Brandon Carswell Class: RS Senior Hometown: Milpitas High School: Milpitas Height / Weight: 6-1 / 190 Position: WR Birthdate: 05/22/1989 Experience: 3V

CAREER: He has 22 career receptions for 233 yards (10.6 avg.) with 1 TD. He has 3 career starts.

2011: Carswell will compete for a starting job as a senior wide receiver in 2011.

2010: Carswell served as a backup wide receiver as a junior in 2010. Overall in 2010 while appearing in all 13 games, he had 16 catches for 205 yards (12.8 avg.) with 1 TD. He had a 9-yard reception at Hawaii, then caught 2 passes for 14 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown, against Virginia. He added 3 catches for 63 yards at Washington State, then 2 for 24 yards at Stanford. He had a 33-yard reception against California, 2 catches for 30 yards against Oregon and 2 grabs for 9 yards versus Arizona State. He then had a 4-yard catch against Arizona and 2 receptions for 13 yards at Oregon State. He missed part of 2010 spring practice with a hamstring injury.

2009: Carswell was a backup wide receiver as a sophomore in 2009. Overall in 2009 while appearing in 9 games (all but San Jose State, Ohio State, Washington, Arizona State), he had 5 catches for 21 yards (4.2 avg.). He even started 3 times (Oregon State, Oregon, Stanford). He missed the Arizona State game with turf toe. He had 3 catches for 24 yards at Oregon and 1 catch against both UCLA (4 yards) and Arizona (-7 yards).

2008: Carswell was a reserve wide receiver and backup punt returner as a redshirt freshman in 2008. Overall in 2008 while appearing in 11 games (all but Oregon State and California), he caught 1 pass for 7 yards (7.0 avg.), returned 5 punts for 31 yards (6.2 avg.) and had a tackle. His reception came against Notre Dame. He had 2 punt returns against both Washington State (11 yards) and Ohio State (6 yards), plus a 14-yarder at Virginia.

2007: Carswell redshirted as a freshman wide receiver in 2007, his first year at USC.

HIGH SCHOOL: His 2006 honors included Super Prep All-American, EA Sports All-American third team, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100, San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro first team and San Jose Mercury News All-Area MVP as a senior at Milpitas (Calif.) High. He threw for 1,406 yards and 15 TDs and ran for 1,503 yards with 19 TDs as a quarterback, as well as caught 13 passes for 364 yards (28.0 avg.), and had 11 interceptions as a cornerback in 2006. Milpitas won the 2006 CIF Central Coast Section large school championship.

As a junior in 2005, he had 32 receptions for 711 yards (22.2 avg.) and 11 TDs as a wide receiver despite having to sit out the first 6 games of the season.

He played quarterback as a sophomore in 2004.

PERSONAL: He's a social science psychology major at USC.

GAME-BY-GAME WITH BRANDON CARSWELL

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