USC Football: Tracking Early Signing Day Commitments For 2024 Recruiting Class
USC has a total of 21 commits currently pledged to their 2024 recruiting class. Today, December 20th marks the beginning of a three-day window wherein the recruits can officially sign their letter of intent, solidifying their commitment to USC.
AllTrojans.com has scouting evaluations (hyperlinked) for nearly every recruit in USC's 2024 class. Here is the list of commits who will be officially joining the Trojan football program in the coming days/weeks.
USC boasts a total of five offensive linemen committed in their 2024 recruiting class, all five of whom have signed their letter of intent to USC. The unit is headlined by one of the best interior offensive line prospects in the class, Jason Zandamela (scouting report) out of Florida. Three tackles (Hayden Treter [Colorado], Kalolo Ta'aga [California], and Justin Tauanuu [California]) and one interior offensive lineman (Makai Saina [Texas]) round out the offensive linemen. All five have signed their letters of intent.
As far as offensive skill players, USC is looking to add one wide receivers in Xavier Jordan [California], one running back Bryan Jackson [Texas], and two tight ends in Joey Olson [Oregon] and Walter Matthews [Georgia]. All together, that's 10 offensive players (and no quarterback) for USC's offense in the 2024 class. Let's take a look at the other side of the ball.
Starting up front we have a very solid class of defensive lineman, many of whom just recently gave their verbals to USC after a late-cycle push by USC's recruiting department. Carlon Jones [Texas] just announced his commitment to USC a few days ago, as did Jide Abasirihad [Minnesota] who flipped from Minnesota just last week. USC also received commitments from two edge defender prospects including the highly-coveted Kameryn Fountain [Georgia], and Lorenzo Cowan [Georgia] who flipped to USC just last week by way of Kentucky.
The Trojans also managed to court a couple of very talented linebackers in Elijah Newby [Connecticut] [Interview] and Desmen Stephens [Michigan]. Both of these prospects are fairly raw, but they hold a ton of upside as stand up modern-day sideline-to-sideline linebackers.
To round out a solid 2024 recruiting class, USC also earned the commitments of three cornerbacks and two safeties. All-American Marcelles Williams [California] was one of the highest recruited cornerbacks in this cycle, and he comes from a St. John Bosco team that asked him to cover some of the best receivers in the country. Along with Williams, Isaiah Rubin [California] and Braylon Conley [Texas] round out the 2024 cornerbacks. Worth noting is that USC was able to hold onto these commitments, along with two safeties, while the recruiter for these players (Donte Williams) jumped ship to Georgia for the same position. Safeties Marquis Gallegos [California] and Jarvis Boatwright [California] round out a 2024 Trojan recruiting class that is ranked 18th in the country, according to On3.
All but cornerback Isaiah Rubin and wide receiver Ryan Pellum have signed their letters of intent as of 1 PM Pacific Standard Time.
{Updated at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time}: Wide receiver Ryan Pellum flipped to Oregon last minute, signing his letter of intent a couple of hours ago. This brings the signee number for USC to 19, with only cornerback Isaiah Rubin outstanding.