Former highly-touted recruit Korey Foreman shares spring health update

Korey Foreman came to USC as a highly-touted recruit with big dreams. A former five-star recruit according to the On3’s Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average, the defensive lineman accumulated 11 total tackles and 2.5 sacks for the Trojans in his first season with the program.

Now, Foreman hopes to breakout under the leadership of new Trojans leader Lincoln Riley. While the former star recruit dealt with the injury bug earlier this spring, Foreman shared a positive update on his health moving forward.

“I’m taking it day by day,” Foreman responded, when asked how his spring is going. “I’m doing little things that we stress here, slow, small, daily. So, just taking every moment for what it is, and just keep going. The best I can do is just making sure I step through these walls with one hundred and ten percent effort, every single day. So, that’s the best thing I can do.”

While star transfer quarterback Caleb Williams and Riley’s offense gets a lot of the hype, Korey Foreman and the Trojans defense will be hoping to keep some attention on the defense. If USC wants to make some noise in 2022, complementary football will be a must for the Trojans.

Lincoln Riley on breaking bad habits, establishing culture at USC: ‘We got to clearly articulate everything we want these guys to do.’

Furthermore, Lincoln Riley spoke about whether there’s been a focus on re-teaching to break the bad habits players from previous staffs, new recruits or transfers have shown in his first season at USC.

“I don’t know if we necessarily go into it with the mindset that we are trying to break bad habits,” Riley said. “Like a guy could have good habits, but maybe, we just want him to have a different set of good habits, you know? I don’t know that it’s always that clear-cut, like oh that was bad and it’s good now. I think for us, we got to clearly articulate everything we want these guys to do.”

The USC Trojans head coach didn’t sugarcoat anything. While he’s one of the youngest head coaches in the sport, Riley put out an old school brand and style when talking about the culture, expectation and message he’s relayed to his team.

“And we have to articulate not only how to do it, but what the expectation level is,” Riley added.

“I think once you establish that, then guys have to make a conscious decision, they’re like ‘I’ve been with the staff a little bit so I know they are going to hold me to it and then it’s just a decision am I going to make it or am I not?”