Bryshon Nellum Class: RS Senior Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. High School: Long Beach Poly Event: Sprints Birthdate: 05/01/1989

THIS YEAR: Redshirt senior Bryshon Nellum again is coming off offseason surgery, but it is believed that all of the bullet fragments touching on the nerve in his leg have been removed. Last season he made steady progress and was nearing his high school form before he experienced pain at the NCAA Preliminary Rounds and had to shut it down. He had to wait for two seasons due to injury to really begin his college career after being named the 2007 Gatorade National Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

2011: Placed third at the Pac-10 Championships with a collegiate PR in the 400m of 45.56 on May 15. Also ran on the winning 4x400m team which claimed the Pac-10 title with a time of 3:03.38. Qualified for the NCAA Preliminary Rounds in Eugene, Ore., but had to pull up about 150m into the race due to pain in his left groin which shut him down for the rest of the season. Had surgery in the summer to remove the final bullet fragments touching the nerve in his leg. Celebrated his birthday by winning the 400m dash with a time of 46.88 and running a leg for the winning 4x400m relay team at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on May 1.

2010: Earned All-America honors running the leadoff leg for USC's 4x400m relay team which placed fifth at the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:04.54. Placed third at the Pac-10 Championships in the 400m race with a season-best time of 45.94 (16th in the country entering the NCAAs). Ran the leadoff leg for USC which ran the sixth-fastest 4x400m relay time in USC history of 3:03.26 at the Texas Relays on April 3. His season began by running leadoff for USC's 4x400m relay team at the Northridge Invitational on March 13, his first race since injuring his hamstring in his first collegiate race on March 1, 2008. Ran his first open 400m race at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on his birthday (May 1) and placed second with a time of 46.31.

2009: Suffered a season-ending left leg injury in the Fall (gunshot wound) and had to redshirt.

2008: His season for all intents and purposes came to an abrupt halt in his first race as a Trojan, as he strained a hamstring while running the third leg for USC's 4x100m relay team at the Trojan Relays on March 1. Rehabbed and tried to run at the Texas Relays in April, but aggravated the injury in warmups and shut it down for the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Nellum prepped at Long Beach Poly in Long Beach, Calif...Finished the 2007 season ranked No. 1 in both the 200 and 400-meter dash among prep competitors nationwide, holding the fastest time throughout the entire season...He won both events in the California Division I state meet by a wide margin, becoming the first athlete in the track-rich state of California to ever win both the 200 and 400-meters at the state level two years in a row...In the process, he broke a 20-year old California state record in the 200 (20.43) and set a personal record in the 400 (45.54)...Nellum picked up two more gold medals during the state meet, as a member of the 1,600-meter relay team and as the anchor for the appropriately named Jackrabbits' 4x400-meter relay team, which broke a 26-year-old school record earlier in the year...It was the second time ever that an athlete has won four gold medals in the Division I state competition, with the only other occurrence happening 91 years ago...His six career gold medals in state competition was also a new state record...Also was a member of the 800-meter Sprint Medley relay team that set a national record with a time of 1:28.43...Competed at the Pan American Junior Athletic Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil and won the 400m race with a time of 45.40 to take home the gold medal...He then helped the USA team earn a silver medal in the 4x400m relay race, running the anchor leg for the U.S. team which posted a 3:06.15 time.

PERSONAL: Bryshon was born on May 1, 1989 in Los Angeles...He is a Public Administration and Social Service Professions major at USC.

CAREER BESTS: 200m -- 20.43 400m -- 45.38