THIRD AND DATA

Week 5 · 2023

#8 USC at Colorado

Sat 09/30/2023 12:00 PMFolsom FieldColorado pregame7% — Pregame win probability: 7% for Colorado. USC favored, and won.Conference

68°Cloudy0 mph N · 33% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data

#8 USC

48

8–5

Colorado

41

4–8

Attendance

54,032

reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2023, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

USCQuarterbacks2 blue chips6
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB13Caleb Williams6'1"·2153yr
    3,633 Pass yds30 TD5 Int68.6 Cmp%115 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB7Miller Moss6'2"·2103yr
    681 Pass yds7 TD1 Int70.8 Cmp%32 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB16Jake Jensen6'1"·2123yr
    1 Rush yds
  • 55-star recruitQB16Malachi Nelson6'3"·1931yr
    0 Pass yds0 TD0 Int33.3 Cmp%
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB31Isaac Ward5'10"·1854yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB12Gage Roy6'2"·2102yr
COLOQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
  • 44-star recruitQB2Shedeur Sanders ← Jackson State6'2"·2153yr
    3,230 Pass yds27 TD3 Int69.3 Cmp%-77 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB8Ryan Staub6'1"·2041yr
    254 Pass yds1 TD0 Int57.5 Cmp%-26 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB13Gavin Kuld6'6"·2151yr
    22 Pass yds0 TD1 Int33.3 Cmp%-3 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB14Colton Allen6'3"·2102yr
  • 33-star recruitQB12Kasen Weisman6'2"·1901yr
USCOffensive line5 blue chips18
COLODefensive lineNo blue chips15
  • 33-star recruitDE49Taijh Alston ← West Virginia6'4"·2557yr
    23 Tackles5.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE53Arden Walker ← Missouri6'2"·2503yr
    12 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE41Taje McCoy6'1"·2501yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE59Tristan Marois6'6"·2402yr
    career 7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE35Kofi Taylor-Barrocks6'3"·2301yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE98Jacob Woida6'2"·2301yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL99Shane Cokes ← Dartmouth6'3"·2752yr
    29 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL33Deeve Harris6'2"·2255yr
    14 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL52Chazz Wallace ← Old Dominion6'2"·3173yr
    11 Tackles1.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 22-star recruitDL55Leonard Payne Jr.6'3"·3006yr
    10 Tackles3.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL11Khairi Manns ← Maine6'3"·2303yr
    9 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL8Bishop Thomas ← Florida State6'1"·3002yr
    6 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL5JJ Hawkins6'2"·2802yr
    5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL45Victory Johnson6'3"·2551yr
  • 33-star recruitDT88Amari McNeill ← Tennessee6'4"·3003yr
    31 Tackles7.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
USCDefensive line4 blue chips18
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE10Jamil Muhammad ← Georgia State6'1"·2605yr
    46 Tackles9.5 TFL5.5 Sacks
  • 22-star recruitDE51Solomon Byrd6'3"·2506yr
    44 Tackles7.5 TFL4.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE10Braylan Shelby6'5"·2601yr
    17 Tackles4.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE6Anthony Lucas ← Texas A&M6'5"·2852yr
    9 Tackles2.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE35DJ Peevy6'3"·2601yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE39Garrett Pomerantz6'2"·2252yr
  • 44-star recruitDL1Bear Alexander ← Georgia6'3"·3162yr
    45 Tackles6.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL92Kyon Barrs ← Arizona6'2"·2905yr
    18 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL79De'Jon Benton6'2"·2705yr
    11 Tackles5.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL31Tyrone Taleni6'2"·2754yr
    11 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL99Jack Sullivan ← Purdue6'5"·2756yr
    8 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL47Stanley Ta'ufo'ou6'2"·2755yr
