Earlier this year I noted that USC had about 5 and was recruiting more. They use their TE a bit. Depends on the QB. not a bunch. But 5? And like 3 of them were frosh and sophs. And they were recruiting another one or two.
One of their TE's is Walker Lyons whose little brother is a top QB target. So eliminating some competition for him isn't a bad idea. Exit Kade Eldridge. Little used, 3 star from MASS Should not have been recruited in the first place.
Jake Jensen, 3rd string QB who never played and never would, the Kicker from 2022-23 who I and you thought has already left.
Someone named Garth White, who was not the K and apparently was not the Denis with 1 n and 1 s Lynch K but WAS a K with 0 stars. Yeah, him, gone
And Bear Alexander who basically quit after a couple games.
Then you have Miller Moss, and no one expected him to hang around after waiting so long to start.
DJ Leevy who never saw the field in two years.
Gino Quinones who was a back up OL for 3 games each year until sustaining season ending injuries. No loss
Amos Talalale who I guess played one game where he got a few reps and played very badly.
Mason Murphy who might have been the worst RT USC has ever had and absolutely was going to be replaced.
Stop me when you care
Then we have Joyner, Robinson, Hudson, and Sam Greene. 14 guys, 4 I would like to keep and that's debatable on Duce. Every one of those players is easily replaceable in the portal