2017 Football Roster
Roster
Matt Bayle
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Marino
- High School:
- St. Francis
2019: Bayle will serve as a backup inside linebacker as a walk-on senior in 2019.
2018: Bayle, who moved to inside linebacker from outside linebacker prior to 2018 spring drills, saw action in 1 game (Arizona State) on special teams as a walk-on junior in 2018, but did not make a tackle.
2017: Bayle did not see action as a backup walk-on outside linebacker as a sophomore in 2017.
2016: Bayle did not see action as a reserve walk-on defensive end as a redshirt freshman in 2016.
2015: Bayle redshirted as a walk-on first-year freshmanoutside linebacker at USC in 2015. He was sidelined all of 2015 with a knee ligament injury suffered in the spring of 2015.
HIGH SCHOOL: He was 2014 All-CIF Southeast Division, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area honorable mention and All-Angelus League Co-Defensive MVPas a senior outside linebacker and quarterback at St. Francis High in La Canada (Calif.). He had 69 tackles, including 8 for losses (with 3 sacks), an interception, a deflection and a forced fumble on defense in 2015, while on offense he had 36 yards on 8 carries (4.5 avg), caught a 26-yard pass and completed 2-of-6 passes (33.3%) for 7 yards.
As a junior in 2013, he had 8 tackles and 3 deflections on defense and 63 yards on 4 carries (15.8 avg) with a TD and an 11-yard scoring reception on offense.
He ran for 7 yards on 6 carries (1.2 avg) as a 2012 sophomore.
He attended San Marino (Calif.) high as a 2011 freshman, where he also competed in track and basketball.
PERSONAL: He is an accounting major at USC with a 3.28 GPA.
