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Lincoln Riley has transformed USC’s offense by deploying two tight ends 35% of the time this season.

Tight ends now contribute 20% of USC’s passing yards, up from just 3% in Riley’s first season with the Trojans.

The strategy creates unpredictability with tight ends lining up in 16 different spots.

Walker Lyons took his place in the slot and looked right. Lake McRee crouched on the opposite wing and looked left. The two Trojan tight ends had spent all last Saturday night moving around USC ’s formations — split out wide, in the backfield, on the line of scrimmage — paving rush lanes and creating mismatches wherever they went.

Now it was third and short, early in the third quarte

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