USC football: Lane Kiffin releases end-of-spring depth chart
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Last year, when USC Coach Lane Kiffin released a depth chart before the Trojans’ final spring scrimmage, he said, ‘It really doesn’t mean very much’ because some returning players were injured and could not be evaluated.
Last week, Kiffin declined to release a depth chart until after Saturday’s final scrimmage, noting, “It doesn’t mean anything.”
The depth chart was finally posted Monday.
Here’s the two-deep heading into fall, when several freshmen are expected to compete for spots (click on thread to see the chart):
OFFENSE SE
Brandon Carswell
Markeith Ambles
LT
Matt Kalil
David Garness
LG
John Martinez OR Giovanni Di Poalo
C
Khaled Holmes
Abe Markowitz
RG
Martin Coleman OR Nathan Guertler
RT
Jeremy Galten OR Kevin Graf
TE
Rhett Ellison
Xavier Grimble OR Randall Telfer OR Christian Thomas
FL
Robert Woods
De’Von Flournoy
QB
Matt Barkley
Jesse Scroggins OR Max Wittek OR Cody Kessler
FB
Soma Vainuku
Hunter Simmons
TB
Curtis McNeal OR Marc Tyler OR D.J. Morgan OR Dillon Baxter
DEFENSE
DE
Wes Horton
Kevin Greene
NT
Christian Tupou
DaJohn Harris
DT
George Uko
Armond Armstead
DE
Nick Perry
Eric Childs
SLB
Marquis Simmons OR Dion Bailey
MLB
Devon Kennard
Will Andrew OR Dallas Kelley
WLB
Chris Galippo
Hayes Pullard OR Shane Horton
CB
Nickell Robey
Anthony Brown
FS
T.J. McDonald
Jawanza Starling
SS
Marshall Jones
Demetrius Wright
CB
Tony Burnett OR Torin Harris
P
Kyle Negrete
PK
Andre Heidari
Craig McMahon
SNP
Chris Pousson OR Peter McBride
HLD
Matt Barkley
Kyle Negrete OR Cody Kessler OR Max Wittek
KOR
Robert Woods and Nickell Robey
PR
Nickell Robey OR Curtis McNeal OR Robert Woods
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