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USC indicators defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn to a contract extension

By Editorial Board Published January 17, 2025 5 Min Read
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USC indicators defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn to a contract extension

After remodeling USC’s struggling protection in a single season, rising star defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn has signed a contract extension to stay at USC, the college introduced Thursday.

The deal comes after Lynn rebuffed advances from his alma mater, Penn State, which had pursued him for its coordinator opening, based on an individual with information of the state of affairs not licensed to talk publicly.

USC had already made Lynn one of many highest-paid coordinators in faculty soccer when it employed him away from UCLA final December. That unique contract, an individual with information of the deal not licensed to talk publicly informed The Instances on the time, paid Lynn upward of $2 million per 12 months.

The phrases of Lynn’s extension weren’t identified, however the transfer to retain him was a essential one, contemplating how far the Trojans protection had come throughout his solely season as coordinator.

Lynn was believed to be a number one candidate for the open coordinator job at Penn State, the place he as soon as performed cornerback, after the Nittany Lions’ final defensive coordinator, Tom Allen, took the open job at Clemson. Lynn was additionally anticipated to obtain curiosity from NFL groups, given his earlier expertise as an NFL assistant.

As an alternative, he’ll stay at USC, after the college’s leaders moved rapidly to safe the prized assistant.

After bottoming out underneath earlier coordinator Alex Grinch, USC allowed 10 fewer factors per recreation underneath Lynn in 2024, leaping from 121st within the nation in factors allowed final season (34.4 per recreation) to a good 56th (24.1). The run protection took a significant step ahead, permitting practically 50 yards fewer on the bottom per recreation. There have been fewer missed tackles — from 11 on common per recreation to eight — whereas USC improved leaps and bounds on third down and in its purple zone protection.

“You can look at the stats and see a pretty massive difference there,” USC coach Lincoln Riley mentioned in November. “But I don’t think that tells the whole story. I think D’Anton’s been a really consistent leader.”

Whereas removed from elite, the protection that after stored USC out of the School Soccer Playoff emerged as one of many vibrant spots of an in any other case up-and-down season. A lot of that credit score goes to Lynn, who inherited a protection that was down most of its high contributors within the entrance seven by the halfway level of the season.

USC’s finest cross rusher, Eric Gentry, was compelled to sit down out the remainder of the season after simply 5 video games because of a sequence of concussions. Defensive finish Anthony Lucas suffered an harm that ended his season after seven video games, whereas defensive deal with Bear Alexander, who was anticipated to step into a significant function, left the crew after simply three weeks with the intention of getting into the switch portal.

Nonetheless, Lynn managed to make it work, at the same time as USC struggled to supply a lot of a cross rush all through. To counteract these points, Lynn opted to blitz persistently from the secondary, doing what he may to maintain opposing quarterbacks off stability.

USC ought to be higher in that regard in Lynn’s second season, with Gentry returning and two switch defensive tackles, Jah Jarrett and Keeshawn Silver, becoming a member of from the Southeastern convention. He’ll have security Kamari Ramsey returning within the secondary, too, after the Trojans high defensive again spurned the draft to play for Lynn one final season.

Hypothesis over Lynn’s potential departure had ramped up in latest days, for the reason that Penn State job got here open. USC already misplaced linebacker coach Matt Entz, safeties coach Taylor Mays and offensive line coach Josh Henson for the reason that season ended simply three weeks in the past.

However for Lynn, USC was prepared to maneuver swiftly, assuring its future on protection stays headed in the proper course.

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