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USC's Drake London gets Snubbed in 2021 Preseason Rankings

The wide receiver has been left out of multiple top 2021 returning receiver rankings.

Lauren Merola

Three months out from the 2021 season, USC is sitting pretty in top team projections for the upcoming season. Despite losing seven former Trojans to the NFL Draft, ESPN's Mark Schlabach's most recent 2021 college football top 25 rankings has the Trojans breaking open the season at No. 13.

With Amon-Ra St. Brown and Tyler Vaughns, two of the team’s top three receivers, off to the big leagues, Drake London is primed to be Kedon Slovis’ go-to in the air raid.

However, Pro Football Focus’ (PFF) most recent top ten returning wide receivers doesn’t count London as a prime talent for the upcoming season. It doesn’t even list him as the sleeper, or first one out.

London was also excluded from 247Sports’ top ten returning wide receiver rankings.

And Bleacher Report’s.

USC assistant athletic director Gavin Morris retweeted the PFF’s rankings, saying, “A list without @DrakeLondon_ No need to click on!!”

In 2020, London led the Trojans with 502 receiving yards, averaging 83.67 a game. The now-junior started six games, primarily in the slot, and posted three touchdowns and one tackle. For the 2021 season, coach Keary Colbert said back in April that London will get more reps on the outside to “check all the boxes for a complete wide receiver.”

As one of the most physically dominant wide receivers in the Pac-12, London will not only make some noise this season but will have the Coliseum – and nation – buzzing.

London grabbed a game-high eight catches for 125 yards in USC’s 2020 season-opener against Arizona State. The 6’5”, 210-pounder caught a 21-yard grab over two Sun Devil defenders on fourth down with 1:20 to play to ice the game.

London also had four receptions for 68 yards at Arizona. At UCLA, he grabbed five for 97 yards and two scores, one being a 65-yard catch-and-run where he bullied through most of UCLA’s defense. He matched his game-high with another eight grabs for 75 yards against Oregon.

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