Tight end Tyler Petite is eager to help out USC's young quarterbacks

No matter who wins the USC quarterback competition, the Trojans are going to be rolling out a guy making his first start on Sept. 1 against Nevada Las Vegas. Tyler Petite has spent this off-season and fall camp making one thing abundantly clear to JT Daniels, Jack Sears and Matt Fink: He is here to help.

As a senior tight end who has the most experience of any USC pass catcher, he is uniquely qualified to lend them his hands. And through two weeks of his final fall camp, it sure seems as though they’re starting to listen.

“Before, I would maybe get one catch every few practices,” Petite said. “But the last two or three practices, I have combined for like seven or eight catches, which is great…