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USC football countdown to kickoff continues—Xavier Grimble in focus
USC football countdown to kickoff continues—Xavier Grimble in focus
The countdown to USC's 2025 football season is officially on! The Trojans kick off their new campaign 86 days from today. You need something to help you while away the days and hours in the spring and summer. This is one way to do so. In this new series, countdown to kickoff, we will be counting down the days by highlighting a notable Trojan who wore each number. Today, we take a look at former USC tight end Xavier Grimble.
Position: Tight end
Years played at USC: 2010-2013
Career highlights: From the USC website:
"Overall in 2012 while appearing in all 13 games and starting 9 times (all but Hawaii, California, Arizona State, Notre Dame), he had 29 catches for 316 yards (10.9 avg.) with 5 TDs and also made 3 tackles. He made 2012 Sophomore All-American honorable mention and All-Pac-12 honorable mention. He had 2 catches for 38 yards against Hawaii. He fought off 4 tacklers to score on a 22-yard reception at Syracuse. He had a 19-yard reception at Stanford, then 2 catches against California (38 yards), Utah (16 yards) and Washington (42 yards, including an 18-yard TD). He caught 3 passes for 26 yards, with an 8-yard TD, against Colorado, then had 2 catches for 29 yards, including a 12-yard TD, and he made a tackle at Arizona. He had 5 catches for 23 yards and a tackle against Oregon, then had 5 catches for 20 yards with a TD against Arizona State. He had a 15-yard reception at UCLA, a 9-yard catch against Notre Dame and 2 catches for 119 yards against Georgia Tech."
After USC: Following his redshirt junior season, Grimble declared for the 2014 NFL draft. He spent two years on various practice squads, before finally making his NFL
