #5 flanker roster (the official depth chart listing only four), per suggestion of Trojans2Win.
• Moved Eric Torres upward to the #3 RT position, per the official depth chart from usctrojans.com dated 11/09/03.
• Added backup QB Matt Cassell to the #3 slot in the tight end roster, per the depth chart from usctrojans.com dated 11/09/03.

• Added injury status notation for WLB Melvin Simmons (bruised fibula), per 11/14/03 Daily News.
• Noted that walkon LB Collin Ashton will start at Arizona in place of Melvin Simmons, per 11/14/03 Daily News.
• Added injury status notation for redshirt senior starting DE Omar Nazel, per 11/14/03 Daily News.
• Noted that sophomore Frostee Rucker will start for Omar Nazel, backed up walkon junior Jay Bottom, per 11/14/03 Daily News.
• Noted that Dallas Sartz will start at the strongside position, in place of Matt Grootegoed, per the 11/14/03 Daily News.
• Added injury status notation for backup DT LaJuan Ramsey (shoulder), per 11/14/03 Daily News.

• Moved OL John Drake to the starting RG position, per 11/11/03 Daily News.
• Restated the injury issues notation for OL Eric Torres as he is still suffering from the effect of the broken fibula from last year's Orange Bowl, per 11/11/03 Daily News.

• Noted that La Quinta, California DL recruit Lawrence Miles Committed to USC.
• Noted that TE/WR recruit Jaison Williams committed to Oregon.

• Updated the injury status for MLB Daniel Urquhart, noting that he is out for the season, per 11/10/03 Daily News.

• Noted that California JUCO LB Ryan Powdrell has verbally commited to USC.
• Noted that Pomona, California DE Eugene Germany has an offer from USC.

• Added an injury notation for freshman TB Chauncey Washington since he has a stress fracture in his right ankle, not just a sprain, per 11/07/03 OC Register.

• Noted that CB Will Poole will be given a chance to return punts, per 11/07/03 OC Register.

• Added "Star Rankings" based on the Insider's site.
• Noted that Woodinville, Washington QB Matt Tuiasosopo has an offer from USC.
• Noted that Texas TB Adrian Peterson has an offer from USC.
• Noted that Oakland, California TB Marshawn Lynch has an offer from USC.
• Noted that Oakland, California WR Kenny O'Neal has an offer from USC.
• Noted that La Quinta, California DL Lawrence Miles has an offer from USC.
• Noted that Florida DT Dumaka Atkins has an offer from USC.
• Noted that California JUCO LB Ryan Powdrell has an offer from USC.
• Noted that Louisiana LB Luke Sanders has an offer from USC, or is at least getting interest from the staff, as implied by GarryP's "Recruiting Overview" post dated 11/07/03.
• Noted that New Jersey CB Marquise Liverpool has an offer from USC.
• Moved verbal commit Sekili Faaeteete from LB to FB, per GarryP's "Recruiting Overview" post dated 11/07/03.
• Moved verbal commit Michael Stuart from TE/DE to WR, per GarryP's "Recruiting Overview" post dated 11/07/03.

• Added redshirting freshman CB Desmond Reed to the WR roster to "see whether he can play offense," per 11/05/03 Daily News.
• Noted that WR William Buchanon underwent an MRI for a sore back, per 11/05/03 Daily News.

• Noted that Corona, California tight end recruit Dale Thompson has verbally commited to USC.
• Noted that safety recruit Josh Pinkard has an offer from USC.

• Noted that Loveland, Colorado OL prospect Jeff Byers has verbally committed to USC (announced during an ESPN chat on 10/29/03).
• Noted that Wisconsin DE Rhyan Anderson has an offer from USC.

• Added an injury notation for LB Matt Grootegoed since he now says that his high ankle sprain may prevent him from playing against Washington, per 10/21/03 Daily News.
• Moved William Buchanon from backup CB to WR in an effort to get more production out of the No.3 WR spot, per 10/21/03 LA Times.
• Removed (belatedly) Fili Moala who did not qualify under NCAA entrance requirements, per 08/27/03 Daily News.

• Moved Justin Wyatt from backup WR to backup CB, per 10/21/03 LA Times.

• Noted that OT Jacob Rogers went down with a sprained right knee late in the third quarter, but said he should be ready to return next week when the Trojans play at Washington.
• Removed injury notation for backup OG Travis Watkins (back surgery on 6/30) as he has since played in several games.

• Noted DE Omar Nazel's injury (disclocated right thumb) and Coach Carroll's expectation that he would play against Washington on 10/25/03.
• Noted that linebacker Matt Grootegoed's sprained ankle felt no worse Sunday, which means he'll probably be available this week, though not 100 percent. ... (10/20/03 Daily News)

• Noted that TE Dominique Byrd has an injury (torn knee ligaments) and is out for the season, per 10/12/03 Daily News.
• Removed injury notation for RT Winston Justice as he is expected to be 100% and play against ND, per 10/12/03 Daily News.

