Usc's Non-Scholarship Players
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20072007 NON-SCHOLARSHIP VETERAN BIOGRAPHIES PLAYERS USC'S NON-SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS Jim Abbott Jon Breuer Sean Calcagnie Dan Deckas Aisake Fifita Safety Quarterback Wide Receiver Linebacker Defensive Tackle Nick Garratt Chase McWhorter Caleb Nelan Billy O'Malley Christian Putnam Linebacker Safety Wide Receiver Punter Snapper Scott Stephens Cooper Stephenson Brad Walker Greg Woidneck Brent Yoshida Wide Receiver Fullback Wide Receiver Punter Safety 2007 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE — PAGE 47 2007 USC NEWCOMER BIOGRAPHIES #37 JORDAN CAMPBELL Best in the West first team, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100, All-CIF Pac-5 Division Offensive Fullback MVP, Los Angeles Times All-Star MVP, Orange County Register All- 6-0, 225, Fr./Fr. Orange County Offensive MVP and All-Trinity League Co-MVP as a senior Corona, CA (Norco HS) quarterback at Orange (Calif.) Lutheran High. He completed 212-of-311 (68.2%) of his passes for 2,750 yards, 21 TDs and 7 interceptions, plus ran for 1,197 yards on 142 carries (8.4 avg.) with 12 TDs, in 2006...He also punted. His 2006 honors included Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All- Orange Lutheran went 14-1 and won the 2006 CIF Pac-5 Division and the American, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Cal-Hi Sports All- California state Division II championships. State first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West honorable As a junior in 2005, he made the All-CIF Division VI first team, Cal-Hi mention, Orange County Register Fab 15 second team, Tacoma News- Sports All-State Underclass second team and All-Empire League Tribune Western 100, All-CIF Inland Division Defensive MVP, Los Angeles Offensive MVP while hitting 128-of-219 (58.4%) of his passes for 1,634 yards, Times All-Star, Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Riverside County first 22 TDs and 11 interceptions and running for 591 yards with 11 TDs. team, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin All-Inland Valley first team and All- Orange Lutheran won the CIF Division VI title in his 2004 sophomore Mountain View League Defensive MVP as a senior linebacker at Norco season when he was named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass (Calif.) High. He had 156 tackles, 6 sacks, 1 interception and 1 fumble recovery second team. In his 3-year career as a starter, he accounted for 8,668 yards in 2006. Norco won the 2006 CIF Inland Division title. of total offense and 76 TDs. Current Trojan Michael Reardon also attended As a junior in 2005, he made the All-CIF Division V first team, Cal-Hi Orange Lutheran. Sports All-State Underclass second team, Riverside Press-Enterprise His father, Chris, lettered at wide receiver for 2 years (1980-81) at Idaho All-Riverside County second team and All-League while getting 135 State and was a member of the Bengals’ NCAA Division I-AA championship tackles. Norco won the 2005 CIF Division V championship. team (he caught a TD pass in the title game). His mother, Mary, played volleyball at Idaho State. #81 JORDAN CAMERON Wide Receiver #40 RHETT ELLISON 6-5, 220, Fr.*/So. Tight End Newbury Park, CA (Newbury Park HS/BYU) 6-5, 235, Fr./Fr. Portola Valley, CA (St. Francis HS) Cameron, who was a forward on BYU’s basketball team as a first-year freshman in 2006-07, transferred to USC in the fall of 2007 to play football His 2006 honors included 2006 Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All- (wide receiver) but will have to sit out his 2007 redshirt freshman season West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best of the Rest and San Jose Mercury because of NCAA transfer rules. News All-Area first team as a senior linebacker and tight end at St. Francis He did not play football at BYU in 2006, but rather redshirted as a first- High in Mountain View (Calif.). He had 49 tackles, 2 sacks and 1 interception year freshman forward on the Cougars’ men’s basketball team in 2007. on defense and 31 receptions for 394 yards (12.7 avg.) with 2 TDs on offense He made the 2005 Prep Star All-West, Los Angeles Daily News All- in 2006. Area second team and All-Marmonte League first team as a senior wide As a junior in 2005, he made 27 tackles and 4 sacks, plus caught 26 passes receiver at Newbury Park (Calif.) High. He caught 73 passes for 1,022 yards for 301 yards (11.6 avg.) with 5 TDs. (14.0 avg.) with 12 TDs in 2005. His father, Riki (Gray) Ellison, lettered at linebacker for 4 seasons (1978- As a junior in 2004, he made