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2003: Torres, a 2-year starter who played every offensive line spot but center, was a backup right tackle and special teams player as a senior in 2003. He missed 2003 spring practice and USC's first 4 games of 2003 while recovering from a broken ankle suffered in the 2003 Orange Bowl (he also was slowed in 2003 fall drills with a knee sprain). Overall in 2003, he appeared in 8 games (all but Auburn, BYU, Hawaii, California and Michigan), primarily on the PAT/field goal protection team. He also saw time on the offensive line against Arizona State, Stanford, Arizona and UCLA.
2002: Torres was USC's jack-of-all-trades as a junior offensive lineman in 2002, as he started 7 times at 4 line positions (all but center) because of injuries. He started the Auburn opener at right offensive tackle (where he started all of 2001), then started at right guard at Colorado. He was a backup the next 4 contests before starting at left tackle against Washington. After being a backup the next 2 games, he became the starting left guard for the last 4 contests. He also played on the field goal/PAT protection team. He made 1 tackle in 2002. He broke his left ankle against Iowa in the Orange Bowl and had surgery.
2001: Torres started all 12 games at right offensive tackle as a sophomore in 2001 and did a commendable job.
2000: Torres backed up Lenny Vandermade and then Trevor Roberts left offensive guard, and was on special teams, as a redshirt freshman in 2000. He appeared in 11 games in 2000 (all but Penn State).
1999: Torres redshirted as a freshman offensive tackle in 1999, his first year at USC.
HIGH SCHOOL: He was selected to the 1998 Super Prep All-Farwest, Orange County Register Fab 15 third team, Las Vegas Sun Super 11 honorable mention and All-Mission League teams as a senior at Bishop Montgomery High in Torrance (Calif.). He played offensive line, tight end (5 catches for 100-plus yards), linebacker and defensive end.
He also played basketball at Bishop Montgomery, once scoring 18 points in a game.
PERSONAL: He's an international relations major at USC. His sports hero is ex-USC offensive tackle and NFL Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz. He enjoys playing pool.
ERIC TORRES ON: Why he took a ballet class: "Ballet helps your flexibility and coordination. It did wonders for me. But it was hard. Sometimes I didn't want to go. I sort of dreaded it because my feet were sore…I eventually believed in what I was taught and saw that I could transfer what I learned to what I could do in the weight room, and that's get lower and bend my knees. It allowed me to be a better football player and lift weights with better technique…But a big dude in a ballet class looks funny. It was serious, but at the same time I was having fun."
| Year | TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR |
| 2002 (Jr.)… | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
