USC QB Kedon Slovis Enters Transfer Portal Ahead of Senior Season

USC quarterback Kedon Slovis has entered the transfer portal as a graduate, according to Adam Rittenberg of ESPN. 

A neck and lower leg injury hampered Slovis throughout the 2021 season, opening the door for true freshman Jaxson Dart to emerge as USC's starter, a role he's expected to reprise moving forward.

Slovis, 20, will have two years of eligibility remaining. 

He hit the ground running at USC as a true freshman in 2019, throwing for 3,502 yards, 30 touchdowns and nine interceptions, completing 71.9 percent of his passes. He clearly marked himself as the Trojans quarterback of the future, and J.T. Daniels even transferred to Georgia following that campaign.

But Slovis never matched that level of production again. In 2020 he threw for 1,921 yards, 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions, completing 67 percent of his passes. He did lead USC to a 5-1 record in the COVID-19-shortened campaign. 

He struggled this year, however, throwing for 2,153 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight picks while completing 65 percent of his throws. USC struggled to a 4-8 record, and Dart—who threw for 1,353 yards, nine touchdowns and five interceptions, completing 61.9 percent of his passes—ate into his playing time. 

But Dart's emergence may not be the only reason Slovis is leaving the Trojans. With six Oklahoma Sooners players hitting the transfer portal since Lincoln Riley left the school to become USC's head coach, there's concern in Norman that freshman quarterback Caleb Williams might follow his former head coach to the Trojans. 

If that happens, Dart would likely be out of a starting job too. Williams threw for 1,670 yards, 18 touchdowns and four interceptions this season while completing 62.5 percent of his passes, displacing preseason Heisman candidate Spencer Rattler as the team's starter. In lieu of that change, Rattler also entered the transfer portal. 

It's a regular old quarterback carousel at USC and Oklahoma, and it may not be done turning.