Greedy Vance Jr. may not look, on paper, like he would be the answer to USC’s pass rushing problems. One, he’s a nickel corner — hardly a premier pass-rushing position. And two, Vance weighs only 170 pounds, making him the lightest player on the Trojans’ defense.
But as USC struggles to get to the quarterback, defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn has had to get increasingly creative. In recent weeks, it’s meant manufacturing pressure from the most unexpected sources.
In this case: a stringy slot corner who never had been credited for a sack in his college career.