Southern Cal wide receiver Bru McCoy remains sidelined with a persistent fever that has kept him from taking part in fall camp, but he is showing signs of improvement, coach Clay Helton said.
“He’s actually doing really well, a lot better,” Helton said after the USC Football Fall Showcase on Saturday.
“He’s in meetings right now. He’s doing everything except being out on the field with us. I even saw him today, and he’s doing better. When he feels totally up to it, we’ll start strength and conditioning with him, but he’s heading in the right direction.”
McCoy, who played high school football at nearby powerhouse Mater Dei in Santa Ana, Calif., was a five-star prospect in the Class of 2019. Ranked by the 247Sports composite as the nation’s No. 9 player, he enrolled at USC in January but changed his mind and transferred to Texas.
After enrolling there and taking part in spring drills with the Longhorns, McCoy changed his mind again and recommitted to USC. He still is waiting for the NCAA to approve his request to play immediately with the Trojans.
The more pressing issue, though, is the fever. His father, Horace, told the Los Angeles Times late last week that doctors have not been able to find the cause.
“They cannot figure it out,” Horace McCoy told the Times. “I cannot tell you how many specialists we’ve got him in front of, just to try to figure this damn thing out.”
He will be unable to practice until the fever is gone, and Helton would not address specifics of the condition.
“I’m not going to do that, as far as medical things,” Helton said. “I’m not going to go into privacy of a medical document, but he’s doing well, and he’s going to be well.”
