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Matt Barkley is touching up a legacy

He won't have the huge bowl game victories, but a stellar career nonetheless

Updated: November 23, 2011, 1:50 PM ET
By Mark Saxon | ESPNLosAngeles.com

LOS ANGELES -- He showed up at USC three years ago, a doughy 18-year-old inheriting a program on the precipice of gloom. After Saturday, he just might exit, a chiseled 21-year-old who steered the program steadily -- and then suddenly -- back into the light.

If Matt Barkley does choose to go pro after his junior season, where will he rank in the pantheon of Trojans quarterbacks?

There have been a handful with greater physical tools. Carson Palmer springs to mind. Maybe even ...

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