New faces making an impact for USC football this spring

LOS ANGELES — Just two weeks into the USC football team’s spring practices, the combination of veteran transfers and highly-touted freshmen have started to form a motivated and cohesive defensive unit.

Earlier this week when asked who has been impressive so far this spring, Coach Lincoln Riley first mentioned Floyd Boucard, a freshman defensive tackle from South Florida.

He also brought up Trestin Castro, Alex Graham, James Johnson and Steve Miller, all freshman defensive backs who...