#66 - Offensive Guard
HEIGHT: 6-5 / WEIGHT: 315 LBS
Junior/Senior
Compton, CA (Dominguez HS)
2007: Rachal returns for his second season as a starting offensive guard as a junior in 2007.
2006: Rachal started 12 games at right offensive guard as a sophomore in 2006. He earned
2006 Collegefootballnews.com Sophomore All-American second team, All-Pac-10 honorable mention, and Rivals.com All-Pac-10 second team. He missed the Washington game after spraining his ankle at Washington State.
2005: Rachal appeared in all 13 games as a backup offensive guard and on special teams as a redshirt freshman in 2005.
2004: Rachal redshirted as a freshman offensive guard and tackle in 2004, his first year at USC. He had arthroscopic surgery to remove torn cartilage from his left knee prior to the Colorado State game, sidelining him for 3 contests (Colorado State, BYU and Stanford).
HIGH SCHOOL: He was a
2003 Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Prep Star Top 100 Dream Team, Lemming Top 100, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West honorable mention, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Orange County Register Fab 15 second team, All-CIF Southern Section first team, All-CIF Division III, Los Angeles Times All-Southeast/South Coast Lineman of the Year, Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team first team and All-Conference selection as a senior offensive lineman at Dominguez High in Compton (Calif.). He only played in 4 games in 2003.
As a junior in 2002, he was named to the
Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass squad.
PERSONAL: He’s a sociology major at USC.