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Josh Shaw

Class: RS Junior Hometown: Palmdale, CA High School: Palmdale HS

Last College: Florida Height / Weight: 6-1 / 190 Position: S Birthdate: 03/27/1992 Experience: 1V

CAREER: In his 2-year college career at Florida and USC, he has 52 tackles (including 3 for losses), 7 deflections and 2 interceptions.

2013: Shaw, who started at cornerback after he was moved there from safety in mid-2012, is back at safety as a junior in 2013 and is competing for a starting role.

2012: Shaw, who transferred to USC in the spring of 2012 from Florida as a sophomore safety, began his 2012 season with the Trojans as a strong safety but was moved to cornerback mid-season and ended up starting there. He also played on special teams. He was granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA to allow him to be eligible to compete in 2012 without having to sit out a year after transferring. Overall in 2012 while appearing in all 13 games (he started the final 7), he had 30 tackles, including 2 for losses of 3 yards, plus 6 deflections and 2 interceptions for 14 yards (7.0 avg.).

He had 1 tackles and an interceptions (returned for 14 yards) against Hawaii, 2 tackles against Syracuse, 1 tackle at Utah and 5 tackles and an interception at Washington. In his first start, he had a deflection against Colorado, then 6 tackles and a deflection at Arizona, 2 tackles against Oregon, 2 tackles for losses against Arizona State, 4 tackles and 3 deflections at UCLA and 5 tackles with a deflection against Notre Dame. He made 2 tackles against Georgia Tech.

FLORIDA: He appeared in 10 games for the Gators in 2011 as a redshirt freshman and started once. He had 22 tackles, including 1 for a loss, and had a deflection in 2011. He made 6 tackles against Auburn while starting and 4 tackles each versus Kentucky and LSU.

He played in 1 game as a true freshman early in the 2010 season, but did not make a tackle, and was allowed to redshirt the season because of a knee injury.

HIGH SCHOOL: He was a 2009 Parade All-American, Under Armour All-American, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, EA Sports All-American second team, Prep Star Dream Team, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Max Preps All-State Division I first team, All-CIF Western Division, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team and All-Golden League MVP honoree as a senior cornerback, quarterback, running back and wide receiver at Palmdale (Calif.) High. He had 50 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries, 2 blocked field goals and an interception in 2009 on defense, as well as completed 126-of-236 passes (53.4%) for 2,279 yards with 18 TDs and rushed for 921 yards on 115 carries (8.0 avg.) with 14 TDs on offense and returned 12 kickoffs for a 35.2-yard average.

As a 2008 junior, he was an All-CIF Western Division and All-Golden League selection as he made 40 tackles, 6 tackles for a loss and 4 interceptions on defense and also had 27 catches for 443 yards with 5 TDs and 133 rushing yards and 5 TDs on just 5 carries on offense.

As a sophomore in 2007, he passed for 589 yards and 7 TDs and also ran for 3 TDs.

PERSONAL: He is a sociology major at USC. He and 15 of his USC teammates spent 5 days in Haiti in the spring of 2012 building homes and assisting those in need.