St. Bonaventure High senior lineman Giovanni DiPoalo signed his letter of intent to play football at USC this morning.

 DiPoalo had verbally committed to USC, but re-opened his recruitment after Pete Carroll left USC to take the head coaching job with the NFL's Seattle Seahawks.

But new USC coach Lane Kiffin and his staff were able to do enough to convince DiPoalo the Trojan family was the best place for him to be.

DiPoalo was considering heading across town to UCLA, but will be donning a cardinal red and gold uniform after all.