USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley discusses where Jahkeem Stewart will play on the field

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00:00Swimming with Mike is coming up this week.

00:03What's the impact that you've seen from that event?

00:05Very important.

00:06Obviously, near and dear to our program with, obviously, Jake Olson

00:09and then Alex Ruiz, who was my student manager when we came here.

00:12Both guys have been recipients.

00:14So to see it hit home for those guys,

00:16and those are two guys that are really important to the program.

00:20Obviously, Jake has become such a big ambassador for SC, for SC football.

00:24It's just incredible for anybody that's around him.

00:27And Alex has been tremendous as well and has got a really bright future.

00:31So, you know, appreciate the work that they've done for so many

00:33and especially our two guys here.

00:35For at least a little bit, so Jake Olson, break off with the defensive tackles.

00:39Have you figured out where he fits best yet?

00:41No, we're working them at both.

00:43Even his first padded practice took snaps both interior and on the edge,

00:47and he gives you some of that flexibility because the size is there

00:50to be able to place him inside.

00:52And we wondered a little bit about that, you know,

00:54just given the fact that he should be, you know, a junior in high school right now.

00:58And you throw him inside and he really hasn't had much problem.

01:01And on the edge, he's got the athleticism to certainly impact it there as well.

01:06So like a lot of these, you know, new guys,

01:09we're kind of trying to figure out where he best fits.

01:11And spring's a great time to get some work.

01:13And he's done a good job mentally learning

01:15and trying to progress himself to where he can get in there

01:18and rep at multiple positions, which isn't easy to do for a true freshman.