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Aug. 18, 2024 4 AM PT
Eric Henderson barely had settled into his office at USC before Bear Alexander appeared in the new defensive line coach’s doorway.
“He was one of the first people I laid eyes on,” said Henderson, who traded the NFL’s Rams for the Trojans in January.
Henderson already had an inkling of what USC’s top defensive lineman could do. He’d kept tabs on some top defensive line prospects while on the Rams staff, and Alexander, a 315-pound human wrecking ball and former five-star recruit, had caught his attention.