Stephen Carr, USC’s freshman running back, took an inside handoff during Saturday’s practice and dashed to his left. Then, with one hard plant, he wasn’t going left anymore, though USC’s first-team defense still was, as if it was playing on ice.
Carr reversed field and scampered easily into the end zone. He’d score again, also on a big cutback and had another would-be touchdown negated by a holding penalty that was incidental to the play. The last was set up the same as the first two: with a single, firm plant.
Carr was one of the jewels of USC’s latest recruiting classes, and he flashed why Saturday.