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University of Southern California tight ends: the 2027 room.
Who's leaving, how much production comes back, and how open the room looks for a transfer. Rebuilt every night from public roster and stats pages.
Updated Oct 30, 2026
The short version
1 of the 10 tight ends on the 2026 roster project to leave before 2027.
The tight ends projected to return produced 79% of last season's production at the position.
Its opening score of 15 ranks 14th of 18 Big Ten tight end rooms.
No incoming signees or committed transfers are on record yet.
The room by class
| Class (2026) | Projected to leave | Share of last season's production | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR | 0 | 53% |
Classes with fewer than 3 tight ends aren't shown. Counts are rounded per class, so they may not add up to 1.
How open is it?
The opening score runs from 0 (no room) to 100 (wide open). 60% of it is the share of last season's tight end production that's projected to leave. 40% is how many starting spots aren't already held by returning starters or proven incoming transfers.
Tight ends here: 21% of production projected to leave, 0 incoming. Score: 15/100. It's a projection from public data, not a depth chart.
Would you start in this room?
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Other Big Ten tight end rooms
| School | Projected to leave | Production returning | Opening score |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 2 of 7 | 29% | 77 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 3 of 7 | 36% | 72 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 3 of 10 | 30% | 70 |
| Northwestern University | 3 of 7 | 60% | 58 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 of 7 | 56% | 54 |
| Pennsylvania State University | 2 of 9 | 60% | 52 |
| University of Minnesota | 3 of 8 | 61% | 51 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 2 of 8 | 66% | 48 |
| University of Oregon | 2 of 7 | 66% | 48 |
| University of Iowa | 2 of 9 | 65% | 25 |
| Ohio State University | 3 of 8 | 65% | 24 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 2 of 8 | 68% | 23 |
| University of Michigan | 4 of 8 | 70% | 22 |
| Michigan State University | 2 of 8 | 78% | 15 |
| University of Washington | 1 of 7 | 83% | 13 |
| Purdue University | 1 of 8 | 92% | 9 |
| Indiana University Bloomington | 0 of 6 | 94% | 6 |