“I promise to give everything I have for the next 3-4 years!” Newby wrote in a social media post on Wednesday morning, the dawn of the early National Signing Day.
He didn’t waver, head coach Lincoln Riley said on Wednesday. And Newby remained committed through December, even as USC’s defense imploded and the Trojans started shuffling their defensive staff. The Connecticut linebacker had committed to USC in June, back when this program had a different defensive coordinator and an unblemished record and national championship hopes.
LOS ANGELES - Elijah Newby was the first to lock in pen to paper on Wednesday, and his confirmation said a thousand words in the span of precious few.
