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USC football named Defensive Back U thanks to all-time NFL greats

You may have heard USC referred to as Running Back U or even Linebacker U, but the Trojans arguably have their biggest claim to Defensive Back U.

With College Football Hall of Famers like Ronnie Lott and Troy Polamalu in their ranks, USC’s track record of producing big-time college safeties is unquestioned.

But Bleacher Report definitively gave USC the nod as DB U because of the Trojans’ NFL exploits.

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Here’s how it works: BR’s David Kenyon and Kerry Miller set out to find the college programs who “generated the most productive NFL players” since 1970.