ESPN 150 CB Ramsey commits to USC 

July, 16, 2012
7/16/12
2:09
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Jalen Ramsey committed to USC on Monday.

The declaration was hardly a surprise. Ramsey, No. 57 in the ESPN 150 and the No. 7 CB in the nation, had shown strong, recent interest in the Trojans. He took two trips to USC's campus in a little less than a month and Ramsey (Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy) had long said USC was one of his top schools for what it offered both on and off the field.

"One of the really important things about USC is the networking I would gain after I'm done playing football," Ramsey told ESPN earlier this month during The Opening. "It's also USC football -- everyone knows USC football, nothing more needs to be said. But there's a lot of stuff people don't know, like the academics and the fact that it's a private school. It's a great environment. The campus and buildings are nice, but it's the tradition, that's the main thing to me."

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