It was one of those plays that makes you gasp, even in the middle of an otherwise routine spring practice.

The football was thrown badly, sailing high into the air, seemingly far over anyone downfield, when suddenly Marqise Lee appeared, not just leaping, but gracefully soaring into the stratosphere, somewhere into what can only be described as Blake Griffin territory, to make the catch.

It wasn't just the fact he caught the ball. It was the way he caught it that instantly brought back memories of the smoothest, most graceful USC receiver of them all. That's it, you thought. That's who Lee is.

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