    7 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL56Elijah Hughes6'3"·2951yr
    5 Tackles1.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitDL0Korey Foreman6'4"·2503yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL93Sinjun Astani6'4"·2708yr
    career 4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL1Devan Thompkins6'5"·3002yr
  • 33-star recruitDL0Deijon Laffitte6'3"·3051yr
  • 33-star recruitDT94Kobe Pepe6'2"·3404yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
COLOOffensive lineNo blue chips18
USCBacks & tight ends5 blue chips13
  • 44-star recruitRB—MarShawn Lloyd ← South Carolina5'9"·2104yr
    116 Car820 Rush yds9 TD7.1 Rush avg
    13 Rec232 Rec yds17.8 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB6Austin Jones5'10"·2005yr
    85 Car477 Rush yds7 TD5.6 Rush avg
    13 Rec103 Rec yds7.9 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB0Quinten Joyner5'11"·2201yr
    18 Car125 Rush yds1 TD6.9 Rush avg
    1 Rec7 Rec yds7.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB24Darwin Barlow6'0"·2205yr
    8 Car81 Rush yds1 TD10.1 Rush avg
    1 Rec10 Rec yds10.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB0Raleek Brown5'9"·1932yr
    3 Car16 Rush yds1 TD5.3 Rush avg
    3 Rec18 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB28A'Marion Peterson6'0"·2151yr
    2 Car14 Rush yds0 TD7.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB5Matt Colombo5'11"·2054yr
    1 Car7 Rush yds0 TD7.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitTE87Lake McRee6'4"·2503yr
    26 Rec262 Rec yds1 TD10.1 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE24Carson Tabaracci6'1"·2302yr
    1 Rec32 Rec yds0 TD32.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE18Jude Wolfe6'6"·2475yr
    2 Rec5 Rec yds1 TD2.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE44Kade Eldridge6'4"·2501yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE95Luke Otte6'5"·2601yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE86CJ Woods6'2"·2551yr
COLOLinebackers3 blue chips11
  • 44-star recruitLB20LaVonta Bentley6'0"·2305yr
    69 Tackles11.0 TFL5.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB44Jordan Domineck ← Arkansas6'3"·2506yr
    51 Tackles12.0 TFL5.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB5Marvin Ham6'1"·2315yr
    36 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB51Juwan Mitchell6'1"·2356yr
    32 Tackles2.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB9Derrick McLendon6'4"·2505yr
    17 Tackles1.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB22Demouy Kennedy ← Alabama6'3"·2154yr
    13 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB42Jeremiah Brown ← Jackson State6'2"·2352yr
    11 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB38Brendan Gant ← Florida State6'2"·2005yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB58Noah Young6'1"·2204yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB93Joshka Gustav6'3"·2355yr
    career 15 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB54Bo Simmons-Lapena6'1"·2251yr
USCLinebackers7 blue chips14
  • 33-star recruitLB13Mason Cobb ← Oklahoma State6'0"·2304yr
    85 Tackles7.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB18Eric Gentry6'6"·2253yr
    43 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 44-star recruitLB24Tackett Curtis6'2"·2301yr
    37 Tackles4.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB53Shane Lee6'0"·2405yr
    26 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB9Romello Height6'3"·2354yr
    18 Tackles5.0 TFL4.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB9Raesjon Davis6'0"·2283yr
    17 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB2Anthony Beavers6'2"·2373yr
    15 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB6Chris Thompson Jr.6'3"·2454yr
    9 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB42Deuce Palmer ← SMU6'1"·2155yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB2Sam Greene6'2"·2511yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB58Solomon Tuliaupupu6'3"·2605yr
