2025 USC Trojans football team

The 2025 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) as a second-year member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by their fourth-year head coach Lincoln Riley, and played their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum located in Los Angeles.

The USC Trojans drew an average home attendance of 67,783, the 22nd-highest of all college football teams.

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

vs Missouri State

Captains for week 1: Jayden Maiava, Kilian O’Connor, Devan Thompkins, Eric Gentry & Kamari Ramsey.

vs Georgia Southern

Captains for week 2: Jayden Maiava, Kilian O’Connor, Eric Gentry, DeCarlos Nicholson & Hank Pepper.

at Purdue

Captains for week 3: Jayden Maiava, Kilian O’Connor, Eric Gentry, Kamari Ramsey & Hank Pepper.

vs Michigan State

Captains for week 4: Jayden Maiava, Devan Thompkins, Eric Gentry, Kamari Ramsey & Hank Pepper.

at No. 23 Illinois

Captains for Week 5 : Jayden Maiava, Devan Thompkins, Eric Gentry, Kamari Ramsey & Hank Pepper.

vs No. 15 Michigan

Captains for week 7 : Jayden Maiava, Tobias Raymond, Eric Gentry, Christian Pierce & Hank Pepper.

at No. 13 Notre Dame (rivalry)

Captains for week 8 : Jayden Maiava, Tobias Raymond, Devan Thompkins, Eric Gentry & Hank Pepper.

at Nebraska

Captains for week 10: Lake McRee, Tobias Raymond, Devan Thompkins, Eric Gentry & Garrison Madden.

vs Northwestern

Captains for week 11: Jayden Maiava, Asante Das, Tobias Raymond, Eric Gentry & Hank Pepper.

vs No. 21 Iowa

Captains for week 12: Jayden Maiava, Asante Das, Tobias Raymond, Devan Thompkins, Eric Gentry & Hank Pepper.

at No. 7 Oregon

Captains for week 13: Jayden Maiava, Asante Das, Tobias Raymond, Eric Gentry, Christian Pierce & Hank Pepper.

vs UCLA (Victory Bell)

Captains for week 14: Jaden Richardson, Lake McRee, Eric Gentry, Ryan Quintanar & Hank Pepper.

vs. TCU (Alamo Bowl)

Captains for the bowl game: Jaden Richardson, Tobias Raymond, Keeshawn Silver, Jide Abasiri & Christian Pierce.

Personnel

Roster and coaching staff

Depth chart

True Freshman<br/> Double Position : * official Depth Chart (10/29/2025)

Injury report/Redshirting

Scholarship distribution chart

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• Scholarship Distribution 2025 chart

^ : the players who still have to make an official choice and the players who are eligible for the Covid year.

/ / * Former Walk-on /

– - players on scholarships / 105 scholarships permitted

Coaching staff additions & promotions

Coaching staff departures

Transfers

Transfers out

The Trojans have lost 27 players via transfer.

Transfers in

The Trojans have added 16 players via transfer.

NFL draft

Entered NFL draft

The following players have headed for the 2025 NFL Draft : RB Woody Marks, WR Kyle Ford, OL Jonah Monheim, DL Gavin Meyer, EDGE Jamil Muhammad, LB Mason Cobb, LB Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, CB Jacobe Covington, CB John Humphrey, CB Greedy Vance Jr., DB Jaylin Smith, S Akili Arnold, S Bryson Shaw, K Michael Lantz & P Eddie Czaplicki.

NFL Draft Combine

† Top performer DNP = Did not participate

USC Pro Day

† Top performer DNP = Did not participate

Returning starters

Offense

Defense

Special teams

Recruiting class

Statistics

Team

Scoring

USC vs. non-conference opponents

USC vs. B1G opponents

USC vs. all opponents

Individual Leaders

Offense

Defense

<small>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</small>

Special teams

References

Notes