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Michael Reardon

Class: RS Senior Hometown: Anaheim High School: Orange Lutheran

Height / Weight: 6-5 / 290 Position: C Birthdate: 12/23/1988 Experience: 1V

2010: Reardon will battle to get into the playing rotation at center as a junior in 2010. He missed 2010 spring practice with a neck injury.

2009: Reardon served as a backup center as a sophomore in 2009. He appeared in 10 games in 2009 (all but Oregon, Arizona, Boston College), mainly on special teams. He won USC's Service Team Offensive Player of the Year Award. He worked some at tight end during 2009 spring practice, but missed part of those drill with a left shoulder injury.

2008: Reardon, a backup offensive tackle and center, sat out all of his 2008 redshirt freshman season with a sprained hip suffered in 2008 fall camp.

2007: Reardon redshirted as a freshman offensive tackle in 2007, his first year at USC. He was switched from defensive end in 2007 fall drills.

HIGH SCHOOL: His 2006 honors included Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, All-CIF Pac-5 Division Defensive MVP, Los Angeles Times All-Star, Orange County Register All-Orange County first team and All-Trinity League Co-Lineman MVP as a senior defensive end at Orange (Calif.) Lutheran High. He had 77 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks and 1 blocked field goal in 2006. Orange Lutheran went 14-1 and won the 2006 CIF Pac-5 Division and the California state Division II championships.

As a junior in 2005, he made the All-Empire League first team while making 80 tackles and 8 sacks.

He also played basketball at Orange Lutheran. Current Trojan Blake Ayles also attended Orange Lutheran.

PERSONAL: He's a communication major at USC with a B average (3.09 GPA).