• Noted that MLB Daniel Urquhart has an injury (pinched nerve in his neck) and is not expected to play against ND, per 10/12/03 Daily News.
• Removed injury notation from starting MLB Lofa Tatupu who injured his ankle against Cal (9/27/03) but played in the first half against Stanford (10/11/03). Given Urquhart's injury, and USC's lead over Stanford, Tatupu was taken out in the second half as a precaution.

• Promoted freshman QB John David Booty to the No. 2 slot behind Matt Leinart, per 10/10/03 Daily News.

• Noted that RB/LB Sekili Faaeteete committed to USC, per 10/10/03 Daily News.

• Removed the "injury issues" notation for QB Brandon Hance.
• Promoted QB Brandon Hance to the No. 2 spot on the depth chart, per 10/06/03 Daily News.
• Returned TB Hershel Dennis to the No. 1 spot on the depth chart, per 10/06/03 Daily News ("Carroll said sophomore Hershel Dennis would continue starting ahead of freshman LenDale White at tailback").

• Removed the "injury issues" notation for backup DE Van Brown (he missed the first three games due to a groin pull, but played against Cal and ASU).

• Removed the injury notation from sophomore FB Brandon Hance. He returned to the lineup against ASU on 10/04/03, scoring his first college TD on a pass from Matt Leinart.
• Moved healthy FB Brandon Hancock to the #1 position.
• Noted that sophomore RT Winston Justice is injured (anlke sprain against Cal).
• Noted that juco OL John Drake will backup the injured Winston Justice.
• Removed the injury issues notation from backup OL Eric Torres since he helped backup the injured Winston Justice during the ASU game.
• Added freshman Whitney Lewis to the TB roster, at the 4th position behind Hershel Dennis, Reggie Bush and Lendale White, per 09/25/03 Daily News. I left him at FB as well, for now.
• Moved freshman TB LenDale White to the #1 slot, above Hershel Dennis and Reggie Bush, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.
• Moved Whitney Lewis to the #5 TB position since he is not listed in the top 4 slots in USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.
• Moved redshirt senior Chris McFoy from the #4 SE position to the #4 FL position, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03 (difference?).
• Moved redshirt junior Jason Mitchell to the #3 SE position, behind Mike Williams and Justin Wyatt, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.

• Noted that freshman DE Chris Barrett has an injury (dislocated left shoulder and loose ligaments in right shoulder), per 09/25/03 Daily News.
• Moved backup DE Van Brown to the #2 position behind Kenechi Udeze, in view of Chris Barret's injury.
• Noted that sophomore LaJuan Ramsey is the backup NT, behind Mike Patterson, in addition to being the backup DT behind Shaun Cody, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.
• Noted that redshirt sophomore MLB Lofa Tatupu, who leads the Trojans in tackles, is injured (anlke sprain against Cal).
• Moved redshirt junior, juco backup MLB Daniel Urquhart to the 1st position, in front of injured MLB's Oscar Lua and Lofa Tatupu.
• Noted that starting WLB Melvin Simmons, is a backup at SLB and MLB, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.
• Noted that starting SLB Matt Grootegoed is a backup at WLB, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.
• Moved sophomore, backup SLB Dallas Sartz to the #2 position behind starting SS Darnell Bing (in front of #3 Mike Ross) and to the #2 position behind starting FS Jason Leach, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.
• Moved redshirt junior CB Ronald Nunn from the #2 position behind starting CB Marcell Allmond, to the #2 position behind stating CB Will Poole, in front of John Walker, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.
• Noted that sophomore William Buchanon is at the #2 position behind starting CB Marcell Allmond, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.

• Noted that starting WR Keary Colbert is the #4 KOR and PR option, per USC's official two-deep as of 10/06/03.

• Noted that Florida safety/WR prospect Kenny Ingram has an offer from USC, per WeAreSC.com recruiting database.
• Noted that Illinois LB prospect Kyle Williams commited to Iowa on 08/30/03.
• Noted that WR/DE Michael Stuart has committed to USC.

• Added backup SLB Dallas Sartz to the backup SS spot as well, behind starting SS Darnell Bing (nursing an ankle) and backup SS Mike Ross.
• Updated the roll-over info re MLB Oscar Lua's injury status (out for year).

• Noted John Drake as the backup LT behind Jacob Rogers, above Nate Steinbacher.
• Moved Travis Watkins above John Drake at the backup LG position, behind Lenny Vandermade.
• Noted that starting LT Lenny Vandermade is the 2nd backup at center, behind Norm Katnik and Ryan Kalil.
• Moved up freshman TBs Lendale White and Chauncey Washington to the #3 and #4 TB slots, behind Hershel Dennis and Reggie Bush, per USC's official two-deep as of 09/08/03.
• Moved freshman WR Steve Smith from the second split end position to the second flanker position, per USC's official two-deep as of 09/08/03.
• Moved sophomore WR Justin Wyatt from the second flanker position to the second split end position, per USC's official two-deep as of 09/08/03.
• Moved TEs Dominique Byrd and Gregg Guenther to the #1 and #2 TE slots, and moved Alex Holmes to the bottom of the depth chart in view of his back injury.

