USC depth chart announced for Las Vegas Bowl against Texas A&M
The tentative two-deeps are out for the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl between the USC Trojans and Texas A&M Aggies. Here’s what the list looks like for the Trojans and a few notes on the players listed and not listed.
Quarterback
Maiava took over as the starter for the final three games of the season. Miller Moss entered the transfer portal and is headed to Louisville. Jensen is on his way to Montana but stuck around to serve as the No. 2 quarterback for the Trojans in this game.
Running back
Bryan Jackson OR A’Marion Peterson
Starter Woody Marks is off to the NFL and backup Quinten Joyner is headed to Texas Tech. USC will rely on a true freshman and redshirt freshman in this game. Both will be seeing the most action of their college careers against the Aggies.
Wide receiver
WR-X
WR-Y
Makai Lemon
Jay Fair
Josiah Zamora
WR-Z
Kyron Hudson, Zachariah Branch and Duce Robinson are all gone. Lane and Lemon are expected to serve as the focal points of the passing game in this one. It’ll be interesting to see if true freshman Xavier Jordan gets any run in this game after not playing all season.
Tight end
The Trojans are down a bit with Kade Eldridge off to Washington via the transfer portal. But McRee and Lyons finished the season as the top two options at tight end.
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Offensive line
Left tackle
Left guard
Emmanuel Pregnon
Micah Banuelos
Center
Right guard
Right tackle
USC will start backups at center and right tackle in O’Connor and Raymond. There is virtually zero experience at any of the backup spots.
Defensive line
Defensive end
Kameryn Fountain
Braylan Shelby
Defensive tackle
Defensive tackle
Devan Thompkins
Nate Clifton
Kobe Pepe
Defensive end
Jamil Muhammad
Kameryn Fountain OR Devan Thompkins
The USC defensive line is healthy and active compared to what Texas A&M is bringing in with three starters out. Sam Greene is the only player along the line who was seeing significant snaps toward the end of the year who isn’t scheduled to suit up.
Linebacker
MIKE
Easton Mascarenas-Arnold
Desman Stephens II
WILL
Mason Cobb
Anthony Beavers
Roman Marchetti
Ryan Quintanar
Fulltime starters Mascarenas-Arnold and Cobb are good to go. There’s a bit of a surprise that Eric Gentry isn’t listed considering he seemingly announced he’s play and defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn spoke about the impact he made during bowl practices.
Nickel
Prophet Brown
Marcelles Williams
Cornerback
Jacobe Covington
Braylon Conley
Safety
Akili Arnold
Bryson Shaw
Marquis Gallegos
Safety
Cornerback
John Humphrey
DeCarlos Nicholson
Neither cornerback Jaylin Smith nor nickel Greedy Vance Jr. are listed, meaning the Trojans will be down two starters in the secondary. USC still has three cornerbacks who have logged starts this season. Nickel will be an interesting spot to watch as to whether Brown gets a significant number of snaps or if true freshman Marcelles Williams can get onto the field.
Special teams
Kicker
Punter
Long snapper
All the special teams starters are good to go for the Trojans.
