The pair of former Parade Magazine Players of the Year have made the trek across country to Los Angeles to join their new teammates in "voluntary" summer workouts. McKnight wasted little time in getting noticed as reports had him beating a veteran cornerback and a veteran linebacker in speed drills. He also wasted little time enduring himself to teammates with this special delivery:
When the workout finally ended Joe was completely winded and ended up vomiting before leaving the field.Uh, welcome to Los Angeles?
It's not unusual to spot former prep All Americas on the USC practice field. Heck, they have ten in their backfield alone. What makes this extremely unusual is that both Joe McKnight and Mitch Mustain are two of the south's finest and many are shocked to see them at Troy. In a different world McKnight's an LSU Tiger and Mustain is preparing for his sophomore year at Arkansas. Having both out west is a shock to the system.
Mustain endured a chaotic freshman season at Arkansas, finishing with an 8-0 record before being benched late in the year. Arkansas ditched any semblance of a balanced offense and later watched newly hired offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn leave after just one season. Mustain and high school teammate Damian Williams, both coached by Malzahn as preps, left school and ended up at USC.
McKnight, a speedy back/receiver out of Louisiana considered something of a Reggie Bush or Percy Harvin type athlete, was expected to commit to in-state LSU. He ended up picking USC, however, and we have been documenting the ridiculousness of some members of the LSU fan base on here ever since.
Needless to say both have taken an unusual path in getting to USC and thus the blinking confirmation needed by these pictures that they are in fact following through with their plans.
Previously at FanHouse:
Mustain Enrolls at USC, Will Wear #13
Mess at Arkansas Continues With Malzahn Departure and Mustain Rumors
07 Issues: Recruiting Insanity
Impact National Recruits: Part II
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-10-2007 @ 6:07PM
TJ said...
Mustain and Mcknight are star athelets and want to be on the best college team----USC.
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7-15-2007 @ 5:55AM
Chad said...
"Mustain endured a chaotic freshman season at Arkansas, finishing with an 8-0 record before being benched late in the year. Arkansas ditched any semblance of a balanced offense and later watched newly hired offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn leave after just one season."-- This quote shows the ignorance of what the reality was at the UofA last year. Mustain may have started 8-0, but he was barely, if at all, the reason for the 8 wins. Actually, it was Mustain who played horrible in games, including LA-Monroe (Come on! LA-Mon. is a mop up team compared to SEC teams). We won those 8 in a row b/c of our dynamic running game. Darren Mcfadden and Felix Jones are the SEC's 2 best RB's, Peyton Hillis-who was injured the last 4 or 5 games--is the leagues best fullback. Mustain's numbers were not good, and Casey Dick was more experienced. Casey Dick did not play great, though he did play a big role in Ark. stomping Tenn. and beating S. Car. But, he played bad against LSU, Fla., and Wisconsin. Mustain is very talented, but the controversy he brought upon himself and, unfortunately Coach Nutt and Arkansas as a whole. Dick is still just a jr., as well as D-Mac (but will most likely go pro after this year), and Felix Jomes. The Hog's ran the ball so much b/c nobody could stop it even though they knew we were running. They didn't abandon the passing game altogether. I admit that the Hogs needed to have a more efficient passing game, but they tried and did not work. Malzahn, who claims to have had control of the offense, had a poor passing game plan for the collegiate level. I look forward to the upcominig year with David Lee as the new off. coordinator!!
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