USC depth chart: Defense

July 24th, 2008, 5:15 pm · 1 Comment · posted by Michael Lev, staff writer

Here’s how the defense shapes up, according to the 2008 USC media guide:

LEFT DEFENSIVE END

Kyle Moore
Gerald Washington
Trey Henderson

NOSE TACKLE

Averell Spicer/Christian Tupou
DaJohn Harris

DEFENSIVE TACKLE

Fili Moala
Derek Simmons
Trey Henderson

RIGHT DEFENSIVE END

Everson Griffen/Clay Matthews
Andrew Weiss

STRONGSIDE LINEBACKER

Brian Cushing
Michael Morgan
Nick Garratt

MIDDLE LINEBACKER

Rey Maualuga
Chris Galippo
Dan Deckas

WEAKSIDE LINEBACKER

Kaluka Maiava/Luthur Brown
Malcolm Smith

LEFT CORNERBACK

Cary Harris
Josh Pinkard
Daniel Harper

FREE SAFETY

Taylor Mays
Marshall Jones
Justin Hart

STRONG SAFETY

Kevin Ellison
Will Harris
Shane Horton

RIGHT CORNERBACK

Shareece Wright
Kevin Thomas
Omari Crittenden

Coming up: Special teams.

See also: Offense.

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