This position is in flux after All-SEC player Hayden Hurst declared for the draft. USC has no one with experience who projects as both a threat to flex out in the slot and work as a blocker in the box. It also remains to be seen how new offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon might use his tight ends, though Pat Washington is an experienced hand leading the group.
Potential Starters
Jacob August, senior, 6-foot-6, 258 pounds – He’s here in some sense by default, as he was the No. 2 and played about 40 percent of the snaps last season.