There is always a new way to think about the greatness of Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush
One of the most exciting college football players of all time, Reggie Bush was named the best player to wear number 5. Reggie Bush won multiple awards in his stellar 2005 season, winning the Heisman Trophy, the Doak Walker Award, and the Walter Camp Award, along with being named AP College Football Player of the Year and Sporting News Player of the Year.
Reggie Bush was also the driving force for the 2004 BCS national championship run for the Trojans. He ended his collegiate career as a two-time AP national champion with standout performances in countless big games.
In his USC tenure, Bush set a freshman record with 1,331 all-purpose yards in 2003. When he hung up his Trojan jersey Bush had 433 rushes for 3,169 yards and 25 touchdowns plus 95 receptions for 1,301 added yards and 13 touchdowns on his resume. His impact did not just stop on the offensive side of the ball; he was also a dynamic return man chipping in 67 kickoffs for 1,523 yards and one touchdown, and fielding 44 punts for 559 yards and three touchdowns.
Reggie Bush had a huge impact too on college football players getting paid and the NIL world we live in today. His Heisman Trophy was taken from him due to breaking NCAA violations. Bush rightly got his trophy back and in 2023 was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Bush's teammate Matt Leinart was named the best college player to wear number 11. Matt Leinart was the 2004 Heisman Trophy winner, giving the USC Trojans back-to-back Heisman winners. Leinart also was named 2004 Rose Bowl MVP, helping the Trojans win consecutive AP national championships.
This three-time All-American set 16 school records, including 11 Pac-10 and 2 NCAA records. Breaking multiple records and going 37-2 in his career at USC helped him create a fantastic college resume. He was inducted into the USC Hall Of Fame in 2007. His jersey was retired, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall Of Fame in 2017.
Leinart, in 39 games, had 10,693 yards passing, 99 touchdowns, and 23 interceptions at USC. Leinart and Reggie Bush will go down as one of the best quarterback and running back duos in college football history. It only makes sense that these two legendary Trojans get recognized as the best to wear their jersey numbers.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
USA Today
10 minutes ago
- USA Today
USC continues to grow 2026 recruiting class, lands four-star OL Breck Kolojay
USC football already has a loaded recruiting class in place for the 2026 cycle. By no means does that suggest the Trojans are done adding to it. On Friday, USC picked up another big-time commitment, landing four-star offensive lineman Breck Kolojay. Kolojay is originally from Littleton, Colorado but attends IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. 247Sports Composite ranks him as the No. 325 overall player and the No. 21 interior offensive lineman in the class of 2026. 'Just the trust I have in the staff and what they are building, and the people they are bringing in, it's all really special,' Kolojay told 247Sports. 'I think all of the people in the building will play a huge part in my success and development. The opportunity to play in Los Angeles, and in the Big Ten, alongside players I haven't played with in a while and guys I'm playing with now, it's an opportunity. I couldn't say no to.' Kolojay is a big get for new USC offensive lineman coach Zach Hanson. The Trojans have struggled with o-line recruiting in particular for the better part of a decade now, but are doing much better at the position with the 2026 class. USC has built up a ton of momentum on the recruiting trail during the offseason. Now it is up to Lincoln Riley and the coaching staff to carry that momentum with them into the field this fall.
New York Post
10 minutes ago
- New York Post
How Commanders view Terry McLaurin's stunning trade request
Commanders coach Dan Quinn is taking Terry McLaurin's trade request in stride. Quinn told reporters that McLaurin told him of the demand before it went public Thursday and, essentially, called it business as usual for Washington. 'We love Terry and are really glad he's here and hope he's practicing soon,' Quinn told reporters of the star receiver, who went on the physically unable to perform list after holding out the first four days of camp. 'But I also understand the business side of things. That's what they're working through. I love coaching him.' McLaurin is considered a hold-in, with contract extension talks having gone nowhere to this point. Quinn said there was no need to address the situation with the team. Dan Quinn isn't making a big deal out of the trade request. AP 'Players today are more aware of contracts than they used to be,' Quinn said. 'They recognize that's the business part. For the team, we're just rocking. For Terry, the trade request, that's part of normal business that's happening around the NFL. We understand it. 'This group is tight and they're focused on what they have to do.' The Commanders are reportedly reluctant to pay McLaurin an amount commensurate with the league's top receivers since he will be 31 when a new deal begins. Thus, according to ESPN's John Keim, the two sides are far apart in negotiations. Terry McLaurin is doing a hold-in. AP McLaurin is coming off a season-high 13 touchdowns and has hit the 1,000-yard mark for five straight seasons. He was a major part of the Commanders' NFC title game run that marked the franchise's best season since winning the Super Bowl in 1991. He is currently attending meetings and walkthroughs while rehabbing an ankle injury that's been a nagging issue since late in the season. 'I try to avoid judging it,' Quinn said. 'I recognize players are trying to set themselves and their families up, so I try not to put myself in that spot. It's too easy to say, 'Man, if I had that much I would be this or that.' So I don't go there. I try to support him as best I can, but we don't discuss the finance part of things.'
Hamilton Spectator
10 minutes ago
- Hamilton Spectator
India lead up to 281 after Jaiswal hundred at the Oval
LONDON (AP) — Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal reached another century and was dropped again as India's lead over England reached 281 runs by tea on day three Saturday of the fifth test at the Oval. Jaiswal made 118 after he was dropped three times. Ravindra Jadeja was on 26 with Dhruv Jurel on 25 and India was 304-6 in its second innings. India added 115 runs in the middle session for the loss of captain Shubman Gill, Karun Nair and Jaiswal. Gill was out to the first delivery after lunch, plumb lbw to an in-swinger by Gus Atkinson. With 11 in his last bat of the series, Gill finished with 754 runs, passing Graham Gooch's 752 in 1990 for the most by any batter in an India-England series. In the same over, Nair's index finger was crunched by Josh Tongue and it was taped up. But Nair, in obvious discomfort, never settled. He was dropped on 12 and eventually out for 17, his glove nicking behind Atkinson's extra bounce. By then, Jaiswal already had his hundred, his second of the series, fourth against England, and sixth of his career. He turned his 127th ball faced to point and was celebrating before he ran the single; leaping, running, and shaping his fingers into a heart. Jaiswal played frantically for his 51 on Friday night and was dropped on 20 and 40. He was composed on Saturday, happy in the morning to let nightwatchman Akash Deep cut loose for a career-best 66 with 12 boundaries in their third-wicket stand of 107. But as the day clouded over, England's seam attack, depleted of the injured Chris Woakes, discovered some nasty movement and Atkinson and Tongue came alive in the afternoon. After drinks, Jaiswal was dropped on 110 by Ben Duckett at leg slip. It was the sixth drop in the innings, England's most in a home test since 2006 when it spilled six against Pakistan, also at the Oval. Jaiswal added only eight more runs when he fell tamely a half-hour before tea for 118. He ramped Tongue straight to Jamie Overton at backward point. Jaiswal used up 164 balls and hit 14 boundaries and, on Friday evening, two sixes. But he also used his luck to put India in a position to give England a tough chase. Jadeja was on 24 when he was smashed on the foot by a Tongue yorker and given out, which was overturned on review. He and Jurel continued the four-plus-runs-an-over pace that Deep and Jaiswal launched in the morning. Atkinson had 3-99 and Tongue 2-100 at tea. ___ AP cricket:
