Staff WeAreSC

Erik McKinney (Senior Team Reporter)
@ErikTMcKinney Erik McKinney is the lead team reporter and managing editor of WeAreSC. He began writing for WeAreSC in 2004, covering the Trojans football team and recruiting while a student at USC. He then moved on to ESPN.com in 2011, where he served as the West Region recruiting reporter and then the Pac-12 recruiting reporter. He took over as publisher of WeAreSC in January 2019.

Scott Schrader (Senior Recruiting Reporter)
@Scott_Schrader Scott Schrader began covering USC Football and Recruiting in 2002 for WeAreSC and led the recruiting coverage there until 2008. After a brief stint with Scout.com, he started the USC site for 247Sports and was Publisher/Recruiting Analyst for FightOn247 until 2016. In 2017 he started his own independent USC Publication USC Scoop. Schrader has 19 years of experience covering the USC Football program and recruiting.