Then four players who attended the Rising Stars Camp at USC a little over a week ago gave their commitments to the Trojans. One of them, Ashlon Jeffrey, a four-star 6'4", 200-pound wide receiver from Calhoun County High School in Saint Matthew, SC, actually committed a couple of weeks before the camp.
The other three were Byron Moore, a four-star 6'1", 200-pound safety from Nathaniel Narbonne High School, Harbor City, CA; Torin Harris, a three-star, 6'0", 175-pound cornerback from Palo Verde High School, Las Vegas, NV; and James Boyd, a three-star, 6'5", 230-pound defensive end from Jordan High School, Los Angeles, CA, who was closely recruited by USC assistant coach Ken Norton.
Altogether, that makes four five-stars, seven four-stars, and three three-stars. Once the season starts, any one of those three-stars could move up a notch or two—they are that good, having shown off their talents for the coaches at the Rising Stars Camp.
In addition, the Trojans got their first commit for the Class of 2010 from Dillon Baxter, a 6'0", 4.50 running back from Mission Bay High School, San Diego, CA, during the camp.
The Trojan coaching staff still has its eyes set on some of the finest players in the nation to fill the approximately seven or eight remaining scholarships. That number could change, of course, depending on how many scholarship players leave to enter the 2009 NFL draft or transfer.
Right now, the Trojans have 24 offers outstanding, ten of them to five-star and fourteen to four-star players. Unlike many of their present commits who are from California, most of these players are spread out across the country.
As for the Class of 2008, most of the recruits are on campus and working out with the returning players from last year’s team. From all reports, the freshmen look ready and willing to compete.
As usual, it has been the Trojan standard during the Pete Carroll era to reload instead of rebuild. Good news for USC—bad news for the rest of the Pac-10.
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