Former USC safety Marvell Tell made an impression on new Trojans safeties coach Craig Naivar when he faced off with the Texas Longhorns in 2017 and 2018. So much so that Naivar holds him up as an ideal.
“If I cloned a guy we’d throw five Marvell Tells out there,” Naivar said on Tuesday, as USC introduced their new assistant coaches to the media.
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Tell is now in the NFL and unavailable for cloning if that were possible, but Naivar is willing to work with what he has.