The deadline to declare for the 2019 NFL Draft came and went on Monday. Unless one of USC football’s draft eligible players secretly entered their name, the Trojans are expected to return all of their juniors and redshirt sophomores in 2019.
That is an exceedingly rare occurrence for USC. The Trojans have had an underclassman drafted every year going back to the 2003 NFL Draft, which was the last time USC had no early entrants declare.
Last year, Sam Darnold, Ronald Jones II and Rasheem Green continued the decade-long tradition of departing after three years.
So here’s the question: Is that good or bad for USC football?