Doug Belk and USC Prioritizing Southern California Defensive Backs for 2026

It's been challenging recruiting locally for USC since before Lincoln Riley arrived, but its appears there's an opening finally for the Trojans to lure top players from southern California. While USC has recruited top players from the L.A. area, most of them have chosen to head out of state to places like Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Texas, Michigan and other schools east of the Rocky Mountains.