In wake of comments made by high school running back Joe McKnight, USC compliance officials are investigating whether an NC

USC Investigates McKnight’s Recruitment
(AP) LOS ANGELES Southern California is looking into whether it may have violated NCAA recruiting rules while pursuing highly rated recruit Joe McKnight, a university official said.

McKnight signed a national letter of intent with USC on Wednesday and made comments during a news conference that seemed

USC coach Pete Carroll hired New Orleans Saints assistant coach John Morton to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Lane Kiffin to the Oakland Raiders. Morton, 37, will coach the wide receivers and will also fill the role of passing-game coordinator.

He worked for the Raiders when USC offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian was an assistant there. Sarkisian replaces Kiffin a

USC jerseys are all over the top football high schools as Pete Carroll and his assistants were on the recruiting trail  Top 2 tailbacks. This is not going to be a big class, but it’s certainly impressive. The Trojans really cemented their class by adding the No. 1 player in the country, RB Joe McKnight (Riveridge, La./John Curtis Christian), giving them the top three players in the country. The Trojans signed eight other players to wear USC jerseys who rank in the top five of their

On Wednesday, 17 players signed letters-of-intent to play football at USC. One additional player enrolled at USC in January as a freshman and will participate in spring practice this year.

Here’s a look at the players who signed up to play for the Trojans.
Jordan Campbell - a linebacker and fullback from Norco High School, was named Super Prep All-American and Prep Star All-American. In 2006 he had 156 tackles, six sacks and one interception.

Brandon Carswell - a wi