USC Football Recruiting: Under Armour All-Star Game Reveals Future Trojan Talent

Along with the U.S. Army high school All-Star game, the Under Armour prep game has been a showcase for talent either committed or preparing to commit to a college program at the next level.

For the USC Trojans, who are represented by four verbally committed players, it is an opportunity for fans of the men of Troy to see the next generation of those who will don the cardinal and gold.

Those players, all members of the "white" team, played significant minutes as they attempted to show why they were some of the most coveted prep players in the nation.

Some of these players, such as quarterback Max Wittek, earned the start for the white team and others, like kicker Adam Heidari and long snapper Peter McBride, were virtually guaranteed playing the whole game because of their specialty positions.

Even the remaining future Trojan, defensive tackle Antwaun Woods, got in fairly early and made his presence felt.

So how did these next-year Trojans do?

Let's find out:

Max Wittek (Quarterback)

The two starting quarterbacks for this game were Jeff Driskel, a Florida commit, widely thought to be the No. 1 prospect in the nation and Max Wittek, the Mater Dei Monarch, who will begin classes at USC next week.

Driskel came in with all of the accolades that come with the lofty status of being perceived as the best in high school football.

In fact, to hear and read the assessments throughout the week regarding Driskel, you would think he is the next coming of Andrew Luck.

Perhaps he is, but not in this game.

Max Wittek, despite a quarter and a half of low shotgun snaps and some dropped balls, clearly outplayed his more celebrated counterpart.

At one point, Wittek completed seven passes in a row and even his incomplete passes were either very catchable or his receivers ran incomplete routes.

And that was only in the first half.

In the second half he was even better.

Trailing 21-9, Wittek came in the fourth quarter and brought his white team all the way back to take a 22-21 lead.

Along the way, Wittek showed very good mobility and an even better touch on his passes.

To complement that, Wittek also showed great decision and playmaking ability.

For his trouble, Max Wittek was named Player of the Game.

All in all, a very impressive showing for young Mr. Wittek.

Jeff Driskel might be indeed "all that" (and he does have a great arm), but for this game he took a back seat to Max Wittek.

Andre Heidari

Along with long snapper Peter McBride, the Trojans were well represented in the special teams portion of this game.

Heidari, rated the No. 1 kicker in the nation by most recruiting services certainly did nothing to refute those accolades.

Handling both place kicking and punting duties, Heidari consistently displayed a big leg as he often pinned the opposing team deep in their own end.

Though Heidari missed an extra point due to a botched snap, it was easy to see why he is rated so highly.

What was a surprise though were Heidari's punting abilities.

Known more for his place kicking, Heidari's punts often had hang times of 4.5 seconds plus.

Although the Trojans have a punter coming in this class (Kris Albarado), it will be nice for Trojan special teams coach, John Baxter, to have some extra latitude when choosing who will punt in 2011.

Peter McBride

When you are a long snapper, the chances to shine are sometimes few and far between.

Often, the only time your name is called is when you botch a snap or get called for a hold.

In other words, this is a position that receives little or no glory.

Nonetheless, ask any special teams coach how important a good long snapper is, and chances are you will get an hour-long dissertation on the nuances of the position.

Which is why the Trojans are mighty glad they have Peter McBride.

In addition to a .7 second punt snap, McBride took care of the man in front of him and made every snap that was called for.

Again, John Baxter must be smiling very broadly right about now.

Antwuan Woods

Though Antwuan Woods' name wasn't called often, the big man had a decent game tonight.

With his size (6'1", 310 lbs.), Woods clogged the middle when he was in there and opened things up for the edge rushers to disrupt the Red team's backfield.

It should also be noted that because of an injury earlier in the week, Woods' playing time was limited

So there you have it.

These future Trojans not only acquitted themselves very well but also showed why USC is in very good hands for the foreseeable future.

Factor in the big verbal the Trojans received from 5-star defensive end Grep Townsend Jr. at the game and all in all, this was a very big game for the men of Troy.

Now let's bring on the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

If those future Trojans in that game do as well as this bunch of USC commits did, there will be plenty of smiles around the Southland for those who follow the program.

And who knows, if the Trojans get anymore commits during the game, the grins may be even wider.