LOS ANGELES — Two of the three transfers USC landed for its new-look offensive line have already taken their places up front this spring. The third, however, won't be coming to USC after all.
Ethan White was expected to join USC from Florida this summer with one season to play as a graduate transfer. But an injury has left White "reevaluating if he's going to play football further," according to Trojans coach Lincoln Riley. The coach didn't offer any specifics about the nature of what's apparently a career-threatening injury.
"There's an injury situation that looks like it's going to prevent him from playing further, and I'll let him take it from there," Riley said Thursday. "Obviously, we were excited to get him. It's football — certainly these things come up and we get it. There's football and there's also long-term health, and we understand guys have got to make those decisions and the best decisions for themselves."