All-Marmonte League first team. 80, 1982) at USC, where he was a member of the 1978 national championship He also starred in basketball at Newbury Park, where he averaged 21.1 team and earned All-Conference honors in 1979, then played in the NFL with points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 3.0 steals and 0.8 blocks as a 2006 senior. the San Francisco 49ers (1983-89), where he appeared in the 1985 and 1989 He was the 2006 Ventura County Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Super Bowls, and Los Angeles Raiders (1990-92). His sister, Wesley, played Year and was named All-Ventura County Star first team, All-CIF Division III first water polo at Michigan for 4 years (2004-07). team and All-Marmonte League first team. As a junior in 2005, he averaged 18.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.1 steals and 0.9 blocks while earning #54 CHRIS GALIPPO All-Ventura County second team, All-North Los Angeles Region first team and All-Marmonte League first team honors. Linebacker He also played volleyball at Newbury Park. 6-2, 235, Fr./Fr. His sister, Brynn, is a junior guard on the USC women’s basketball team. His grandfather, Jack Cravens, played basketball and baseball at BYU (1957- Corona, CA (Servite HS) 59). His 2006 honors included USA Today All-USA first team, Parade All- American, EA Sports All-American first team, Super Prep All-American, #80 BRANDON CARSWELL Prep Star All-American, Scout.com All-American, Lemming All-American, Wide Receiver Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star 100, Rivals.com 100, Super Prep All- Farwest Defensive MVP, Prep Star All-West, Scout.com All-West, Long 6-2, 175, Fr./Fr. Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Orange County Milpitas, CA (Milpitas HS) Register Fab 15 first team, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, All-CIF Pac-5 Division first team, Los Angeles His 2006 honors included Super Prep All-American, EA Sports All- Times All-Star first team, Orange County Register All-Orange County American third team, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Cal- Defensive MVP, U.S. Army All-American Bowl MVP and All-Trinity Hi Sports All-State first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the League Co-MVP as a senior at Servite High in Anaheim (Calif.). He had 98 West first team, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 and San Jose tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 5 blocked field goals, 3 Mercury News All-Area MVP as a senior at Milpitas (Calif.) High. He threw deflections and 1 interception as a linebacker and had 354 rushing yards on 48 for 1,406 yards and 15 TDs and ran for 1,503 yards with 19 TDs as a carries (7.4 avg.) with 3 TDs and caught 25 passes for 297 yards (11.9 avg.) with quarterback, as well as caught 13 passes for 364 yards (28.0 avg.), and had 11 3 TDs on offense. interceptions as a cornerback in 2006. Milpitas won the 2006 CIF Central Coast As a junior in 2005, he made the All-CIF Division I first team, Cal-Hi Section large school championship. Sports All-State Underclass first team, Orange County Register All- As a junior in 2005, he had 32 receptions for 711 yards (22.2 avg.) and Orange County Defensive MVP and All-Serra League Co-Defensive MVP 11 TDs as a wide receiver despite having to sit out the first 6 games of the while recording 161 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 6 sacks and 4 blocked punts on season. defense and catching 22 passes for 380 yards (17.3 avg.) with 5 TDs on offense. He played quarterback as a sophomore in 2004. He had 69 tackles as a sophomore in 2004 when he made Student Sports Sophomore All-American and Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore first #15 AARON CORP team. Quarterback #29 BRODERICK GREEN 6-3, 185, Fr./Fr. Tailback Villa Park, CA (Orange Lutheran HS) 6-1, 230, Fr./Fr. His 2006 honors included Parade All-American, EA Sports All- Little Rock, AR (Pulaski Academy) American first team, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star 100, Rivals.com 100, Super Prep All- His 2006 honors included Parade All-American, Super Prep All- Farwest Offensive MVP, Prep Star All-West, Cal-Hi Sports California Mr. American, Prep Star All-American, EA Sports All-American third team, Football, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Prep Star 100, Super Prep All-Southwest, Prep Star All-Southeast and PAGE 48 — UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2007 USC NEWCOMER BIOGRAPHIES Scout.com All-Southwest as a senior running back at Pulaski Academy in Little (25.7 avg.) and 218 yards on 11 punt returns (19.8 avg.).