• Noted that starting CB Kevin Arbet is out for the year with a stress fracure in his foot, per the 09/08/03 Daily News.
• Promoted Will Poole to the starting CB spot in view of his performance in the Auburn and BYU games and Arbet's injury.
• Moved freshman Sedrick Ellis from the backup spot behind DT's Shaun Cody and LaJuan Ramsey into the 2nd backup spot behind NT's Mike Patterson and Travis Tofi, per USC's official two-deep as of 09/08/03.
• Moved freshman Thomas Williams in front of walk-on Collin Ashton, to the 2nd backup spot behind WLB's Melvin Simmons and Bobbby Otani, per USC's official two-deep as of 09/08/03.

• Noted that USC's holders are punter Tom Malone and QB Matt Cassel.
• Promoted Marcell Allmond from the #4 returner to the #1 returner, above Reggie Bush.
• Moved Kevin Arbet to the bottom of the KOR and PR rosters in view of his foot injury.
• Moved Reggie Bush below Greig Carlson and Justin Wyatt on punt returns, per USC's official two-deep as of 09/08/03.

• Moved freshman QB John David Booty to the #3 spot, behind Matt Leinart and Matt Cassell, and above Brandon Hance and Billy Hart, per the Daily News.

• Removed.

• Whitney Lewis, 26 to 4
• Brandon Hance, 4 to 8
• Greg Farr, 40 to 26
• Fili Moala, 93 to 68
• Kurt Katnik, 61 to 85/61
• Salo Faraimo, 37 to 46
• Removed walk-on redshirt freshman LB Matt Newhouse

• Added John Drake to the backup LG position, behind Vandermade (already listed as the backup RG behind Matua), per the 08/22/03 2-deep released to the Daily News.
• Moved Dominique Byrd and Gregg Guenther to the #1 and #2 tight end spots in view of Alex Holmes' injury status.
• Moved FB's Lee Webb and David Kirtman to the #1 and #2 positions, with Brandon Hancock to the #3 position, in view of Hancock's injury issues, and the the 08/22/03 2-deep released to the Daily News.

• Moved freshman DE Chris Barrett to the backup position, behind Kenechi Udeze, per the 08/22/03 2-deep released to the Daily News.
• Moved Daniel Urquhart from the #3 MLB position, to the #2 backup position, in view of Oscar Lua's injury issues, and per the 08/22/03 2-deep released to the Daily News.
• Moved Will Poole to the backup CB position, behind Kevin Arbet, per the 08/22/03 2-deep released to the Daily News.
• Moved Ronald Nunn to the #2 CB position, in front of William Buchanon, and behind Marcell Allmond, in view of the 08/22/03 2-deep released to the Daily News.

• Noted WR D Hale has an injury (stress fracture in left ankle), per 08/21/03 Daily News.

• Noted backup DE Van Brown has an injury (ruptured groin muscle - 3 weeks), per 08/21/03 Daily News.
• Noted that freshman safety Terrell Thomas will not play this season because of shoulder surgery, per 08/21/03 Daily News.
• Noted that freshman CB Eric Wright will not play this season because of surgery on his hamstring, per 08/21/03 Daily News.

• Moved Whitney Lewis to the #4 FB spot, behind Brandon Hackock (ankle), Lee Webb, and David Kirtman, based on reports that he may see some playing time in Auburn.
• Moved walk-on Spencer Torgan to backup center (from backup OG on the roll-over charts, but from backup DT said the Daily News?)

• Moved Kevin Arbet to the #1 spot on the punt returner list.
• Moved Reggie Bush to the #1 spot on the kick returner list, and to the #2 spot on the punt returner list.

• Noted that Westlake HS TE/DE prospect Jimmy Miller has verbally committed to USC.
• Noted that USC has offered
Calvin Darity, the OL (probably OG) from Tallahassee, Florida (per Greg Biggins)

• Noted the high ankle sprain suffered by FB Brandon Hance.
• Moved Whitney Lewis from TB to FB based on reports that he may be an immediate contributor in the dual-threat role that Malaefou MacKenzie played in 2002.
• Moved freshman TB Reggie Bush to the #2 TB spot, behind Hershel Dennis.

• Noted that USC has offered 6-4 215 TE/WR prospect Jaison Williams from Culver City, California.

