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NCAA · Big Ten · 2026
Updated 2026-07-29
103 players
USC Trojans · QB RoomQB

#7 Sam Huard

Class RS SR/TRFrom Utah (transfer)Ht / Wt 6'1" · 210 lbHometown Bellevue, WA · Kennedy Catholic HS / Washington / Cal Poly / Utah
Depth-chart placement
Current role
QB2
Placement
Backup
Room
Quarterback
Experience
5-SR
Last change
Updated 2026-07-29

Sam Huard holds the QB · Backup spot in USC Trojans’s quarterback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

QB · StarterJayden MaiavaStarter
QB · BackupSam HuardBackup

Sam Huard logged a 1.5% overall usage rate in 2025.

Transfer history

2026UtahUSC Trojans

Background & career

Sam Huard is a redshirt senior quarterback who transferred to USC in spring 2025 from Utah. The Bellevue, Washington native began his college career at Washington as a freshman in 2021, appearing in four games with one start in the Apple Cup versus Washington State. He then played at Cal Poly in 2023, completing 184 of 303 passes for 2,247 yards with 18 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. After a redshirt year at Utah in 2024, Huard joined the Trojans and appeared in two games in 2025, completing 1 of 1 pass for 10 yards, including a critical first-down conversion on a fake punt against Northwestern.

Washington2021 – 2022
Cal Poly2023
Utah2024
USC2025 — present
Previous schoolUtahRecruiting5-star · No. 12 nationalOriginBellevue, WA · Kennedy Catholic HS / Washington / Cal Poly / Utah