LOS ANGELES (AP) — The College of Southern California has retired Caleb Williams’ No. 13 jersey and restored Reggie Bush’s No. 5 to its place of honor among the many different retired numbers displayed on the Coliseum’s peristyle.
The varsity introduced each long-expected strikes on social media Thursday, two days earlier than the Thirteenth-ranked Trojans’ dwelling opener in opposition to Utah State.
USC has retired solely the uniform numbers of its eight Heisman Trophy winners — greater than some other faculty. The varsity shows the honored numbers, which embody O.J. Simpson’s No. 32, on outsized banners draping the peristyle steps at dwelling video games.
“Residence of the Heismans!” USC athletic director Jen Cohen wrote on social media. “Extra Heisman Trophy winners than some other college. Let’s go #5 and #13… Can’t wait to have fun you.”
Williams spent two seasons at USC and received the Heisman in 2022, proper after he arrived with coach Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma. The quarterback was the No. 1 total decide on this 12 months’s NFL draft by the Chicago Bears.
Bush received the Heisman in 2005 after his third season as one of the thrilling tailbacks in current NCAA historical past, however his quantity was faraway from the peristyle in 2010 after he returned his trophy amid an NCAA investigation that decided he had obtained improper advantages throughout his record-setting profession.
Bush’s trophy was reinstated by the Heisman Belief earlier this 12 months. The varsity already had renewed its affiliation with Bush after an NCAA-mandated disassociation interval.
Bush continues to be concerned in a defamation lawsuit he filed in opposition to the NCAA, claiming he was falsely attacked.