• Movd freshman WR Whitney Lewis to the TB roster, per the 8/12/03 Daily News.
• Moved freshman WR Steve Smith up to the 3rd WR position, per numerous reports.
• Moved freshman Fili Moala from DT to the OL roster (OT?, OG?), per the 8/12/03 Daily News.
• Moved juco OL John Drake from RT to RG based on reports that he is challenging Fred Matua for the starting position.
• Moved freshman Sam Baker up the RG list, but behind John Drake, based on GAFARU's practice reports.
• Moved red-shirt freshman backup OL Kyle Williams from RG to RT, behind starting RT Winston Justice, per GAFARU's reports.
• Moved DT Spencer Torgan to the OL (at LG?), per GAFARU's reports ("Former DT Spencer Torgan has been playing OG since about the second day of camp").
• Moved freshman backup OG Drew Radovich above injured Travis Watkins.
• Deleted Kurt Katnick from the center position since he is getting practice time at TE.
• Moved freshman Matt Spanos behind starting RT Winston Justice, and above Eric Torres, who is still recovering from his broken leg.
• Removed the "May Return" notation re former TB Darryl Poston, per DomerBG4 ("It's a no-go").

• Noted that walk-on JUCO transfer LB Marco Chavez has applied to the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility since otherwise he will redshirt in 2003 and then has only one year to play, per the 8/14/04 Daily News.

• Moved walk-on place kicker Mario Danelo above backup PK Tom Malone (USC's punter) based on reports that he is challenging incumbent PK Ryan Killeen.

• Noted that USC has offered LB/FB prospect Sekili Faaeteete, per TheInsiders database, arbitrarily listing him at MLB.

• Added

• Removed the "Injury Issues" notation for LG Lenny Vandermade, RT Winston Justice, TE Gregg Guenther, and FB Brandon Hancock based on their participation in Fall practice.

• Removed the "Injury Issues" notation for DT Shaun Cody, CB Marcell Almond, and CB Ronald Nunn based on their participation in Fall practice.

• Added Jody Adewale who played running back and linebacker at Roosevelt High because he is in camp, per the LA Times. He was originally planning to delay enrollment until next spring.
• Added walk-on freshman TB John Griffin.
• Added walk-on freshman TB Sean Kelly.

• Added linebacker Salo Faraimo from Vista because he is in camp, per the LA Times. He was originally planning to delay enrollment until next spring.
• Added walk-on redshirt sophomore cornerback Justin Tolliver.
• Noted that linebacker Marco Chavez, a transfer from Hawaii, will redshirt this season, per the LA Times.

• Added walk-on freshman placekicker Mario Danelo, son of former New York Giants kicker, Joe Danelo.
• Added walk-on freshman snapper Will Collins.

• Manuel Wright, 92
• Marco Chavez, 85
• Jody Adewale, 41
• Salo Faraimo, 37
• Michael McDonald, 16
• Ryan Killeen, 48 to 16
• Tommy Huff, 16 to 48
• Alex Gomez, 26 to 25

• walk-on red-shirt sophomore CB Justin Tolliver, from New Orleans, 21.
• walk-on freshman TB John Griffin, 29.
• walk-on freshman TB Sean Kelly, 47.
• walk-on freshman placekicker Mario Danelo, 46.
• walk-on freshman snapper Will Collins, 70.

• walk-on sophomore kicker Jean Luc Del Fante
• walk-on freshman Kirk Shepherd

• Moved prospect Early Doucet from QB to WR since he is being recruited at WR.

• Noted that prospect Brigham Harwell committed to UCLA on 08/02/03.

• Removed TB Ashton White (Heisman Trophy winner Charles White's son) as an expected walk-on for 2003 and noted that he is a possible walk-on for 2004, per the 07/31/03 LA Daily News.

• Brandon Hackock, 28 to 40
• Eric Wright, 26 to 46
• Daniel Urquhart, 49 to 53
• Ryan Killeen, 16 to 48
• Morgan Craig, 5 to 18
• Bobby Otani, 41 to 36
• Kirk Shepherd, 38 to 37
• Mike Ross, 29 to 43
• John Lanza, 60 to 72
• Winston Justice, 71 to 74
• Nate Steinbacher, 71 to 76

• Update redshirt freshman Kurt Katnik's injury status on the assumption that his hand, injured in March, has healed.
• Added redshirt freshman backup center Kurt Katnik to the TE depth list, per The Daily News' 7/30 article re Alex Holmes' possible redshirt.
• Added true freshman backup DE Chris Barret to the TE depth list, per The Daily News' 7/30 article re Alex Holmes' possible redshirt.

• Corrected backup DT Travis Tofi's jersey number from 98 to 95, per Fort Worth Trojan.

• Added some additional photos.

• Removed incoming freshman LT Travis Draper because he did not meet entrance requirements.
• Noted that TB Darryl Poston may return. He was previously diagnosed with career ending back and neck problems, but it turned out to be a kidney issue that has been remedied.
• Updated Darryl Poston's class from JR to SO* since he only played in the first 2 games in 2002, his true sophomore year.

• Removed incoming freshman MLB Drean Rucker based on reports that he is missing and presumed dead in a tragic drowning accident in Huntington Beach on 07/21/03.
• Removed incoming freshman SLB Jonathan Turner because he did not meet entrance requirements.

