University Southern California Trojans
March 09, 2018 | Football, USC Ripsit Blog, Features
The USC Football team took the field at Howard Jones today for their first practice with shoulder pads and third of the 2018 spring session.
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- USC head coach Clay Helton announced that rising redshirt freshman DL Jacob Lichtenstein and rising sophomore DL Brandon Pili were pulled out of practice due to injury and they will be evaluated during spring break.
- Rising redshirt freshman QB Jack Sears missed practice because he was a groomsman in rising sophomore OL Andrew Vorhees' wedding, which took place in downtown Los Angeles.
- The team's competitive fire caught the eye of Helton who said, "iron sharpens iron. You're going to help yourself when competing." He specifically mentioned the competitive spirit shown by rising senior OL Chuma Edoga and rising senior OLB Porter Gustin.
- Helton has also been impressed with the play of rising redshirt freshman DL Jay Tufele as well as Lichtenstein, and how they have progressed since they began their time at USC. Helton said, "You can tell that that work they put in against the first offensive line, being redshirted, has really paid off."
- Helton also complimented the defense on how locked in they were today, calling the unit "razor sharp, especially in the back end. The communication was unbelievable by that group."
- The Trojans will take spring break off and return for four weeks of practice in full pads.
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