Former, Current USC Football Players React To Rams LA Return

Former and current USC football players took to Twitter to react to the return of the Rams, and the NFL, to Los Angeles.

Rams safety T.J. McDonald, who is the lone Trojan on the St. Louis roster, tweeted a thank you message to the city which has been his home since 2013.

Thank you St. Louis for welcoming me into the NFL. I will forever be grateful for your support.
— TJ McDonald (@tmcdonaldjr) January 13, 2016

McDonald also took the time to retweet a message from USC fans welcoming him back to southern California.

Welcome home TJ McDonald & the Los Angeles @STLouisRams ! ! !#FightOn #WeAreSC ✌? pic.twitter.com/q3uyaTR3oP
— #17 USC Trojans (@USCTrojansFO) January 13, 2016

More unaffiliated former Trojans celebrated the Rams return to the Southland:

La Rams back!!!!! @losangelesrams @TheLARamsNFL #LaRams pic.twitter.com/guDcKfteec
— Marc Tyler (@M_Tyler26) January 13, 2016

Hey Jeff Fisher I'll be working out here in the South Bay. Give me a call! #footballinLA #neighbors
— Matt Leinart (@MattLeinartQB) January 13, 2016

Wow, NFL back in LA!
— Matt Barkley (@MattBarkley) January 13, 2016

That means the #BirdGang will be taking over the Coliseum in 2016! Go Cardinals!
— Matt Barkley (@MattBarkley) January 13, 2016

LA Rams - Welcome Home #Weskose #retiredstevesmith #dubcrown pic.twitter.com/EG5912ytmR
— Steve Smith II (@SteveSmithII) January 13, 2016

The LA Rams are coming back
— Hayes Pullard lll (@HayesPullard) January 13, 2016

Wow it's really gonna be a NFL team in LA
— Marcus Martin (@TheRealDoubleMs) January 13, 2016

Former Trojan walk-on Zach Kusnir, however, was skeptical of decision to bring the NFL back to LA:

Meanwhile Dion Bailey offered some analysis for the move relating to finances and traffic:

over half gone off top!! lol https://t.co/RLUGtnZjos
— Dion Bailey (@dbailey_18) January 13, 2016

I wonder where the players will Live because Inglewood not for folks not from there lol but that morning traffic Crazy so they cant live far
— Dion Bailey (@dbailey_18) January 13, 2016

Players will go from spending practically nothing in STL to live, to breaking the bank in LA for a Cubical lmao.. This will be interesting
— Dion Bailey (@dbailey_18) January 13, 2016

Hurting for them boys lol https://t.co/ON9PEFLpEe pic.twitter.com/H5mHfikkTf
— Dion Bailey (@dbailey_18) January 13, 2016

Current players like defensive lineman Rasheem Green expressed their pleasure by retweeting other LA sports figures while receiver Robby Kolanz and linebacker Olajuwon Tucker were ecstatic:

This is a very exciting day for the City of LA as the Rams are coming back home to Los Angeles!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) January 13, 2016

Could not be more fired up about the NFL's return to Los Angeles. This city is ready! #GoRams
— Robby Kolanz (@Robby_Kolanz) January 13, 2016

LA Rams baby !! Been waiting for this since a kid finally have a NFL team in LA again.
— BoodahTvcker?️ (@BThree4) January 13, 2016

Though not a Trojan, UCLA’s Jaleel Wadood was retweeted by Tucker hoping for the good fortune of extending his stay in LA via a Rams selection in the draft:

Trojans fans, are you excited for the Rams, and potentially the Chargers, to bring the NFL back to Los Angeles? Sound off in the comments below.

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