USC football didn’t have a player selected in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. As a result, Ohio State was able to catch the Trojans for the all-time record with 81 players taken in the opening round.
Getting back out in front will require USC to give more players a spotlight in which to grow their pro prospects.
So let’s take a look at the Trojans on the 2019 squad who could get USC back into the first round draft conversation:
Michael Pittman
Michael Pittman is arguably USC’s best chance to sneak into the first round in 2019, but he has a lot of work to get there having received a third-round grade in draft evaluations coming out of 2018.