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Quarterback competition begins to take shape at USC's spring practice

The break allowed for redshirt freshman Jack Sears and third-year sophomore Matt Fink to study film and digest their first-week performances as they compete to replace quarterback Sam Darnold.

"It gave me a great opportunity to kind of look through the playbook and go through those practices again," Sears said after practice. "Just figure out those first-week mistakes and try not to make them again."

Coach Clay Helton was pleased with both quarterbacks' accuracy in their first week of workouts, but noted that the team did not practice in full pads and that many of the drills were focused on individual skills.