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The Trojans also lost a receiver of their own in Ryan Pellum, a four-star recruit from Long Beach, who flipped to Oregon.

It had to be disconcerting then, by mid-afternoon, as Riley watched Ryan Pellum, his four-star wideout commit, stand at a podium to announce he was backing out of his pledge to USC and flipping to Oregon, the school that so often has served as the proverbial thorn in Riley’s side.

Pellum had been one of the few top prospects in the state still committed to the Trojans for next year.

According to the 247Sports.com’s composite rankings, just two of the state’s top 24 prospects from this cycle chose USC, while Oregon reeled in seven, including Pellum and the state’s top prospect, five-star Mater Dei defensive end Aydin Breeland.

At the table next to Pellum, a teammate’s jaw literally dropped.