Decommitments are unavoidable in major college football recruiting, but USC Football’s latest decommit comes as a particular blow.
Five-star quarterback Matt Corral backed off his pledge to USC this weekend, leaving the Trojans with just five commits for 2018 and no elite quarterback in the class. Moreover, the decommitment stripped them their most active recruiter on the camp circuit.
Quarterback is a position of particular need for USC this recruiting cycle as the prospect of life without Sam Darnold looms.
Darnold could leave for the NFL as soon as the 2017 season ends, though he has two more years of eligibility beyond that.