Heard It on the Sidelines: Josh Conerly Jr. recruiting decision w/ national editor Brandon Huffman
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
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🗓️ 5 April 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Shotgun Spratling talks with 247Sports national recruiting editor Brandon Huffman about the upcoming decision and commitment of five-star Seattle (Wash.) Rainier Beach offensive tackle Josh Conerly Jr. Huffman talks about the type of prospect Conerly is, why he decided to put in a Crystal Ball for USC on the offensive lineman and why he won’t equate Conerly to a Shaun Cody or De’Anthony Thomas type of recruit for the Trojans no matter if Conerly chooses USC or another school.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Keeley. Hey, Chris. Welcome to hurt it on the sidelines hurt it on the sideline with shotguns |
| 0:09.5 | brother. That's right. The hurt it on the sideline podcast is back back with the terrific |
| 0:16.2 | guest who I think you guys will enjoy hearing from once again. But before we get into that, |
| 0:20.8 | we've got to reach out to our first time listeners and let them know what they're getting |
| 0:23.7 | into here. The hurt it on the sidelines podcast is part of the Paris style podcast family |
| 0:28.1 | shows. I'm your host shotgun Spratling and I'm here to help guide you through as we |
| 0:32.7 | attempt to take you behind the curtain a little bit. Give you a behind the scenes wheel |
| 0:36.8 | as we interview people around USC sports, including players and coaches or in this instance |
| 0:41.8 | on national recruiting analysts. That's right. We've got 24 seven sports national analysts |
| 0:46.7 | Brandon Huffman back with us to take a look at the upcoming commitment decision of 2022 |
| 0:52.1 | offense alignment Josh Connelly Jr. A five star prospect from Seattle's Rainier Beach. |
| 0:57.9 | And yes, you heard me correctly. I did say five star offense alignment from the west coast, |
| 1:04.2 | one of those rare unicorns USC's been unable to land since. Well, if we're counting consensus |
| 1:10.3 | five star prospects, not since 2008 when the Trojan sign Matt Khalil also had Tyron |
| 1:16.4 | Smith in that class as well. Connelly isn't just a consensus five star though. He's ranked |
| 1:22.0 | number eight in the 24 seven sports rankings. USC hasn't signed an offense alignment in the |
| 1:27.2 | top 10 of the 24 seven sports rankings since the site was started. Now before that, we do have |
| 1:32.3 | the composite rankings that go back a little bit further than that. The last top 10 offense alignment |
| 1:36.6 | in the composite ranking sign by USC was Jeff buyers in 2004. So we're approaching on 20 years |
| 1:43.4 | since USC sign an offense alignment that was top 10 in the nation. And in the recent recurring |
| 1:48.8 | classes, USC struggled to even net four star offense alignment. So for Lincoln Riley to turn |
| 1:53.5 | the program around recruiting offense alignment is imperative. And Connelly is the first big opportunity |
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