Brendan Cho

2025: Cho will compete for playing time on the defensive line as a redshirt freshman defensive tackle in 2025. 2024: Cho did not see action as a true freshman in 2024. HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior in 2022, he recorded 65 total tackles, including 11 for loss (with 1 sack), at Heritage Christian. He was also named First-Team All-League and Team MVP in 2022. After the season, he earned the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete award as well as being named Senior Athlete of the Year and awarded the Areté Faculty Award in 2023. As a junior in 2021, he recorded 34 tackles, including 3 for a loss (with 1 sack), at Heritage Christian. He received First Team All-League honors and was named the Team MVP in 2021. As a sophomore in 2020, he earned Most Improved Player honors at Heritage Christian. He also played lacrosse and volleyball and competed in track and field at Heritage Christian. PERSONAL: He is majoring in Biochemistry at USC. His father, Young Cho, is currently a professor and researcher at the USC Information Sciences Institute.