USC: Zach Banner seems on track to start at right tackle
Zach Banner is making progress.
Banner, 6-foot-9 and 350 pounds, is working at right tackle with USC’s first-team offense and appears on track to start the Aug. 30 opener against Fresno State at the Coliseum.
The third-year sophomore played in two games last season before undergoing surgeries on both hips.
He said the difference in his flexibility was “night and day,” and that he was progressing daily under offensive line coach Tim Drevno.
“I’m 100% healthy but I’m not there yet, where I’m playing at my full potential,” Banner said. “Coach Drevno is trying to get me there.”
USC’s first-unit offensive line has featured third-year sophomore Chad Wheeler at left tackle, redshirt freshman Khaliel Rodgers at left guard, junior Max Tuerk at center, freshman Toa Lobendahn at right guard and Banner at right tackle.
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