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USC Football: JT Daniels’ and other freshmen jersey numbers revealed

USC Football Media Day, during which the Trojans get in full uniform to shoot promotional pictures and videos, let the cat out of the bag on some new freshman jersey numbers on Tuesday.

Most notably, it was revealed that quarterback JT Daniels will don the No. 18 in cardinal and gold, keeping the number from his days at Mater Dei.

No. 18 has been a popular number among quarterbacks this era, likely because of the influence of Peyton Manning. Even Sam Darnold wore the number in high school before landing at No. 14 at USC.

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