LOS ANGELES — Three months after a fellow coach accused him of tampering with the top wideout in college football, Lincoln Riley finally got the chance to publicly defend himself against those allegations Friday. In his first Pac-12 media day as USC's coach, Riley wrote off allegations that the Trojans tampered with Biletnikoff Award winner Jordan Addison, offering an impassioned defense of his own integrity when asked about claims levied by Pittsburgh's Pat Narduzzi last April. The accusations followed Addison, amid swirling rumors about multimillion-dollar NIL deals awaiting the wideout at USC. "It wasn't about NIL for Jordan," Williams said. "It was like 15 of my teammates that I had text Jordan," Williams said.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 30, 2022 21:02 UTC