National Signing Day 2012: The Good and Bad of USC's 2012 Recruiting Class

The USC Trojans are no longer on probation and are eligible to begin competing for BCS bowls and Pac-12 Championships as early as next year. They have an extremely talented team returning from a year ago and as usual they have one of the top recruiting classes as well.

With national signing day over and done with, the recruiting process has a lot more pieces in place and the picture is becoming a lot clearer. There are still a few top prospects out there that remain uncommitted, but for the most part things will begin to slow down in the recruiting world.

As we now have a better feel for the recruiting classes and the signings are official, let's look over the good and bad of the USC Trojans recruiting class.

Good: Offensive Line

With offensive tackle Matt Kalil heading to the NFL draft and a majority of this year's offense line upperclassmen, the Trojans needed to add depth this year. They did that and more as they picked up three solid players to help fill some of the holes on the line.

Offensive tackle Zach Banner has the ability to start right away as he's a mammoth at 6'9", 295 pounds and is fantastic in pass protection. Max Tuerk is an aggressive lineman and has the ability to play the tackle or guard position. And Jordan Simmons is another huge guard at 6'5", 240 pounds and has a great combination of power and strength. 

All three of these linemen have huge upside and will help provide depth at the offensive line.

Bad: Missing out on Top WR

USC picked up a decent wide receiver in Darreus Rogers who is a big target at 6'2", 194 pounds, but the Trojans had an opportunity to land even better wideouts. Jordan Payton was a Trojan, before decommitting three times and finally joining Washington. Even wide receiver Deontay Greenberry had an offer from USC, but decided to decommit from Notre Dame and become a Houston Cougar of all places he could have ended up.

The Trojans will be fine at the wide receiver position, it's just never a good feeling to have top players leave your program for somewhere else.

Bad: Pio Vatuvei Decommitting

Pio Vatuvei was committed to the USC Trojans for a while and at the last minute decided he wanted to join forces with Washington. Vatuvei is a 6'3", 260-pound defensive end who is versatile enough to play the tackle position as well. He gets off the ball well, is a solid pass rusher and is a good tackler when he gets his hands on the opponent.

Vatuvei is a solid player that had the potential to grow into something special and a solid contributor. Depth to the defensive line would have been nice for the Trojans, but with addition of Leonard Williams, they should be fine heading into next season.

Good: Overall Good Class

The Trojans are a team that always recruits well. You expect nothing less than a top 25 class when it comes to this program and that's exactly what they accomplished. But when you factor in that they had limited scholarships, it makes this class that much more impressive.

This is a well-rounded class on both sides of the ball and majority of their recruits are five or 4-star players. This class is all about quality. USC didn't have much to work with, but signing for signing they have one of the top classes in the country and will be ready to compete for a BCS National Championship as early as this season.

Randy Chambers is a B/R Featured Columnist that covers College Football and the NFL. You can contact him @Randy_Chambers or [e-mail]