USC cornerback Chris Steele declares for NFL draft

USC cornerback Chris Steele’s collegiate vocation is coming to an aboriginal end, arsenic Steele connected Saturday announced helium is entering the NFL draught pursuing his inferior season.

Steele made the quality authoritative connected Instagram, thanking his family, USC teammates and coaches and staff.

“Although my clip suiting up arsenic a Trojan is over, I look guardant to completing my grade and showing the adjacent level what I’ve been preparing for my full life,” Steele wrote.

USC cornerback Chris Steele announces connected Instagram that helium is declaring for the NFL Draft pic.twitter.com/WVamYH2Df2

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A erstwhile St. John Bosco standout, Steele initially enrolled astatine Florida retired of precocious schoolhouse earlier transferring to USC the summertime earlier his freshman year.

He was a three-year starter astatine USC, known for his affectional benignant of play portion earning All-Pac-12 second-team honors arsenic a sophomore, signaling 26 tackles, 4 walk breakups and an interception successful six games.

As a junior, Steele had 33 tackles, 3 deflections and 2 interceptions successful 11 games.

Steele joins wide receiver Drake London, nickel backmost Greg Johnson and violative lineman Jalen McKenzie arsenic Trojans who person declared for the Draft this period who had remaining eligibility. Outside linebacker Drake Jackson said anterior to the play that helium planned to participate the draught this cycle.