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Sunday, August 12, 2012 6:35:27 PM
Nation's top receiving corps USC Trojans
Key receivers: Marqise Lee, Robert Woods
The Trojans were atop our list of the country's best running games on Monday. Well, with Matt Barkley and a pair of All-Americans at receiver, they throw it better than they run it. That's among the reasons why they're a preseason favorite in many pundits' minds.
Woods had a strong freshman year, catching 65 passes for 792 yards, when he was joined last season by Lee to provide Barkley with essentially two No. 1s. The combined damage the two inflicted on defenses last season: 184 catches, 2,435 yards and 26 touchdowns. Each surpassed 1,000 yards. Neither Woods (6-foot-1, 190 pounds) nor Lee (6-foot, 195 pounds) is beastly, but they're subtly strong and they have knacks for getting open regardless of the coverage they're facing.
Coach Lane Kiffin is like you; he marvels at the ability of Woods and Lee, but he wonders what's beyond them, in terms of depth. That's something of a recurring theme in Kiffin's mind, given USC's scholarship-depleted roster.
George Farmer, ESPN's top receiver in the 2011 recruiting class, struggled to make an impact as a freshman (catching just four passes for 42 yards), but his time could be now. Any progress in the spring was curtailed by a hamstring injury, but that allowed for junior De'Von Flournoy to turn Kiffin's head. Where the Trojans have some enviable depth is at tight end, where Xavier Grimble and Randall Telfer are both NFL prospects.
Kiffin has said highly regarded freshman Nelson Agholor will be considered a running back, but that doesn't mean he can't move around a la Percy Harvin while he was at Florida.
Key receivers: Marqise Lee, Robert Woods
The Trojans were atop our list of the country's best running games on Monday. Well, with Matt Barkley and a pair of All-Americans at receiver, they throw it better than they run it. That's among the reasons why they're a preseason favorite in many pundits' minds.
Woods had a strong freshman year, catching 65 passes for 792 yards, when he was joined last season by Lee to provide Barkley with essentially two No. 1s. The combined damage the two inflicted on defenses last season: 184 catches, 2,435 yards and 26 touchdowns. Each surpassed 1,000 yards. Neither Woods (6-foot-1, 190 pounds) nor Lee (6-foot, 195 pounds) is beastly, but they're subtly strong and they have knacks for getting open regardless of the coverage they're facing.
Coach Lane Kiffin is like you; he marvels at the ability of Woods and Lee, but he wonders what's beyond them, in terms of depth. That's something of a recurring theme in Kiffin's mind, given USC's scholarship-depleted roster.
George Farmer, ESPN's top receiver in the 2011 recruiting class, struggled to make an impact as a freshman (catching just four passes for 42 yards), but his time could be now. Any progress in the spring was curtailed by a hamstring injury, but that allowed for junior De'Von Flournoy to turn Kiffin's head. Where the Trojans have some enviable depth is at tight end, where Xavier Grimble and Randall Telfer are both NFL prospects.
Kiffin has said highly regarded freshman Nelson Agholor will be considered a running back, but that doesn't mean he can't move around a la Percy Harvin while he was at Florida.
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