Kyle Bonagura May 7, 2026, 07:00 AM ET

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Covers college football.

Joined ESPN in 2014.

Attended Washington State University.

IN SUMMER 2021 , Josh Goossen-Brown -- now USC baseball's director of player development -- was coaching at a junior college in Los Angeles when a goofy, left-handed pitcher came looking for lessons. The kid had just finished his sophomore year of high school and was determined to get better, but with a fastball in the mid-70s, he didn't profile as a surefire college recruit, let alone a star at the next level.

Five years later, that kid -- USC junior pitcher Mason Edwards -- is nearly unrecognizable, having developed into one of the most dominant pitchers in college baseball and a likely first-round Major League Baseball draft pick .

"When I start hearing projections for the draft and everything, I'm just like, 'Damn, it's pretty surreal just to think about how it started, where he's been and what he's accomplished,'" Goossen-Brown said.

Edwards' rise has been anything but…