USC coach Lincoln Riley talked with reporters after the Trojans' Tuesday practice, looking ahead to the matchup with Arizona this week.

He also talked about the depth at linebacker with the play of Tuasivi Nomura and the development of Raesjon Davis, how the wide receiver depth has come along and the competition at rush end between Nick Figueroa, Solomon Byrd and Korey Foreman.

Watch the full interview below, click here for our notes or scroll down for a full transcript of Riley's comments.

Any concern about linebacker depth this week?

"No, no, we practiced well, guys have been able to take a lot of reps in it, so no, feel good."

Is Ralen Goforth OK?

"I think everybody's going to be fine. We've got a couple guys who were limited last week, several that are day to day, we'll see how they progress throughout the week. If everybody's there, we'll play with those guys. If not, next guy's up kind of like we've done all year."

Do Jordan Addison and Eric Gentry fall into that day to day category?

"Yep."

You recruited Tetairoa McMillan at Oklahoma, what's been your scouting report on him this year?

"He's a good player, he is. He's got really nice skills for his size. He's a guy that impressed us early on there in our time. He seems like a good kid and they're doing obviously a good job featuring him and getting him the ball as of late. He's a playmaker and a tough matchup on the outside."

Is this the best group of receivers you've seen so far this season?

"It's definitely up there, no question. We played a couple other good sets, but these guys are definitely right there if not the best. The transfer kid's playing really well for them, is a really good player. Obviously, T-Mac's playing well for them. And the quarterback really makes it all go. He's dynamic. I watched him at Washington State, watched him kind of fly around, make plays. He's pretty good within the scheme, but also obviously when he gets out -- a little bit different than the kid Ward from Washington State but similar challenge. They just go about it a different way. He makes a lot of on-schedule plays but obviously very, very dangerous off-schedule."

How do you feel about way the WR depth has developed?

"It's developed well. It's been good to get Bynum back after he was down for a couple weeks. It's been good to see some guys rise up -- Mike Jack, getting him back healthy and him rising up has certainly been a key for us, obviously it was a big factor the other night. Yeah, we've been happy to get Kyle Ford back healthy. He wasn't healthy during camp, and to have him back and then see guys like Kyron, John Jackson and CJ Williams and some of those guys rise up and make more plays has been a big part of it. It's a good group of guys that work hard, they push one another."

What has stood out about Michael Jackson III in practice?

"Just appreciate mentally that he hung in there. It wasn’t easy to. He had just such a string of nagging injuries, and I know his frustration level was at a boiling point. But again, another great example of, if you hang in there, then good things can happen. I think he realizes he’s in a place with a system and a quarterback and all those things where if you get healthy and do well, you’re going to have as good of an opportunity as any in the country. It’s good to see him battle back and then when he gets on the field – because we haven’t seen a lot of him on the field – he’s an impressive player. He runs well with the ball. He’s an aggressive, tough, physical, competitive player."

How much Austin Jones can we expect to see Saturday?

"I think he certainly has a chance to be a big part of our offense just like he has all season. He’s played well for us. Obviously, he’s had some big moments in big games. He’s had a few games where we haven’t used him as much, but he ran well for us the other night, practicing well. He’s in the mix as always."

What's the reason for his diminished workload?

"I’ve talked about it a bunch, but we can rehash it. Travis Dye has played pretty well, and we’ve gone with the hot hand a little bit. But more of the nature of a guy getting hot and playing well."

What has Tuasivi Nomura shown you?

"He’s been really good. He’s been really good. He’s one of our toughest, most physical players on the football team. You feel his physicality and his speed and his decisiveness on the field. Been another guy who’s emergence both on special teams and defense has been (INAUDIBLE) important. He’s been a guy who has played through some tough stuff that not a lot of guys would play through, earlier in the season, which is pretty impressive. He’s about as tough as they come. I can’t remember what game it was – maybe Fresno, I think? Broke his finger in the middle of a play. Actually like compound, like bone sticking out. Didn’t tell anybody. Played three more plays with the bone sticking out of his finger. It was unbelievable. And played well, like had two tackles. And finally comes over and tells somebody. We couldn’t tell obviously from the sideline. But he stayed out there and played. Tells you about his toughness and about how much he wants to do well for this team. Pretty cool."

How is Raesjon Davis progressing?

"Doing well. Been really pleased. He's done some really nice things for us on special teams. He's been a special teams impact player for us a couple weeks now. Really progressing defensively. I think one of those guys that's right on the cusp of playing significant reps and earning time there. So we've been pleased with his progress. He's worked hard, he's really changed his body which was a big challenge for us after spring. And I think on a very upward trajectory right now."

What stands out about Arizona's defense?

"They do a nice job in my opinion of they mix it up enough that they're tough to get a beat on but it's not so much that it gets janky and they can't execute it. You can tell they have a really nice feel for changeups and things they can throw at you to keep you off your game but they kinda do it within the context of their system, which I think really good coordinators and staffs do. They're doing a nice job, they're a good group, some really good players, some players we're really familiar with. They've got some real experience in a couple areas that shows up for them and from the back-end perspective it'll be one of the biggest backends that we've played."

How would you characterize the competition at rush end?

"I think we're continuing to look for the most productive and consistent players there. And Nick's one of those guys that as games were going on and he was playing more of a role situation, he was able to make plays and be very productive and we wanted to look to find ways to get him on the field a little bit more. Solomon's done some nice things, Korey's done some nice things, they all have. So we're going to continue to give them all opportunities as they earn them but certainly looking for somebody to just really come in and take that over. We definitely want to get more production out of that position. You look historically in this defensive system, that rush position has always been a very productive player. So the combination of those guys -- again, whether it's all three or whether it's one that steps up and separates himself -- we feel like we have three good players there that really need to take off and play good for us."