USC Trojans Lincoln Riley Excited By Defense

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00:00He's got some real ability and he's really starting to learn how to play the game.

00:03I know big defensive tackles are, you know, notoriously,

00:05you can have a five-star guy who comes in and doesn't really adjust as well to the size and the athleticism.

00:12How do you determine, like, that, especially when you don't have a ton of film from him in Georgia,

00:17how do you determine with a guy like that, even just generally, like,

00:20is this guy going to live up to the billing that he originally had?

00:23You know what I'm saying?

00:23Yeah, no, I mean, I think we're fortunate we had some connections to people around Ja

00:29that had been with him in other situations, so it was good to get to know him there.

00:34I think you trust what you see on tape, and we thought the flashes were there.

00:37And then his recruiting visit when he came out, like, there was really no recruiting.

00:41It was really just we've got to get to know you and you've got to get to know us

00:44and we've got to decide if this is going to work because you don't get any more shots.

00:47You know, like, this is it.

00:48And so we just, you know, we believed in the kid as it went through.

00:54And felt like that he was worth taking a chance on

00:57and been very pleased with what we've seen so far.

00:59Do you have a status update on Anthony Lucas?

01:02Progressing extremely well.

01:03He won't do anything full go this spring, which we knew that coming in.

01:09But rehab's on schedule.

01:11He should be full go for us when we report back for summer.

01:16And then, obviously, we'll get him ramped up and get ready to go.

01:19But he's been spending a lot of time in the weight room right now,

01:21attacking some areas from a strength standpoint

01:24and learning in the meetings, on the field, all that, but progressing well.