Lincoln Riley talks recruiting approach, already starting in-home visits

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Lincoln Riley was asked Monday if the rapidly approaching early signing period for prospects, which starts Dec. 15, contributed to the quick decision he made to take the USC job less than a day after his final game coaching Oklahoma.

He said there was more to the timing than that, but in terms of his recruiting approach, he also made his intentions clear.

"We're going to do a lot of it," Riley answered matter-of-factly, drawing laughs. "... I'm thankful that we've got two weeks to get it done. I think we'll get a lot done in two weeks and they'll be important decisions because the decisions we'll make here in the next two weeks will shape the future of this roster. We are definitely going to hit the ground running."

He already has.

Riley and new USC wide receivers coach Dennis Simmons, who followed Riley from Oklahoma, started their Monday morning with a 6 a.m. CT flight out of Oklahoma, went through the introductory press conference and other related functions, Riley appeared on the Trojans Live radio program at 7 p.m. PT and then he and Simmons were in the home of five-star running back Raleek Brown later in the evening.

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On Tuesday morning, Riley had apparently already also gone to work clearing out scholarship room as it was no coincidence that three-star USC WR commits Caleb Douglas and Kevin Green Jr. and four-star DB commit Ephesians Prysock all announced they were reopening their recruitments.

That leaves USC with no WRs committed but also signals that Riley has expectations of filling those spots otherwise, as USC remains aggressively in pursuit of local four-star WRs CJ Williams (committed to Notre Dame) and Tetairoa McMillan (committed to Oregon), as well as five-star WR Kevin Coleman out of St. Louis.

And perhaps others.

The Trojans still have two cornerbacks committed in four-stars Jaeden Gould (Oradell, N.J.) and Fabian Ross (Las Vegas, Nev.).