After a 2024 offseason in which several players who committed to USC football left the program months later, we have witnessed an even more abrupt turn of events at Troy. Chasen Johnson, a cornerback who had committed to USC a few days ago, quickly changed his mind and flipped to SMU on Saturday night.
Yes, USC and Doug Belk did bring in cornerback DJ Harvey from San Jose State in the transfer portal, so it’s not as though the USC secondary is starting from scratch. Belk has a win on the board via Harvey. However, it’s still a little disorienting and weird to see a player make a commitment to USC and then undo that commitment just days later. We are all left to wonder why the commitment to USC was even made in the first place.
All of this aside, USC’s biggest transfer portal needs are on the offensive and defensive lines, anyway. That’s where the Trojans need to make their biggest splashes in this transfer portal window.