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The 15 best USC football players who were never All-Americans

There have been scores of All-Americans in USC football history, ranging from one-handed Brice Taylor to three-way Adoree’ Jackson. But the list of legendary Trojans doesn’t stop there.

A large number of USC greats were denied national recognition of their accomplishments, including some truly surprising stars.

Here is a look at the greatest Trojans who don’t appear on USC’s All-American Wall:

QB Matt Barkley (2009-2012)

As far as careers go, Matt Barkley produced about as much as he could for USC without ever officially earning an All-American nod.

He was the nation’s No. 1 recruit coming out of high school and lived up to that moniker right away by winning USC’s starting quarterback job ahead of the 2009 season.