Tre Madden Class: Sophomore Hometown: Aliso Viejo High School: Mission Viejo Height / Weight: 6-0 / 220 Position: LB Birthdate: 08/16/1993 Experience: 1V

2012: Madden will be a key backup linebacker and special teams performer as a sophomore in 2012.

2011: Madden served as a backup strongside linebacker and played on special teams as a freshman in 2011, his first year at USC. Overall in 2011 while appearing in all 12 games (he started at strongside linebacker at Colorado), he had 15 tackles, including 1 for a loss. He had 3 tackles against Washington and 2 each against Minnesota, Arizona, Notre Dame and Oregon.

HIGH SCHOOL: His 2010 honors included Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, U.S. Army All-American, USA Today All-USA second team, Rivals 100, Prep Star Dream Team, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Orange County Register Fab 15 second team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Max Preps All-State Division I first team, SectionSports.com All-State first team, All-CIF Pac-5 Division, SectionSports.com All-Southern Section first team, Los Angeles Times All-Star, Orange County Register All-Orange County first team and All-South Coast League Defensive MVP as a senior linebacker and Wildcat quarterback at Mission Viejo (Calif.) High. Despite missing 4 games with a foot injury in 2010, he had 81 tackles, with 3 sacks, and an interception on defense, while he completed 13-of-26 passes (50.0%) for 311 yards and 2 TDs and ran for 310 yards with 7 TDs on offense. Mission Viejo was a 2010 CIF Pac-5 Division finalist. As a junior in 2009, he made Max Preps All-State Division I first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass first team, All-CIF Pac-5 Division, Los Angeles Times All-Star, Orange County Register All-Orange County first team and All-South Coast League Defensive MVP. He had 115 tackles on defense, plus ran for 222 yards and completed 5-of-7 passes (71.4%) on offense in 2009. Incoming Trojan Jahleel Pinner also prepped at Mission Viejo.

PERSONAL: He's a communication major at USC. His father, Curtis, was a fullback and defensive end at Kansas State (1988-91). His grandfather is Lawrence McCutcheon, a Colorado State and NFL All-Pro running back with the Los Angeles Rams (1972-79), Denver Broncos (1980) and Buffalo Bills (1981) who set the since-broken Rams career rushing record (6,186 yards), led the Rams in rushing 5 times and played in Super Bowl XIV (he then was a scout and now is Director of Player Personnel with the Rams). His uncle is former USC (1995-98) cornerback Daylon McCutcheon (a 2-time All-Pac-10 pick) who played with the Cleveland Browns (1999-2006). He was born in Texas.