As reported by multiple outlets including 247Sports, five-star athlete and class of 2019 early enrollee Bru McCoy is leaving USC. McCoy entered the transfer portal on Thursday and is eligible to become a recruited athlete once again. However, 247Sports’ Greg Biggins is also reporting that USC has released McCoy from a letter of intent signed in December. Therefore, 247Sports is putting McCoy back into the pool of available 2019 recruits and reopening his Crystal Ball.

McCoy will no longer be listed as a member of USC’s historical 2019 recruiting class. Instead, he will count towards the 2019 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings for whichever school he lands.

The decision to include McCoy in the 2019 recruiting class follows recent precedents of Ale Kaho (Washington to Alabama in 2018) and Bryan Addison (UCLA to Oregon in 2018) as players that have signed at one program only to ultimately enroll and count towards to recruiting class of a different program. What makes McCoy’s situation unique is his enrollment at USC but the timing along with the release from his LOI creates a logical step of returning him to the 2019 pool.

The 6-foot-2, 205-pound McCoy is a five-star prospect and ranks as the No. 9 player in the country per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite.