Tu’ikolovatu, who transferred to USC in the fall of 2016 after receiving his bachelor’s degree from Utah (allowing him to be eligible to play in 2016), will compete for key playing time at defensive tackle as a senior in 2016. He was awarded a scholarship at USC by virtue of an NCAA rule known as “blueshirting” (it allows a non-recruited student-athlete to receive athletic financial aid after beginning practice and have that student-athlete count towards the next year’s signing class if the school has reached its NCAA-maximum aid limit for the current year).
via USCTrojans.com