USC football: Roster shuffles in advance of spring practice

Defensive linemen Christian Heyward and DeVante Wilson and tight end Christian Thomas are no longer with USC’s football program, an athletic department spokesman said Friday.

Those players — and tight end Junior Pomee — were not listed on the roster the school released in advance of Tuesday’s start of spring practice. The spokesman declined to comment on their situations.

As a redshirt freshman last season, Heyward played in five games. He made three tackles and recovered a fumble.

Wilson, a freshman last season, did not play after suffering the second of two major knee injuries. Thomas, a third-year sophomore last season, did not play because of a hip injury suffered in 2011.

Pomee was suspended from all team activities after a January arrest. He is facing felony charges of burglary, grand theft and possession of stolen goods and has a preliminary hearing this month.

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