The end of the 2023 NFL draft makes it reasonable to turn our focus to the 2024 NFL draft. The USC Trojans are likely to produce the top pick in the draft, Caleb Williams, but that’s just a small piece of the larger significance of this draft for the Pac-12 Conference.
We have to get used to the new reality in college sports. This next football season is the last one in which USC will be a member of the Pac-12. This means next year’s draft class will be USC’s last Pac-12 football draft class. At the 2025 NFL draft, USC’s draft haul will be part of the Big Ten’s draft numbers, even though players were recruited when the Trojans were still a Pac-12 member.
You’re up, Caleb, but let’s then see who comes after him: