Max Wittek

Wittek was called upon to start the Trojans’ final two games after Matt Barkley went down with a sprained shoulder and was predictably green, completing just 46 percent of his passes and throwing two touchdowns and five interceptions in losses to Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. The poor performances in the two starts and a ho-hum spring game has created some added heat on Wittek, who will truly be competing for his job in a three-way battle with sophomore Cody Kessler and true freshman Max Browne, the No. 2 ranked pro-style quarterback of the Class of 2013, according to Rivals. With two impressive wideouts in Marqise Lee and Nelson Agholor lining up on either side, whichever quarterback wins the starting job figures to be asked to throw the ball around quite a bit, though probably not to the extent that the more polished Barkley did.