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On Oct. 11, the Trojans picked up a big verbal when Charles Burks, the 6-foot-1, 230-pound defensive end/linebacker from Huntington Beach, Calif., gave the Trojans his pledge to come play for the cardinal and gold.

Rated a three-star prospect by Scout.com, Burks is having a big senior year following a junior campaign where he registered 14 sacks for his Edison High School team, which made it to the state championship game in its division.

Initially, Burks was offered a USC scholarship on the condition he would be able to enroll early, and thus not cost the Trojans one of their precious few scholarships.

Unfortunately for the Tro...

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