TrojanWire - T.J. Bryant

Pat Ruel Named Top Recruiter in Pac-10 for 2008

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:26:56 -0800

PAT RUEL – USC

BUZZ: Ruel was a serious candidate for national recruiter of the year with an average star ranking for his six signees of 4.17.

He helped recruit five-star offensive linemen Matt Kalil and Tyron Smith, but he helped pull in one of the biggest Signing Day surprises when he able to get Rivals100 cornerback T.J. Bryant away from the grips of Miami and Florida State.

Coach Ruel was also named one of the top 25 recruiters nationally. Also have to give credit to Coach Seto for helping with T.J. Bryant. Excellent job by both coaches.

Recruiting Rankings Wrapup

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:14:53 -0800

Recruiting rankings can be subjective, but here's one way to evaluate. Who else recruited each player? Nick Perry chose USC over Michigan. T.J. Bryant chose USC over Florida State, Florida, Miami, Alabama and LSU. Brice Butler chose USC over Georgia. Blake Ayles could have gone to Ohio State.
Now it cuts both ways. Malik Jackson was headed to Fresno State and Brian Baucham was on his way to Washington State. But that's the point when looking at the class overall.

Different View

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:12:40 -0800

Cornerback T.J. Bryant apparently was not worried like Joe Adams about playing time.
``All the coaches come in and tell you you have a chance to compete,'' Bryant said. ``But at USC, every year, game in and game out, you see freshmen on the field.''

USC happy with added beef

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:11:14 -0800

Associated Press

For the first time in several years, Southern California’s recruiting class wasn’t adjudged to be among the country’s best. That didn’t upset coach Pete Carroll in the slightest. USC was successful in beefing up its offensive and defensive lines, and highly regarded defensive back T.J. Bryant was a bonus as 18 prep stars signed letters on intent with the Trojans on Wednesday — the first day of the national signing period for high school players… continue

2008 Recruiting Dinner

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:54:04 -0800

The scene was on court at the Galen Center again, where a couple times Pete Carroll expressed his desire to see Tim Floyd's bunch hand the Bruins another loss this year.

Carroll said this class was about "bigs" not "flash" and he felt fortunate that the Trojans were in a position to play it this way, this year. Joe McKnight was sure excited about the 5 solid offensive line prospects.

After the jump are some notes from last nights event.