2022 USC Trojans Football Season
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The 2022 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California as a member of the
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during the
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. Led by first-year head coach Lincoln Riley, the Trojans played their home games at the
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in Los Angeles. They finished the season 11–3, 8–1 in Pac-12 play to earn a trip to the Pac-12 championship game. Ranked No. 4 in the College Football Playoff, they lost to Utah in the conference championship game eliminating them from national championship consideration. They received a bid to the Cotton Bowl Classic where they lost to No. 16-ranked Tulane.


Previous season

The Trojans finished the 2021 season 4–8, 3–6 record in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the South division. On September 23, 2021, the school fired head coach
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after starting the season 1–1. Associate head coach
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was named the team's interim coach making him the team's first ever black head coach. On November 28, the school named
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coach Lincoln Riley the team's new coach.


Offseason


Coaching staff departures


Transfers


Transfers Out

The Trojans have lost 27 players via transfer.


Transfers In

The Trojans have added 23 players via transfer.


Returning starters

Key departures include :
Vavae Malepeai ( TB – 12 games, 5 started).
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( TB – 10 games, 7 started).
Drake London ( WR – 8 games, 8 started).
Erik Krommenhoek ( TE – 12 games, 10 started).
Jalen McKenzie ( OT – 12 games, 6 started).
Liam Jimmons ( OG – 12 games, 12 started).
Kana’i Mauga ( LB – 12 games, 12 started).
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(
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– 11 games, 9 started).
Chris Steele ( CB – 11 games, 11 started).
Isaac Taylor-Stuart ( CB – 11 games, 10 started).
Isaiah Pola-Mao Isaiah Pola-Mao (born June 30, 1999) is an American football safety for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC and was signed by the Raiders as an undrafted free agent in . Early life ...
( S – 11 games, 9 started).
Greg Johnson ( S – 10 games, 9 started).
Ben Griffiths ( P – 12 games, 12 started).
Parker Lewis ( K – 10 games, 10 started).
Damon Johnson ( LS – 12 games, 12 started). Other departures include :
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( QB – 9 games, 9 started).
Jaxson Dart Jaxson Chase Dart (born May 13, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels. Dart attended and played high school football at Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah. He began his college football career at USC in 2021, ...
( QB – 6 games, 3 started).
KD Nixon ( WR – 10 games).
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( TE – 6 games, 4 started).
Jacob Lichtenstein ( DL – 12 games, 8 started).
Hunter Echols (
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– 11 games, 3 started).
Raymond Scott ( LB – 11 games, 3 started).
Chase Williams ( S – 12 games, 9 started). Offense Defense Special Teams † Indicates player was a starter in 2021 but missed all of 2022 due to injury.


Recruiting class

The Trojans signed a total of yet scholarship recruits and walk-ons during national signing period.


Overall class rankings


Recruits


Preseason


Spring Game


Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released


Pac-12 Media Day

The Pac-12 Media Day was held on July 29, 2022 in Hollywood, California with Lincoln Riley (HC), Caleb Williams (QB) and Shane Lee (LB) representing USC.


Preseason All-Pac-12 teams

First Team Second Team All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention


Schedule


Personnel


Roster and coaching staff


Depth chart

''True Freshman''   official Depth Chart Week 1 vs Rice (09/01/22)  


Injury report

 


Scholarship distribution chart

    *Scholarship Distribution 2022   / / * Former Walk-on   – 80 players on scholarship / 85 scholarships permitted


Game summaries


vs Rice


at Stanford


vs Fresno State


at Oregon State


vs Arizona State


vs Washington State


at No. 20 Utah


at Arizona


vs California


vs Colorado


at No. 16 UCLA


vs No. 15 Notre Dame


vs No. 11 Utah ( Pac-12 Championship Game)


vs No. 16 Tulane ( Cotton Bowl)


Rankings


Statistics


Team


Individual Leaders


Offense


Defense

Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown


Special teams


Scoring


USC vs. non-conference opponents


USC vs. Pac-12 opponents


USC vs. all opponents


After the season


Awards and honors


Pac-12 Conference Individual Awards


Individual Yearly Awards


All-America


PAC-12 Conference


Bowl games


All Star games


NFL Draft

The NFL Draft will be held at
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in Kansas City, MO on April 27–29, 2023. Trojans who were picked in the 2023 NFL Draft:


NFL Draft combine

No members of the 2022 team were invited to participate in drills at the
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. † Top performer DNP = Did not participate


USC Pro Day

† Top performer DNP = Did not participate


Notes

* November 28, 2021 – Lincoln Riley Named New USC Football Head Coach.


References

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