Matt Barkley spent the offseason studying film of Tom Brady and Drew Brees in preparation for his senior season at USC.

Barkley also has only one class during fall semester, leaving him with a schedule that is similar to that of a professional player. Barkley graduated last spring, with his only class being tech-based "Macintosh, OSX, and iOS Forensics", which meets on Monday nights. 

But Barkley may not appear that much differently on field.

"It will probably be a lot of things that people don't necessarily see," he said.

"We've just got to remind him to make sure that he's playing within the system and doesn't try to force the ball just because of comparisons and numbers of other people," Lane Kiffin said.