Former USC offensive lineman Jason Rodriguez creates a portal plot twist

A player who had seemingly ended his football career has reconsidered. This journey will be fascinating.

Former USC Trojans offensive lineman Jason Rodriguez has entered the transfer portal after an early retirement from football months ago. It had seemed that Rodriguez’s football career was over. The lineman had announced that he was stepping away from the sport and basically calling it a day. A few days ago, he reconsidered. He is not giving up on his career, and he wants a change of scenery in which to start fresh, which makes sense.

The 6-foot-5, 320-pound Rodriguez started out as an offensive tackle before moving inside to guard but struggled to crack the two-deep rotation. He saw action in just six games over the course of his career with the Trojans, four coming in his freshman season in 2019. The redshirt junior, among USC’s third-team unit, played a single snap in 2022.

Rodriguez was a consensus four-star prospect in the 2019 class and an Under Armour All-America selection. He was the No. 299 overall prospect and the No. 24 offensive tackle via the 247Sports Composite. He chose USC over offers from UCLA, Florida, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Colorado.

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