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Khyiris Tonga had breakout performance against USC, eyeing rest of season

It was actually really, really hard, but Khyiris Tonga knew he had to stop his McDonald’s runs.

Tonga’s weight has been a recurring subject as coaches talked to him about his dreams of playing professional football — a goal Tonga has said he hopes to achieve after his junior season.

But now that Tonga’s weight is just shy of the magical number he wanted to hit (he previously said he wanted to weigh in at 319 pounds before training camp started July 30 and is currently listed at 321 pounds), he’s putting up other magical numbers.