Justin Dedich

UPDATES

Week 0: USC cruised to a 56-28 victory of San Jose State behind QB Caleb Williams who threw for 278 and four TDs. Dedich played 53 snaps, pass-blocking on 33 of them. He and the rest of the O-line didn't allow a sack all evening, though it did occasionally allow pressure on Williams during a somewhat luckluster first half.

HISTORY — from college profile

2022 (redshirt sr): Dedich was a vital piece to the Trojan offensive line while starting and appearing in 13 games (all but Arizona State) as a redshirt senior in 2022. He started 10 games at right guard, 2 games at left guard and 1 game at center (filling in for the starter, Brett Neilon, after he suffered a season ending injury). He was named to the Pro Football Focus All-American Third Team and was an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention. He helped the Trojan offensive line unit to be selected as a Joe Moore Award Semifinalist. Per PFF, he was the No. 7 graded guard in the nation in 2022. 

2021 (redshirt jr):  Dedich, who was available to play both offensive guard and center, saw action—primarily at guard—in all 12 games as a redshirt junior in 2021.  He started the last 4 games (Arizona State, UCLA, BYU, California) at left guard.  He made a tackle in 2021 (versus Oregon State).  He made 2021 Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and won USC’s Co-Lifters Award.

2020 (redshirt soph):  Dedich appeared in 2 games (Arizona State and Arizona) as a redshirt sophomore center and guard in 2020.  He came in at center when starter Brett Neilon was injured and then started there at Arizona.

2019 (redshirt fr):  Dedich was a backup center as a redshirt freshman in 2019 until moving into the starting role for the last 2 regular season games (California and UCLA) when Brett Neilon was injured.  Overall in 2019, he appeared in 7 games (BYU, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, Arizona State, California, UCLA).

2018 (true fr): Dedich, a first-year freshman center in 2018 who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2018 after graduating a semester early from high school, saw brief action as a blocking back in USC’s opener (UNLV).  He did not play the rest of the year and was able to redshirt.

High school: He made 2017 PrepStar All-American, Max Preps All-American Second Team, USA Today All-California First Team, All-CIF Division 5, Los Angeles Times All-Area and Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Area First Team as a senior 2-way lineman (primarily center on offense) at Chaparral High in Temecula, CA...In 2017, he had 15 tackles, with 2.5 sacks, and a forced fumble on defense…As a 2016 junior, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Junior First Team and Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Area Second Team. He also played soccer at Chaparral, with a 1.333 goals against average as a goalkeeper.

PERSONAL

Earned his bachelor’s degree in Human Biology at USC in the fall of 2021….Now pursuing his master’s degree in Public Health with a 3.25 GPA.

2021

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0