• Moved Travis Draper and Jonathan Turner from the freshman column to the "will enter in 2004" column.
• USC may immediately bring in the two players who had previously agreed to enter in the Spring when not enough scholarships were available, Los Angeles fullback Jody Adewale and Vista linebacker Salo Faraimo.

• Corrected walk-on John Zilka's hometown from Lake Forest, CA to Lake Forest, IL, per Aznusc.

• Noted that Sacramento prospect Lamar Herron has verbally committed to USC.

• Added Rosters by State

• Moved prospect Jeff Byers (TheInsiders.com's #1 overall prospect) from LG to C, per suggestion of BSchwartz.

• Added Derrick Harvey - DE from Greenbelt, MD.
• Moved Brigham Harwell from DE to DT since that is where USC is recruiting him, per 3/5/03 WeAreSC.com article. Also noted his variably reported heights (6'1/2", 6'2", and 6'3")
• Removed the following prospects as they have reportedly not yet received USC offers even though the database reports that they have:
  • Tony Temple - TB from Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Matt Tuiasosopo - QB from Woodinville, Washington.
  • Calvin Darity - OL from Tallahassee, Florida.
  • Chris Patterson - LB from Chicago, IL

• Added the following as prospects with USC offers, per the Rivals Database:
  • Brigham Harwell - DE from Los Altos HS, California.
  • Calvin Darity - OL from Tallahassee, Florida.
  • Tony Temple - TB from Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Matt Tuiasosopo - QB from Woodinville, Washington.
  • Chris Patterson - LB from Chicago, IL
• Removed TB Marshawn Lynch as GarryP's sources report that he has not yet received an offer from the USC staff.

• Noted that redshirt junior backup LG Travis Watkins has "injury issues" due to his having back surgery, per GarryP.

• Corrected class status for DT Travis Tofi from SO to FR*, per SoBendTrojan.
• Corrected class status for LB Daniel Urquhart from SR to JR*, per SoBendTrojan.
• Corrected class status for LB Lofa Tatupu from JR to SO*, per SoBendTrojan.
• Reduced the nominal number of 2004 scholarships from 18 to 17, owing to the correction to Urquhart's class status.
• Noted that redshirt junior WR Jason Mitchell is a JUCO.

• Moved red-shirt senior WR D. Hale above Sandy Fletcher, per USC's official two-deep as of start of 2003 practice.
• Removed Forest Mozart from the depth chart for WR, per his absence in USC's official two-deep.

• Moved incoming freshman Jonathon Turner from DE to SLB, per USC's official two-deep as of start of 2003 practice.

• Moved walkon red-shirt senior punter Tommy Huff above walkon redshirt sophomore punter Zach Sherwood per USC's official two-deep as of start of 2003 practice.
• Noted that starting punter Tom Malone is the second string place kicker behind Ryan Killeen, per USC's official two-deep as of start of 2003 practice.
• Removed Brandon Ting and Ryan Ting from the list of punt returners, per USC's official two-deep as of start of 2003 practice.
• Added incoming freshmen Reggie Bush, Whitney Lewis, Desmond Reed, Steve Smith, and Eric Wright to the kickoff and punt return lists, per USC's official two-deep as of start of 2003 practice.

• Added New Brunswick, New Jersey WR Dwayne Jarrett as a prospect who has received an offer from USC.
• Added Hayward, California DE Phillip Mbakagu as a prospect who has received an offer from USC.
• Added Buford, Georgia RB Darrius Walker as a prospect who has received an offer from USC.

• Noted that QB Brandon Hance was hospitalized with spinal meningitis.

• Greig Carlson, 14 to 19
• Mike Ross, 43 to 29
• Bobby Otani, 36 to 41
• Daniel Urquhart, 92 to 49
• John Lanza, 74 to 60
• Nate Steinbacher, 76 to 71
• Winston Justice, 74 to 71
• Travis Tofi, 95 to 98

• Noted that TE Alex Holmes has a back injury.
• Added LB Dallas Sartz to the depth chart at TE per GarryP's 6/22/03 post.

• Added Westlake HS TE/DE Jimmy Miller, who received an offer from the coaches at camp on 6/22/03
• Added photo of MLB prospect Keith Rivers.
• Corrected number of 2004 scholarships from 17 to 18 (based on the earlier correction of Del Fante's status from scholarship to walk-on)

• Added photo of new kicking coach Dennis Slutak.

• Added

• Added

• Noted that OT Winston Justice had shoulder surgery in January of 2003.

• Changed the status of JUCO kicker Jon-Luke Del Fante from scholarhip to walk-on, per Forth Worth Trojan.

• Added Rosters By Class, By Number and By Alpha.

• Removed Justin Brown from the charts altogether since he graduated last year, per poster JusticeUnell.

• Added freshman defensive tackle Manuel Wright per WeAreSC.com report.

• Added - shows all players sorted by class and scholarship status.

