USC Morning Buzz: Tight End Prospects

With Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick ineligible, it leaves Randal Telfer, who practiced Monday night but was bothered by a knee injury in the offseason and true freshman Bryce Dixon, who cannot realistically be expected to block every down.

Offensive tackle Nathan Guertler will probably move over and become a blocking tight end with Chris Willson and Shane Sullivan also providing depth. This is where Xavier Grimble leaving early hurts but let’s also mention that Cope-Fitzpatrick also blew it, well aware he had a good chance to start.

28 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Tight End Prospects

  1. And nobody feels worse about this than Cope-Fitzpatrick, Scottie……do you plan on printing T-shirts saying “Cope-Fitzpatrick blew it!”?

  2. Two tight end prospects from California still on the board for next year might be:

    Trey Dunkelberger, three star, 6’5″, 240 lbs., 4.55 forty from Pierce Junior College (with a name like that he should play basketball)

    Matt Snyder, three star, 6’5″, 245 lbs., San Ramon, California (high school).

  3. Don’t forget about possibly using the fullbacks, Pinner and Vainuku……at 270 lbs, Soma is a beast……..he weighs almost as much as our LT Chad Wheeler, who is 280 lbs….

  4. Kylie Fitts, the UCLA DEFENSIVE END, walked out of UCLA today and is looking to transfer. Fitts was disappointed that USC had to pull back its scholarship offer to him in 2013 (USC had few scholarships to give out). And Jordan Lasley a three star high school recruit won’t participate in Fall practice sessions for unstated reasons.

    • Actually, his scholarship wasn’t pulled, Kifin just wouldn’t allow him to enroll early….he is now rumored to be considering Oregon and USC, although Notre Dame was one his finalists when he was being recruited….

    • Walking out on your team for lack of playing time is going to be a red flag to other teams – couldn’t he find a sick grandma somewhere he could claim he was close to and needed to change schools?

    • Mora had nice things to say about this kid…i don’t think it was a playing time issue (although our line i loaded so it could be an issue and he’s not admitting it).

      but if he wants to go to Oregon or Southern Cal as someone stated, he will have to sit TWO years(rather than one), unless the inter-conference transfer rules have changed.

      • I was the someone who stated it and this came from a Bruin website……..and it’s INTRA-conference, not INTER……

    • If Bucket is correct about intra-Pac-12 transfer rules, I doubt he’ll be playing out west.

      • I also think that UCLA would have to approve an intra-Pac-12 transfer…….which would be very unlikely

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