2025 USC Football Roster
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Jersey Number 9
Jay Fair
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- Rockwall-Heath HS / Auburn
CAREER: In his three-year collegiate career (2 seasons at Auburn and 1 at USC), he has recorded 41 receptions for 436 yards (10.6 avg.) and 3 TDs while playing in 31 games with 6 starts. He has also tallied 1 punt return for -11 yards.
2025: Fair looks to compete for playing time at wide receiver as a senior in 2025.
2024: Fair recorded 8 receptions for 78 yards (9.8 avg.) and 1 TD while seeing action in 8 games as a junior in 2024.
He recorded 2 catches for 3 yards (1.5 avg.) against Utah State and 3 receptions for 42 yards (14.0 avg.) and 1 TD versus Michigan. He tallied 1 catch for 6 yards against Penn State, 1 reception for 14 yards versus Maryland and 1 catch for 13 yards against Rutgers.
AUBURN: As a sophomore in 2023, Fair caught 31 passes (second-most on the team) for 324 yards (10.5 avg.) and 2 TDs while seeing action in 13 games with 6 starts. He also tallied 1 punt return for -11 yards.
As a true freshman in 2022, he recorded 2 receptions for 34 yards (17.0 avg.) while appearing in 10 games.
HIGH SCHOOL: Fair, a three-star recruit, was touted as the No. 55 wide receiver in the nation by ESPN. He set his high school TD record recording 25 TDs throughout his career. He was named the 2021 VYPE DFW Public School Receiver of the Year. He was named to the Dallas Morning News 2021 Preseason All-Area offense.
As a junior in 2020, he had 73 catches for 1,310 yards and 13 TDs to help Rockwall-Heath reach the Class 6A Division II Region II final. He earned placement on the All-District 10-6A First Team.
He tallied 46 receptions for 894 yards (19.4 avg.) and 13 TDs as a senior in 2021.
He played at Sachse (Texas) HS as a sophomore in 2019.
Fair also competed in track and field. He recorded a 22-0 long jump as a junior and ran a 23.33 200m as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Social Sciences with an emphasis in Economics at USC. His mother, Christina, played softball at Southern University, and his father, Jameson, played football at Southern University. His cousin, Larry Nance Jr., plays for the New Orleans Pelicans. His cousin, Greg Little, was an offensive lineman for the Carolina Panthers and Miami Dolphins.
2025: Fair looks to compete for playing time at wide receiver as a senior in 2025.
2024: Fair recorded 8 receptions for 78 yards (9.8 avg.) and 1 TD while seeing action in 8 games as a junior in 2024.
He recorded 2 catches for 3 yards (1.5 avg.) against Utah State and 3 receptions for 42 yards (14.0 avg.) and 1 TD versus Michigan. He tallied 1 catch for 6 yards against Penn State, 1 reception for 14 yards versus Maryland and 1 catch for 13 yards against Rutgers.
AUBURN: As a sophomore in 2023, Fair caught 31 passes (second-most on the team) for 324 yards (10.5 avg.) and 2 TDs while seeing action in 13 games with 6 starts. He also tallied 1 punt return for -11 yards.
As a true freshman in 2022, he recorded 2 receptions for 34 yards (17.0 avg.) while appearing in 10 games.
HIGH SCHOOL: Fair, a three-star recruit, was touted as the No. 55 wide receiver in the nation by ESPN. He set his high school TD record recording 25 TDs throughout his career. He was named the 2021 VYPE DFW Public School Receiver of the Year. He was named to the Dallas Morning News 2021 Preseason All-Area offense.
As a junior in 2020, he had 73 catches for 1,310 yards and 13 TDs to help Rockwall-Heath reach the Class 6A Division II Region II final. He earned placement on the All-District 10-6A First Team.
He tallied 46 receptions for 894 yards (19.4 avg.) and 13 TDs as a senior in 2021.
He played at Sachse (Texas) HS as a sophomore in 2019.
Fair also competed in track and field. He recorded a 22-0 long jump as a junior and ran a 23.33 200m as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Social Sciences with an emphasis in Economics at USC. His mother, Christina, played softball at Southern University, and his father, Jameson, played football at Southern University. His cousin, Larry Nance Jr., plays for the New Orleans Pelicans. His cousin, Greg Little, was an offensive lineman for the Carolina Panthers and Miami Dolphins.
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