Ben Malcolmson, USCRipsIt.com

It’s known as the “Garden State” for a reason. USC has harvested and then cultivated some of New Jersey’s top talent in recent years, and it’s becoming a trend. First, it was Dwayne Jarrett, a heralded wide receiver from New Brunswick, N.J., who arrived at USC in 2004 and left three years later with several USC and Pac-10 records in his hands. Now it’s Brian Cushing, who came to USC from Park Ridge, N.J., and he has gone on to become one of the nation’s top linebackers — and he’s only a junior… continue

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