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NFL confidential: Scouts assess USC's Caleb Williams, UCLA's Dorian Thompson-Robinson

UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson celebrates after scoring a rushing touchdown against Arizona State during the first quarter at Sun Devil Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Tempe, Arizona.

LOS ANGELES — The NFL scouts will arrive at the Rose Bowl on Saturday with their binoculars and notepads at the ready. They will watch from the press box with great interest, not because they're pulling for USC or UCLA but because millions of dollars could be at stake.

Both rosters are filled with Saturday players who dream of playing on Sundays, and many of those prospects will wind up in NFL camps next summer.

The quarterbacks are of particular interest in this year's crosstown rivalry, with UCLA's Dorian Thompson-Robinson on one side and USC's Caleb Williams on the other.

As they have for the last 16 years, two NFL team scouts opened their notebooks for the Los Angeles Times to give some honest, unvarnished appraisals of the talent on the field. The participating scouts have changed over the years, but the concept remains. They spoke on condition of

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