• Moved walk-on redshirt freshman Mike Brittingham from the SS lineup to the FB lineup, per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003.
• Moved walk-on redshirt freshman Morgan Craig from the QB lineup to the FB lineup, per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003.
• Moved walk-on redshirt senior Justin Brown to "resigned" status since he does not appear on USC's web roster or on USC's two-deep.

• Added walk-on redshirt freshman linebacker Matt Newhouse per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003.
• Added walk-on redshirt freshman cornerback Alex Gomez per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003.
• Added walk-on redshirt freshman cornerback Kirk Shepherd per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003.
• Moved redshirt senior cornerback Kevin Arbet to the starting slot, in front of John Walker, per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003.
• Moved redshirt senior cornerback Marcell Allmond to the starting slot, in front of William Buchanon, per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003.
• Moved walk-on redshirt sophomore linebacker Collin Ashton from the MLB slot to the WLB slot, per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003.
• Deleted Frostee Rucker from the MLB lineup, per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003. Evidenly Rucker is slotted in as Nazel's primary backup at DE.
• Deleted Lee Webb from the MLB lineup, per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003. Evidently Webb is expected to contribute at FB with Brandon Hancock.
• Moved Oscar Lua toward the front of the MLB lineup, per the official USC Football Two-Deep dated April 4, 2003.

• Added kicking coach Dennis Slutak who joined the coaching staff as a graduate assistant.

• Coach Kennedy Pola, also the Running Backs Coach, continues to be the Special Teams Coordinator
• Coach Nick Holt, also the Linebackers Coach, will handle the Kickoff Unit
• Coach Tim Davis, also the Offensive Line Coach, will handle the Kicking Unit
• Coach Ed Orgeron, also the Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Line Coach, will handle the Punt Return Unit

• Added a biography for Offensive Line Coach Tim Davis.
• Added a biography for Strength and Conditioning Coach Chris Carlisle.

• Added walk-on freshman quarterback Michael McDonald, per 4/16/03 LA Times article. Michael is the son of former Trojan quarterback Paul McDonald who ran the offense for USC's 1978 National Championship team,
• Added walk-on freshman tailback Ashton White, son of former Heisman Trophy winner Charles White, per 4/16/03 LA Times article.
• Noted earlier injury to TE Gregg Guenther's back suffered while playing basketball, per 5/5/03 Daily News article (underwent 5/5/03 surgery for herniated disk, 6-8 weeks recovery).
• Updated the injury status for OL Eric Torres, per 5/5/03 Daily News article (expected to start running in July).

• Noted that scholarship CB Kevin Arbet was a former walk-on player.
• Removed injury notation re CB Kevin Arbet per 5/5/03 Daily News article ("screw removed and expected to be OK")
• Updated the injury status for DL Shaun Cody per 5/5/03 Daily News article ("might be ready for opening day of training camp")
• Updated the injury status for MLB Oscar Lua per 5/5/03 Daily News article ("might be ready for opening day of training camp")

• Added freshman quarterback John David Booty.

• Noted that JUCO safety Greg Farr is a walk-on and changed his class from JR to SR, per Fort Worth Trojan's comments.

• Moved redshirt sophomore QB Matt Leinart to the starting position based on Pete Carroll's "End of Spring" quotes on usctrojans.com.
• Moved redshirt senior LT Nate Steinbacher in front of Justin Brown, as backup to starting LT Jacob Rogers.
• Moved redshirt junior Travis Watkins from RG to LG, as backup to starting LG Lenny Vandermade, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Moved walk-on redshirt freshman John Lanza from backup LT to backup RG, behind Fred Matua and Kyle Williams, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Deleted redshirt freshman Kyle Williams from the backup RT position, leaving him only at the backup RG position, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Moved incoming freshman Drew Radovich from LT to LG, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Moved incoming freshman Travis Draper from LG to LT, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Moved incoming freshman Sam Baker from LG to RG, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Moved incoming JUCO junior John Drake from RG to RT, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Rearranged D Hale and Sandy Fletcher as the backup split ends, behind Mike Williams, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.

• Moved SS Darnell Bing to the starting position, in front of Mike Ross, per Scott Wolf's 04/02/03 article in the Daily News
• Moved true freshman CB Brandon Ting in front of Marcell Allmond who has not practiced this Spring due to a track injury.
• Moved true freshman CB Ryan Ting in front of walk-on Chris Bocage and injured Ronald Nunn
• Moved Travis Tofi and Spencer Torgan from backup DT to backup NT, behind starting NT Mike Patterson, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Moved LaJuan Ramsey from backup NT to backup DT, behind behind starting DT Shaun Codey, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Moved Kyle Matthews and Matt Lemos from backup FS to backup SS, behind behind starting DT Shaun Codey, per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Deleted Marcell Almond and John Walker from the FS position since they are not listed there in the usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Moved Chris Bocage from CB to FS, per the usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.

• Deleted Hershel Dennis from Kickoff returns per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Added Justin Wyatt to Kickoff returns per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.
• Deleted Brandon Ting and Ryan Ting from punt returns per usctrojans.com depth chart of 4/4/03.

