Corona, CA: Looking at USC’s 2011 Recruiting Class

National Signing Day (February 2) is fast approaching, and the recruiting trail is heating up. Technically, this will be Lane Kiffin’s second class as the head coach at USC, but it will be the first one he has had complete control over. He made some great moves to bolster the 2010 class in the one month he had, and he has done another fantastic job to date with the 2011 class (including spring enrollees).

According to Rivals.com, the Trojans have the fourth best recruiting class in the country. 17 players have committed to USC for Fall 2011:

5-stars

WR George Farmer 6’2″, 192 Gardena, CA (Junipero Serra)

ATH De’Anthony Thomas 5’9″, 160 Los Angeles, CA (Crenshaw)

4-stars

DT Antwaun Woods 6’1″, 322 Woodland Hills, CA (Taft)

DE Greg Townsend, Jr. 6’4″, 242 Beverly Hills, CA (Beverly Hills)

LB Anthony Sarao 6’1″, 215 Absecon, NJ (Holy Spirit)

LB Tre Madden 6’1, 215 Mission Viejo, CA (Mission Viejo)

DE Jalen Grimble 6’4″, 255 Las Vegas, NV (Bishop Gorman)

RB Amir Carlisle 5’10″, 181 Sunnyvale, CA (The Kings’ Academy)

WR Victor Blackwell 6’1″, 186 Santa Ana, CA (Mater Dei)

3-stars

DE Devante Wilson 6’4″, 230 Corona, CA (Corona)

LB Kent Turene 6’3″, 230 Lauderdale Lakes, FL (Boyd Anderson)

DT Cody Temple 6’3″, 280 Bakersfield, CA (Liberty)

ATH J.R. Tavai 6’2″, 260 Redondo Beach, CA (Mira Costa)

OL Marcus Martin 6’3″, 357 Los Angeles, CA (Crenshaw)

DE Steve Dillon 6’3″, 245 Palmdale, CA (Palmdale)

DE Charles Burks 6’1″, 230 Huntington Beach, CA (Edison)

2-stars

K Kris Albarado 6’0″, 180 Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis)