In the last gasps of a lost season, USC’s new quarterback stood in the Coliseum tunnel, his mind racing. “When you start like that,” USC coach Lincoln Riley said, “that’s the last thing you want to happen.” It was the kind of moment that might have taken the wind out of a young quarterback’s sails, a turning point where everything …
Everyone focuses on the speed. “When he starts slowing down,” Branch’s head coach at Las Vegas powerhouse Bishop Gorman said, “something’s going to happen.” Combining patience, vision and yes, breakneck speed, Branch opened USC’s season with an electric, two-touchdown performance that had the freshman receiver turning heads and taking ankles. “I would never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever kick him …
USC wide receiver Zachariah Branch sprints past diving San José State linebacker Jordan Pollard for a touchdown in the second half of the Trojans’ 56-28 win Saturday at the Coliseum. He didn’t know Zachariah Branch was whizzing up the field on a 96-yard kickoff return until the San José State player Muhammad was blocking raised the verbal white flag. “Oh,” …
USC wide receiver Zachariah Branch warms up before the Trojans’ spring game at the Coliseum in April. “You gotta go hard every play because there’s the next man that’s hungry, that’s licking his chops to get in there and do the same things if not better.” USC wide receiver Dorian Singer, who transferred from Arizona in December, likes what he …