The USC secondary sure has been through quite the interesting summer.
In July, two cornerback recruits from the class of 2019 entered the transfer portal, with one winding up at conference rival Washington State. That comes after the March decision of Greg Johnson, another cornerback who entered the transfer portal after spring practice, only to return to the team during the summer. Then in August, ex-Florida freshman Chris Steele — who was once considering transferring to Oregon but reversed course and wound up with the Trojans — had his waiver with the NCAA approved to play right away in 2019.
Well now we have the latest entry into the USC secondary ledger in the form of Jack Jones. The former five-star recruit was dismissed from the team in 2017 after academic and off the field issues chased him from Los Angeles to a junior college. Now it appears he’ll be suiting up for Pac-12 South rival Arizona State.
247Sports says that Jones has been admitted to school and is the second highest rated recruit to ever suit up for the Sun Devils. He is expected to play right away in 2019 and have two years of eligibility left.
Jones started at USC in 2017 and recorded a team-high four picks to go along with his 40 tackles. The former top recruit winding up in Tempe shouldn’t be too much of a surprise given that his former high school coach, ex-NFLer Antonio Pierce, is ASU’s linebackers coach under Herm Edwards nowadays.
And in case you’re wondering, USC plays at Arizona State on November 9th, a date both sides certainly have marked on the calendar.
