Five-star 2025 WR cuts list, USC still in the running

Though the 2025 USC football recruiting class already has three wide receivers in it, there's always room for more. That's especially true if one of the top WRs in the nation wants to call Los Angeles home.

According to Blair Angulo, college football recruiting analyst for 247Sports.com, Utah high school wide receiver Jerome Myles has cut his list of suitors to five schools. Fortunately, the Trojans remain in the mix along with Utah, Georgia, Ohio State, and Texas A&M.

Angulo also reports that Myles will make his decision known on October 30. Myles visited A&M and Utah in June but has yet to visit the other schools on his list. That could change before decision day, though.

It is easy to see why Myles is so highly coveted. The 6-foot-2, 205-pounder is rated the No. 5 wide receiver and No. 30 overall player in the nation by 247Sports.

Greg Biggins, national recruiting analyst for 247Sports has the following scouting report on Myles: "Myles is one of the top receivers in the country and has a ton of upside. He has a rare combination of size, speed, and body control and reminds us a bit of former Washington All-American wideout and recent No. 9 pick of the Chicago Bears, Rome Odunze.

"He has an athletic 6-2, 210-pound frame and is a true deep threat who can get behind any defense. He has a track background with personal bests this Spring of 10.57-100m and 21.30-200m. He’s not just track fast, his speed carries over to the football field and he can routinely blow past opposing corners who are giving him huge cushions.

"He adjusts well to the football over either shoulder, shows the ability to change gears, and knows how to set up an opposing corner. He has a large catch radius and shows the ability to make contested catches over a corner or catch a ball down by his ankles. He has strong hands, isn’t afraid to go over the middle, and catches the ball well through contact. He’s a tough kid who battled through an early season injury and missed much of his junior season but rallied in time for the playoffs and had a huge impact on Corner Canyon’s State Championship team. He’s a physical blocker as well and will knock a defender on his backside and it’s really tough to find a discernible weakness in his game. When you combine his physical gifts in terms of frame and high-level athleticism, there aren’t many pass catchers with more long-term potential than Myles."

Of course, USC is already in a great position at wide receiver with a number of sophomores such as Zachariah Branch, Duce Robinson, Ja'Kobi Lane, and Makai Lemon all set to emerge as key contributors this season. What's more, the program is already about to add more talent via the high school ranks.

In the class of 2024, Lincoln Riley added 4-star WR Xavier Jordan to the mix. What's more, the 2025 class includes verbal commitments from 4-star WR Tanook Hines and 3-star WRs Corey Simms and Romero Ison.

Therefore, landing Myles wouldn't make or break the Trojans on the recruiting front. Still, whenever you have the chance to land a five-star pass catcher, you go all-out to try to bring him into the fold and that's likely what USC will do between now and the end of October.