2021 USC Football Roster
Roster
Drake London
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Moorpark, CA
- High School:
- Moorpark HS
2021: The ultra-athletic London, who has also played on USC’s basketball team, proved to be one of the nation’s top wide receivers while starting for a third season as a junior in 2021 despite playing only 7.5 games before being sidelined with an injury. Overall in 2021 while starting all 8 games he played, he had 88 receptions for 1,084 yards (12.3 avg) with 7 TDs, plus a 2-yard rush and a tackle. Before getting hurt in Game 8, he was on pace to break Biletnikoff winner Marqise Lee’s 2012 USC season records in catches (118) and receiving yards (1,721). His 88 receptions in 2021 are tied for ninth on USC’s season catches list. He and Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree in 2007 are the only Power 5 players with 88 catches through 8 games. He had 5 games in 2021 with 10 or more catches and 6 with at least 130 receiving yards (including 5 in row, the first Trojan with 5 consecutive 100-yard receiving outings since Lee in 2012). He missed USC’s last 4 games (Arizona State, UCLA, BYU, California) with a broken ankle.
He made the 2021 Pro Football Focus All-American first team, Football Writers All-American second team, Walter Camp All-American second team, AP All-American third team and Phil Steele All-American third team. He was a semifinalist for the 2021 Biletnikoff Award and Maxwell Award. He was the 2021 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year and made the All-Pac-12 first team, as well as AP Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, Pro Football Focus Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, AP All-Pac-12 first team, Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 first team and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 first team. He was named a 2021 Midseason All-American first teamer by AP, ESPN.com, The Athletic, CBSSports.com, On3.com and Sporting News. He won USC’s MVP and Offensive Perimeter Player of the Year Award in 2021, as well as a team co-captain.
2020: London had an impressive 2020 sophomore season at wide receiver. Overall in 2020 while starting all 6 games, he had 33 receptions for 502 yards (15.2 avg) with 3 TDs and made a tackle. He was named to the 2020 All-Pac-12 second team, AP All-Pac-12 second team, Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 first team and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 first team.
He had a game-high 8 catches for 125 yards against Arizona State, including a game-winning 21-yard grab over 2 defenders on fourth down with 1:20 to play. He had 4 receptions for 68 yards at Arizona, then 3 grabs for 45 yards at Utah and 5 catches for 92 yards against Washington State. At UCLA, he had 5 catches for 97 yards for 2 scores (a 65-yard catch-and-run where he bulled through most of UCLA’s defense and a 9-yarder) and a tackle. He had a game-high 8 catches for 75 yards against Oregon.
2019: London was a key contributor in the wide receiver rotation as a first-year freshman in 2019. Overall in 2019 while appearing in all 13 games and starting 9 (all but BYU, Notre Dame, Arizona, Arizona State), he had 39 receptions for 567 yards (14.5 avg) with 5 TDs. All but 3 of his catches came in the season’s final 7 games. He had a TD catch in each of USC’s final 5 games. He made the 2019 Pro Football Focus Freshman All-American third team.
He had 3 catches for 62 yards against Stanford. He then had 4 grabs for 52 yards against Arizona, 7 grabs for 85 yards at Colorado, 4 catches for 51 yards with an 8-yard score against Oregon, 3 catches for 30 yards with an 8-yard TD at Arizona State, 6 grabs for a career-high 111 yards with a 8-yard TD to earn Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Week honors at California, 8 receptions for 142 yards (both career bests) with a 32-yard TD against UCLA and 4 catches for 34 yards (with a 4-yard TD) against Iowa.
BASKETBALL: He joined the 2020 USC men’s basketball team soon after the 2019 football season ended. He saw brief action in 3 games. He did not score, but he grabbed 3 rebounds (1.0 avg).
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2018 PrepStar All-American, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State third team, All-CIF Division 3, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team and All-Camino League Co-Wide Receiver of the Year as a senior wide receiver at Moorpark (Calif.) High. He had 62 catches for 1,089 yards (17.6 avg) with 12 TDs in 2018.
As a junior in 2017, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Juniors third team, All-CIF Division 5 and Los Angeles Daily News All-Area second team as he had 51 receptions for 1,032 yards (20.2 avg) with 11 TDs, plus he rushed 5 times for 123 yards (24.6 avg) and threw a 14-yard TD pass. Current Trojan Jonah Monheim also prepped at Moorpark.
He also played basketball at Moorpark. He averaged 29.2 points, 11.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists as a 2019 senior while making All-CIF Division 4 and Los Angeles Times All-Area and 19.8 points, 11.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists as a 2018 junior.
PERSONAL: He is a communication major at USC.
