Going into the 2018 season, safety looked like a position of great depth for USC football. A lot has changed in less than a month.
Two projected starters have been sidelined since the end of August, Bubba Bolden due to an undisclosed personal issue and Ykili Ross due to a desire to transfer. Their replacement, Isaiah Pola-Mao, suffered a shoulder injury against Stanford and will miss the Texas game and potentially longer.
USC has been left with just three scholarship safeties to work with: Marvell Tell, C.J. Pollard and Talanoa Hufanga.
The lineup has been hit so hard that cornerback Chase Williams was moved over to fill a role in practice this week.