Here's what you need to know about new USC starting quarterback Jayden Maiava, and why Trojans coach Lincoln Riley benched ...

LOS ANGELES >> Before he’d ever played the position, Jayden Maiava had a sense of what a Samoan quarterback could mean to his community. Growing up in Palolo Valley in a big Samoan family, he’d felt ...

Jayden Maiava grew up watching Marcus Mariota win the Heisman Trophy and cheering while Tua Tagovailoa led Alabama to a ...

When he takes the field Saturday, he’ll become the first person of Polynesian descent to start a game at quarterback for USC.

Two teams, both at pivotal moments, with seasons teetering on the edge. For Nebraska, it’s a fight to secure bowl eligibility ...

Maiava is USC’s first Polynesian quarterback, but he embraces the school’s long history of star Polynesian players including ...

He is a product of this generation of Polynesian dreamers, the same as USC’s Jayden Maiava. Young quarterbacks, suddenly, are blossoming in Hawaii, a region of islands once pigeonholed for ...

The USC Trojans may be on a bye week, but that does not make it anymore calm. The Trojans will be making a change at ...

All eyes will be on USC Trojans redshirt sophomore quarterback Jayden Maiava when he makes his first start of the season Saturday against the Nebraska Cornhuske ...

Once a quiet backup who had transferred in from UNLV, Maiava carries himself differently in his first scrum with reporters since being named USC’s starting quarterback.

Jayden Maiava is replacing Miller Moss as Southern California’s starting quarterback with three games left in the Trojans’ ...

USC still needs to win two games to make a bowl in 2024. This is obviously not where the Trojans and Lincoln Riley expected ...