Offensive lineman Bernard Schirmer is the newest member of the USC football team, as head coach Clay Helton announced his official inclusion on Tuesday, following Day 4 of fall camp.
The 6-foot-6, 290-pound redshirt-sophomore has three years of eligibility remaining and comes to the Trojans after a rather peculiar stint at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif.
In September 2016, he was handed a five-year ban from the Southern California Football Association for punching —and knocking unconscious— a referee in a game against Ventura College, an incident that saw him arrested on suspicion of battery.
Charges were ultimately dropped two months later according to the VC Star, after local prosecutors weren’t confident of proving the strike was intentional.