Which Trojan football players have the most to prove in 2026?
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
USCFootball.com - Ryan Abraham, 247Sports, USC, USC Trojans, USC football, College Football
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham, RJ Abeytia and intern India Otto are back in studio taking a look at which Trojan football players have the most to prove in 2026. Head coach Lincoln Riley brings 15 starters back and has a new-look defense with Gary Patterson calling the shots on that side of the ball, but to make that elusive run at the College Football Players there are guys on the roster that will need to turn their potential into production.
On the offensive side USC brings back a lot of proven production, from quarterback Jayden Maiava to the entire starting offensive line and a pair of talented tailbacks in Waymond Jordan and King Miller. The biggest question mark will be with the pass catchers and which wide receivers and tight ends can step up and become active targets for Maiava to get the ball too.
The Trojans have the most to prove on the defensive side of the ball, especially in the front-seven where the pash rush and run stopping were underwhelming last season. Linebacker Desman Stephens looks the part, but can he step up and be an All-Conference type of performer for the Trojans? Defensive end Kameryn Crawford is another guy with talent to spare, but can he put up double-digit sack numbers this season?
The crew also has updates on how the USC baseball team did in the regionals plus off-season updates for the men's and women's basketball teams.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Trojan fans, it's time to get into the huddle with the Parastile podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | Since 2008, the Parasstyle podcast has been your ticket for year-round coverage of the USC football program. |
| 0:20.0 | With multiple shows per week in a wide range of experts, |
| 0:24.1 | no one covers the Trojans like the Peristyle podcast. |
| 0:28.6 | And now, here's the host of the Paristyle podcast, |
| 0:32.1 | USCFootball.com publisher, Ryan Abraham. |
| 0:38.1 | Oh, Trojan fans. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome to another edition of the Parasop podcast. |
| 0:45.5 | I'm your host, Ryan Abraham, joined alongside, sort of. |
| 0:50.2 | RJ Abadia is not in studio, but he's remotely at home in his undisclosed Batcave location wherever he is, but he's joining us remotely. |
| 1:00.1 | We got India Auto, though, Automatic is in studio, and it doesn't look like it, but we're actually kind of right next to each other where RJ's wherever the hell he is. |
| 1:07.6 | Who knows where it's. |
| 1:08.3 | But yes, it's a show on a Tuesday, Tuesday evening, |
| 1:11.7 | which means we get to have India in there hosting again, so we appreciate her coming in. We want |
| 1:17.3 | to talk about some USC football topics today. Yeah, we got, what, three months left until the start |
| 1:22.8 | of college football season. Which players? We're going to talk about which players have the most approved for the |
| 1:28.5 | USC Trojans heading into 2026. So that's the main topic for today. We're talking about |
| 1:32.7 | the baseball team a little bit. A few little basketball updates. You have questions or comments |
| 1:36.5 | for the show. Podcast at USC Football.com. That's the email address. You can all call or text |
| 1:42.7 | us 424-254-94 9141 if you have apple or |
| 1:47.1 | spotify leave it's a five-star rating we love that reviews are amazing uh comments on spotify we |
| 1:52.8 | love those too but welcome in rj i didn't give them a chance of talk when we just introduce them |
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