While USC fans await word on the status of head coach Clay Helton and the future of the program, business goes on as usual for the Trojans.

USC landed a commitment Monday from 2020 3-star offensive tackle Casey Collier, from Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas.

Collier, who was committed to Minnesota from last March through early October, took an official visit to USC for the rivalry game with UCLA two weekends ago. That visit clearly made an impression on the 6-foot-7, 295-pound tackle.

"I knew that he really, really liked it, likes the coaches, but I think more than the coaches he really liked the school and everything about the area and the school," Barbers Hill coach Tom Westerberg told TrojanSports.com. "We had a long conversation and I talked to him about committing to a school instead of committing to the coaches, and that's what he's done. He loves the coaching staff that's there, but he also loves the school."