    career 9 Tackles3.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB15Garrison Madden6'3"·2352yr
    career 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB57Roman Marchetti6'2"·2252yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB52Theo Bravos5'10"·2101yr
COLOBacks & tight ends2 blue chips16
  • 44-star recruitRB1Dylan Edwards5'9"·1751yr
    76 Car321 Rush yds1 TD4.2 Rush avg
    36 Rec299 Rec yds8.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB0Anthony Hankerson5'8"·2062yr
    78 Car319 Rush yds1 TD4.1 Rush avg
    16 Rec71 Rec yds4.4 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB3Sy'veon Wilkerson ← Jackson State5'7"·2152yr
    53 Car190 Rush yds3 TD3.6 Rush avg
    5 Rec50 Rec yds10.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB22Alton McCaskill ← Houston6'2"·2203yr
    14 Car59 Rush yds0 TD4.2 Rush avg
    2 Rec19 Rec yds9.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB44Charlie Offerdahl5'11"·1903yr
    2 Car11 Rush yds0 TD5.5 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB8Kavosiey Smoke ← Kentucky5'9"·2156yr
    2 Car-2 Rush yds0 TD-1.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB45Ahmir McGee5'11"·2102yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB48Christian Sarem6'2"·2202yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE87Michael Harrison6'3"·2204yr
    31 Rec284 Rec yds5 TD9.2 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitTE31Sav'ell Smalls ← Washington6'3"·2654yr
  • 33-star recruitTE12Caleb Fauria6'4"·2404yr
    career 3 Rec23 Rec yds0 TD7.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE89Louis Passarello6'5"·2504yr
  • 33-star recruitTE83Elijah Yelverton6'5"·2403yr
  • 33-star recruitTE86Brady Kopetz6'4"·2702yr
  • 33-star recruitTE37Morgan Pearson6'1"·2251yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE35Antonio Posadas6'5"·2251yr
USCReceivers5 blue chips14
  • 33-star recruitWR16Tahj Washington5'10"·1755yr
    59 Rec1,062 Rec yds8 TD18.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR2Brenden Rice6'3"·2104yr
    45 Rec791 Rec yds12 TD17.6 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitWR0Duce Robinson6'6"·2301yr
    16 Rec351 Rec yds2 TD21.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR1Zachariah Branch5'10"·1801yr
    31 Rec320 Rec yds2 TD10.3 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR4Mario Williams5'9"·1783yr
    29 Rec305 Rec yds2 TD10.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR3Dorian Singer ← Arizona6'0"·1773yr
    24 Rec289 Rec yds3 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR11Kyron Hudson6'1"·2152yr
    17 Rec189 Rec yds2 TD11.1 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR2Michael Jackson III6'0"·2053yr
    17 Rec146 Rec yds1 TD8.6 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR8Ja'Kobi Lane6'4"·2001yr
    7 Rec93 Rec yds2 TD13.3 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR6Makai Lemon5'11"·1951yr
    6 Rec88 Rec yds0 TD14.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR44Josiah Zamora5'8"·1853yr
    2 Rec11 Rec yds0 TD5.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR40Ty Shamblin5'11"·1954yr
  • 22-star recruitWR85Jaden Moore6'0"·1801yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR46Corey Nerhus5'9"·1951yr
COLODefensive backs5 blue chips20
  • 55-star recruitCB25Cormani McClain6'2"·1811yr
    13 Tackles2 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundCB45Andi Etok6'0"·1701yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundCB30Braden Keith5'10"·1802yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundCB43Isreal Solomon5'9"·1751yr
  • 44-star recruitDB1Omarion Cooper ← Florida State6'1"·1953yr
    37 Tackles5 PD
  • 44-star recruitDB9Myles Slusher ← Arkansas6'0"·1954yr
    17 Tackles1 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB13Carter Stoutmire5'10"·2161yr
    11 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB6Vito Tisdale ← Kentucky5'11"·1754yr
    career 29 Tackles1 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB28Ben Finneseth6'2"·2052yr
