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Erik McKinney
Erik McKinney
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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.
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