Meet Justin Dedich

April 05, 2018 | Football, USC Ripsit Blog, Features

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By: Aubrey Kragen

Name: Justin Dedich

Position: Center

Class: Freshman (Spring Enrollee)

Age: 17

Size: 6-foot-2, 290 lbs.

High School (Hometown): Chaparral HS (Temecula, Calif.)

Prep Career: He made 2017 PrepStar All-American, Max Preps All-American second team, USA Today All-California first team, All-CIF Division 5, Los Angeles Times All-Area and Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Area first team as a senior 2-way lineman (primarily center on offense). In 2017, he had 15 tackles, with 2.5 sacks, and a forced fumble on defense. He was the No. 1 center in the 2018 recruiting class.

USC head coach Clay Helton on Dedich: "To be out here not making a ton of mistakes ... Being a kid that's not supposed to start until the fall and functioning so well, I'm very impressed."

Fun Fact: Dedich also competed in wrestling growing up.

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