    career 6 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB29Isaiah Hardge5'10"·1821yr
  • 33-star recruitS21Shilo Sanders ← Jackson State6'0"·1955yr
    67 Tackles3 PD1 Int
  • 33-star recruitS43Trevor Woods6'2"·2093yr
    56 Tackles3 PD2 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundS29Rodrick Ward ← Southern Utah5'11"·1852yr
    52 Tackles2 PD
  • 33-star recruitS7Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig5'10"·1853yr
    44 Tackles2 PD3 Int
  • 33-star recruitS11Jaden Milliner-Jones6'0"·2021yr
    24 Tackles3 PD
  • 33-star recruitS5Kyndrich Breedlove ← Ole Miss5'11"·1953yr
    12 Tackles0 PD
  • 44-star recruitS5Jahquez Robinson ← Alabama6'2"·2054yr
    8 Tackles0 PD1 Int
  • 44-star recruitS4Travis Jay ← Florida State6'2"·2055yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundS39Austin Dahlke6'1"·1952yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundS35Brandon Miller6'0"·1951yr
USCDefensive backs11 blue chips17
COLOReceivers4 blue chips19
  • 33-star recruitWR10Xavier Weaver ← South Florida6'1"·1805yr
    68 Rec908 Rec yds4 TD13.4 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitWR12Travis Hunter ← Jackson State6'1"·1852yr
    57 Rec721 Rec yds5 TD12.6 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR5Jimmy Horn Jr. ← South Florida5'10"·1703yr
    58 Rec567 Rec yds6 TD9.8 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR4Omarion Miller6'2"·2151yr
    11 Rec234 Rec yds1 TD21.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR4Javon Antonio ← Northwestern State6'4"·2252yr
    17 Rec209 Rec yds2 TD12.3 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR2Tar'Varish Dawson ← Auburn5'10"·1602yr
    14 Rec124 Rec yds1 TD8.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR13Kaleb Mathis5'9"·1651yr
    6 Rec38 Rec yds0 TD6.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR20Willie Gaines ← Jackson State5'9"·1652yr
    2 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR14Adam Hopkins IV6'0"·1801yr
  • 33-star recruitWR7Jaylen Ellis ← Baylor6'3"·1855yr
  • 33-star recruitWR19Asaad Waseem5'11"·1751yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR34Dante Capolungo5'11"·1752yr
    career 1 Rec18 Rec yds0 TD18.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR4Jordan Onovughe6'2"·2101yr
  • 33-star recruitWR85Jacob Page6'3"·1801yr
  • 33-star recruitWR84Nahmier Robinson5'9"·1701yr
  • 22-star recruitWR82Cole Boscia6'3"·2152yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR2Chernet Estes6'0"·1942yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR47Gavin Marsh6'0"·1801yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82Kendal Stewart5'10"·1751yr
USCKickersNo blue chips3
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK48Denis Lynch5'7"·1903yr
    10 FG15 FGA53 Long95 Pts
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK95Tyler Robles5'7"·1751yr
    0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK92Garth White6'3"·2062yr
COLOKickersNo blue chips3
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK17Jace Feely ← Arizona State6'0"·2153yr
    4 FG7 FGA49 Long22 Pts
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK16Alejandro Mata ← Jackson State5'9"·1902yr
    10 FG12 FGA47 Long56 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK98Cristiano Palazzo5'9"·1853yr
USCPuntersNo blue chips4
COLOPuntersNo blue chips2
  • 33-star recruitP15Mark Vassett ← Louisville6'4"·2253yr
    66 Punts44.1 Avg22 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP49Trent Carrizosa6'4"·2352yr
    career 46 Punts40.9 Avg11 In 20

Previous 10 meetings vs. USC

Colorado 0–10 vs USC

  • 2022 · wk 11Colorado 17 @ USC 55
  • 2021 · wk 5USC 37 @ Colorado 14
  • 2019 · wk 9USC 35 @ Colorado 31
  • 2018 · wk 7Colorado 20 @ USC 31
  • 2017 · wk 11USC 38 @ Colorado 24
  • 2016 · wk 6Colorado 17 @ USC 21
  • 2015 · wk 11USC 27 @ Colorado 24
  • 2014 · wk 8Colorado 28 @ USC 56
  • 2013 · wk 13USC 47 @ Colorado 29
  • 2012 · wk 8Colorado 6 @ USC 50

Previous meeting vs. Lincoln Riley

Colorado 0–1 vs Lincoln Riley

  • 2022 · wk 11Colorado 17 @ USC 55

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