USC safety Chris Hawkins could find himself covering UCLA wide receiver Jordan Payton on Saturday and made it clear the pair are not friends.
Hawkins and Payton worked together at a real-estate company as part of a summer course the duo took along with USC linebacker Su’a Cravens.
“No. No. I’m not friends,” Hawkins said Wednesday. “We just said, ‘What’s up?’ to each other. I don’t really like UCLA. I’m sure they don’t like us. He knew who we were and we knew who he was.”
Hawkins conceded he is friends with UCLA receivers Darren Andrews and Jordan Lasley.