Patrick Turner

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Patrick Turner
Turner celebrating after a USC victory
College	USC
Sport	American football
Position	WR
Jersey #	1
Class	Sophomore
Career	2005 – present
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	230 lb (105 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	May 19, 1987 Nashville, Tennessee
High School	Goodpasture High School, Nashville, Tennessee

Patrick Turner (born May 19, 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a wide receiver for the University of Southern California Trojans.

1 College career
2 High school career
3 Notes
4 External link

[edit] College career

As a freshman during the 2005 season, Turner was an often-used backup wide receiver: catching 12 passes for 170 yards and 2 touchdowns. He appeared in 12 games, missing only the UCLA game due to injury.

As a sophomore, he moved up the depth chart to be the Trojan's third receiver under the John David Booty-led offense, after Junior receiver Dwayne Jarrett and Senior receiver Steve Smith. Turner stepped up several times when both Jarrett and Smith were injured and missed games over the season.

Going into 2007 spring training, Turner is projected to be the leading receiver of the 2007 Trojan squad in the fall, his junior season^[1]; following in USC's recent line of star receivers starting with Mike Williams (who previously wore #1) and Jarrett.^[2] He returned some of the most impressive plays during the Spring.^[3]

[edit] High school career

Turner prepped at Goodpasture High School in Madison, Tennessee, where he was a highly touted receiver, winning numerous All-American awards during his Sophomore, Junior and Senior years. He was also on his high school's basketball and track teams.

Turner was ranked as the #1 wide receiver in the country by ESPN's Tom Lemming and #5 out of the top 100 high school football players for 2005 before signing with the Trojan.[1].