• Added a "click" picture for senior WR D Hale.

• Added a "click" picture for junior NT Mike Patterson.

• Added walk-on JUCO transfer WR Steve Levario.
• Noted injury to Kurt Katnik's hand, per GarryP's report.

• Noted that CB/FS Marcell Allmond has an injury, per GarryP's 3/25/03 report that he was on crutches and will miss remainder of Spring practice.
• Moved CBs Will Buchanon and John Walker to the front of the line, per Garry"'s 3/25/03 report that they were getting extended looks at corner while Allmond, Nunn and Arbet were on the sideline.
• Removed Justin Wyatt from the backup CB position since it has been reported that he will be exclusively on offense. at WR.

• Changed Winston Justice's jersey number back to #74, from #71, since he declined to take the new number until he earns it.
• Added "click" pictures for Darnell Bing, Dominique Byrd, Greig Carlson, Matt Cassel, Keary Colbert, Hershel Dennis, Gregg Guenther, Brandon Hance, Brandon Hancock, Alex Holmes, Winston Justice, Chris McFoy, Lenny Vandermade, and Mike Williams,

• Moved MLB Frostee Rucker behind MLB Daniel Urqhart since, according to GarryP, Lofa Tatupu and Daniel Urquhart are 1 and 2 for the MLB position, while Frostee Rucker is challenging Omar Nazel at the DE position.
• Added "click" pictures for Darnell Bing, Shaun Cody, Matt Grootegoed, Omar Nazel, Ronald Nunn, Oscar Lua, Mike Ross, Melvin Simmons, Brandon Ting, Ryan Ting, and Kenechi Udeze.

• Added "click" pictures for Ryan Killeen and Tom Malone.

• Changed WR Sandy Fletcher's jersey number from #17 to #7, per DomerBG.

• Changed DE/MLB Daniel Urquhart's jersey number from #45 to #92, per DomerBG.
• Listed John Walker as a CB, as well as a FS, per DomerBG.
• Moved sophomore SS Mike Ross above freshman SS Darnell Bing since it seems like Ross is getting the starts in Spring Practice.
• Noted freshman CB Brandon Ting's jersey number as #38, per Bigcnote70.
• Noted freshman CB Ryan Ting's jersey number as #39, per Bigcnote70.
• Corrected walk-on junior DE Jay Bottom's jersey number from #6 to #65, per Bigcnote70.
• Noted walk-on JUCO transfer MLB Marco Chavez's jersey number as #59, per DomerBG.
• Lowered redshirt senior JUCO transfer CB Will Poole in the depth chart since he's not joining the team until Fall.
• Added walk-on (?) redshirt sophomore MLB Collin Ashton, per BigcNote's comments.
• Deleted #59 from Marco Chavez and applied it to Collin Ashton, per BigcNote's comments.

• Noted that RT Winston Justice has injuries to "both shoulders," per TVofTroy's 03/03/03 "Spring Practice Preview".
• Changed Winston Justice's jersey number from #74 to #71, per "Mark TributeToTroy" of TFO.
• Changed Nate Steinbacher's jersey number from #71 to #76, per "Mark TributeToTroy" of TFO.
• Added walk-on freshman (redshirt?) John Lanza as a backup LT.
• Moved incoming freshman Travis Draper from LT to LG (arbitrarily).
• Moved Kyle Williams from backup LG to backup RG per TVofTroy's 03/03/03 "Spring Practice Preview".
• Also noted Kyle Williams as backup RT since Winston Justice is nursing his shoulders, per TVofTroy's 03/03/03 "Spring Practice Preview".
• Added walk-on redshirt freshman Andre Woodert as a tailback per Garry P's 03/04/03 report.
• Listed Justin Wyatt as a WR, as well as a CB, per the 03/04/03 Daily News article re Spring Drills.
• Noted that red-shirt senior Justin Brown is a walk-on, per suggestion.
• Moved Nick Vanderboom from backup QB to backup TE, and changed his jersey number from #17 to #87, per "Mark TributeToTroy" of TFO.

• Moved Danny Urquhart from DE to MLB per Garry P's 03/02/03 "Spring Ball Preview"
• Updated Danny Urquhart to healthy status since nobody is mentioning any lingering issues related to his 2002 arm injury.
• Listed Frostee Rucker as a DE, as well as a MLB, due to his practicing at the DE position per Garry P's 3/4/03 post re Spring Drills.
• Changed Mike Ross' jersey number from #29 to #43 per Garry P's 3/4/03 post re Spring Drills ("Mike switched numbers in honor of Troy Polamalu").
• Changed Oscar Lua's jersey number from #46 to #45 per Garry P's 3/4/03 post re Spring Drills.
• Changed Bobby Otani's jersey number from #41 to #36, per suggestion.
• Changed Travis Tofi's jersey number from #98 to #95, per "Mark TributeToTroy" of TFO.
• Added walk-on redshirt sophomore Chris Bocage as a backup cornerback.
• Added JUCO-transfer junior (senior?) Greg Farr as a backup safety.

