Raleek Brown is excited about what he can do as a wide receiver at USC

Lincoln Riley is making the bet that putting Brown in a more free-flowing position will unlock his talents. We’ll see.

We saw it happen so many times last season at USC: Raleek Brown, so obviously fast and talented, had trouble waiting for the hole to develop. Brown struggled to make the right cut at the right time and explode through gaps. Decision-making and timing weren’t where Brown or the USC coaching staff hoped they would be. Brown was indecisive and uncertain. That hurt USC in a number of situations.

Entering 2023, Brown is older and wiser, but the coaching staff felt that putting Brown in the backfield was not the best course of action.

Lincoln Riley has moved Brown from running back to wide receiver. Brown joins Duce Robinson as a player who was recruited to USC at one position (for Robinson, it was tight end) but is being shifted to wide receiver for the 2023 season. The obvious thought process is that at wide receiver, Brown doesn’t have to think about when or where to cut. He has a route tree and a more defined set of reads. Running freely in the open field could unlock his potential to a much greater degree.

As USC camp gets started, Brown is clearly excited about what’s in store for him and the Trojan offense this season:

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