Matt Leinart Declares His Move: Heading West to Join as a Dummy Scout at USC!
As college football becomes increasingly professional, programs aren't only offering money to players to get them to transfer, they're also offering jersey numbers. But not in the case of the No. 11 jersey at USC.
That was retired in honor of Matt Leinart, and he says it's staying retired. "When I was at USC, I got my number retired," Leinart said on his Throwbacks Podcast . "You win the Heisman Trophy, automatic retired number, which is pretty cool.
So, our jerseys are hanging in the Coliseum on one side. " Leinart said USC has approached him about unretiring the number, when top recruits have wanted to wear No. 11 at USC.
Leinart won't agree to it. "There's been multiple times where people at USC have asked me if I would unretire my jersey for some five-star prospect," Leinart said. "And do you want to know what I told those guys straight up?
I said, 'Absolutely fucking not. ' I am never going to unretire my jersey for some random dude who by the way now could wear No. 11 and transfer after a year.