• Added Kevin Arbet as a returner of kickoffs and punts since he played in that role in 2001.
• Added Brandon Ting and Ryan Ting as punt returners based on Garry P's 3/4/03 post re Spring Drills.
• Added Jon-Luke Del Fante as a place-kicker (punter?), per "Mark TributeToTroy" of TFO.

• Noted FB Brandon Hancock's's 02/26/03 hand injury
• Added "Player Departures"
• Listed OL Chris Doyle as a player departure that resigned.
• Listed OL Joe McGuire as a player departure due to medical redshirt
• Listed TB Darryl Poston as a player departure due to medical redshirt
• Added walk-on redshirt freshman Morgan Craig as a backup QB.
• Added walk-on redshirt freshman Nick Vanderboom as a backup QB.
• Added walk-on redshirt freshman John Zilka as a backup WR.
• Added walk-on redshirt junior Forest Mozart as a backup WR (he is also listed as a backup safety)

• Added "Player Departures".
• Listed LB Aaron Graham as a player departure due to medical redshirt.
• Listed DT A.J. Single as a player departure due to medical redshirt.
• Added redshirt freshman walk-on safety Mike Brittingham.

• Added Lee Webb to the FB position (he is also in the MLB list)
• Removed OG-C Chris Doyle who, according to posters on WeAreSC, resigned from the team on 02/19/03 (Good luck Chris!).

• Flipped the defense around so that it's a mirror image of the offense. In other words, the offensive depth lists are top down and the defensive depth lists are bottom up.

• Identified prior starters in bold red
• Returned Fred Matua to healthy status since, on 2/13/03, coach Pete Carrol said he will be "full speed" at Spring Drills.
• Moved Lenny Vandermade back to the top of the depth chart at LG, notwithstanding his injury issue (biceps), since on 2/13/03 coach Carroll said he will "see significant time" at Spring Drills.

• Identified prior starters in bold red
• Swapped the NT and DT labels.
• Moved Shaun Cody back to the top of the depth chart, notwithstanding his injury issue (knee), because on 2/13/03 coach Carroll said "Cody remains ahead of schedule and will be ready for Summer workouts."
• Moved Travis Tofi from DE to DT, behind Shaun Cody, because on 2/19/03 GarryP of WeAreSC posted that "L. Ramsey and T. Tofi are scheduled to be at DT."
• Moved LaJuan Ramsey from DE to NT, behind Mike Patterson, because on 2/19/03 GarryP of WeAreSC posted that "L. Ramsey and T. Tofi are scheduled to be at DT and, yes, LaJuan did back-up Bernard last season."

• Replaced cardinal background and gold text with gold background and black text per suggestion
• Made text bigger per suggestion
• Added "Player with Injury Issues" block with white background and Red Cross symbol

• Moved Thomas Williams from MLB to WLB per suggestion
• Moved Lee Webb from FB to MLB per suggestion
• Moved Lofa Tatupu from SLB to MLB per head coach Pete Carroll's 2/13/02 chat comments
• Identified OL John Drake (JUCO transfer) as a new player
• Noted LG Lenny Vandermade's 11/12/02 biceps injury
• Moved LG Lenny Vandermade down due to his 11/02 injury
• Moved Kyle Williams from LT to LG per poster's suggestion
• Noted RT Eric Torres' 1/2/03 broken ankle
• Moved RG Travis Watkins above transfer John Drake because of Watkins' experience
• Noted RG Fred Matua's knee injury
• Noted QB Brandon Hance's 2002 shoulder surgery and moved him below Matt Cassell
• Moved incoming WRs Steve Smith and Whitney Lewis to the bottom of the depth chart since they won't join the team until the Fall practice begins in August

• Added CB Marcell Almond to the FS position per head coach Pete Carroll's 2/13/02 chat comments
• Changed one of the DT columns to NT, played in 2002 by Bernard Riley (graduated), backed up by LaJuan Ramsey
  
• Moved LB Thomas Williams from MLB to WLB
  
• Noted DT Shaun Cody's 10/02 knee injury and moved him down
  
• Noted MLB Oscar Lua's 12/02 knee surgery
  
• Moved MLB Oscar Lua down since he is unlikely to play in spring drills.
• Noted CB Kevin Arbet's 2002 foot fracture
  
• Noted CB Ronald Nun's 9/21/02 ACL injury
  
• Noted DE Daniel Urquhart's arm injury
  

• Added "Kick Off Returns" (CB Marcell Allmond and TB Hershel Dennis)
• Added "Punt Returns" (WR Greig Carlson and CB Justin Wyatt)

• Divided WR position into "Flanker" and "Split End"
• Deleted FB Jody Adewale who grayshirted and will enter in Spring 2004
• Moved TE Dominique Byrd above Gregg Guenther per poster's suggestion
• Changed background color of new players to yellow