Mustain is second on the depth chart, but the quaterback expects USC’s program to prepare him for the NFL just as it did former backup Matt Cassel.

When quarterback Mitch Mustain visited USC while pondering a transfer from Arkansas in February 2007, he cited former back-up Matt Cassel as a reason for considering the Trojans. Regardless of whether he started at USC, Mustain reasoned, the program would prepare him well for the NFL.