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Jersey Number 89
Brendan Cho
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Chatsworth, Calif.
- High School:
- Heritage Christian School
2026: Cho will compete for playing time on the defensive line as a redshirt sophomore defensive tackle in 2026.
2025: Cho saw action in 2 games (Missouri State and Georgia Southern) as a true freshman defensive tackle in 2025. He recorded 1 tackle against Missouri State.
2024: Cho did not see action as a true freshman in 2024.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior in 2022, he recorded 65 total tackles, including 11 for loss (with 1 sack), at Heritage Christian. He was also named First-Team All-League and Team MVP in 2022. After the season, he earned the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete award as well as being named Senior Athlete of the Year and awarded the Areté Faculty Award in 2023.
As a junior in 2021, he recorded 34 tackles, including 3 for a loss (with 1 sack), at Heritage Christian. He received First Team All-League honors and was named the Team MVP in 2021.
As a sophomore in 2020, he earned Most Improved Player honors at Heritage Christian.
He also played lacrosse and volleyball and competed in track and field at Heritage Christian.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Human Biology at USC. Cho earned placement on the 2025 Fall Big Ten All-Academic Team. His father, Young Cho, is currently a professor and researcher at the USC Information Sciences Institute.
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