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Lincoln Riley Mum on Injuries, Talks Recruiting Impact

On3 imageby: Justin Hopkins11/19/25
USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley watches game action against the Iowa Hawkeyes during the first half at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley watches game action against the Iowa Hawkeyes during the first half at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)

On Tuesday USC head coach Lincoln Riley met with media after practice. This was the first time for media to ask questions about injuries and Oregon.

Riley did not make any firm comments on injuries, much like Dan Lanning Monday night.

Additionally he did talk about the potential impact of recruiting the Southern California area and a game like this.

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Injury Update on Kamari (Ramsey), Elijah (Paige), and Bishop (Fitzgerald):

“No, they all did some things today, but we’ll get through the week, see where they’re at, address on the injury report.”

On RB Wayman Jordan:

“Yeah, he’s getting closer. He’s getting closer. I don’t expect him to play this week. He’s fighting, but for a back, it’s not a great injury. Some positions might be able to come back a little bit faster, but he’s giving it everything he can right now.”

On Impact of So Cal Recruiting:

“I mean Southern California you recruit against a lot of different people. I mean there’s very, very few schools that don’t come here and try to recruit. So for us it’s not about a competition with any one school. You know we feel like we’ve got something pretty unique here and it’s just trying to get this place as good as we can and target the guys in this area that we think will best fit this university in this place.
So just never never got too caught up into that because it’s not like all these guys have only two choices you know especially really good players in this area. You’re recruiting against a lot of people, and we’re just trying to make it as good as we can here.

On Emotional Win vs Iowa:

“I have emotions. You guys don’t always see it. I’m not always as outward with cameras out there. Our guys know how I feel about them and how I feel about winning and competing. And we may not always put stuff out there on social media or do this and that to enhance it in the public eye, but all I care about is for our team and doing the best job that I can.

And I was excited in that moment for how we responded and how we played and even in a day that wasn’t our best and had some unfortunate things go against us on top of that. And then to still find a way against a really tough team and a really good program was important. And so, yeah, just the way our guys responded and to pull that out there in the end was important.”

On the Challenges Oregon Presents:

“Yeah just I mean just just we’ve put together a lot of good football and we’ve just got to be able to keep it going so each one of these challenges is different. We know Oregon is a good offense they run the ball well. You know we’ve got to go stretch it out and make sure that we can do it for all four quarters and start faster and and it’s, you know, it’s going to be a battle, you know that. But our team has continually responded all year and I expect them to do it again.

You know, I think they just, they do the things that a lot of good defenses do, you know, they’re, they’re, they’re good up front. They’re very talented up front. You know, so think they just they do the things that a lot of good defenses do you know, they’re good up front.”

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