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Taking the hits for a shot at glory

• Nonscholarship players at schools like USC fill a vital role, despite not playing in games very often

LOS ANGELES — John Manoogian surveys the line of scrimmage, the noise rising to ear-splitting decibels. He motions to his left, correcting a receiver lined up in the wrong spot, then cups his hands around his mouth and barks orders to the running back on his right.

“Red 13!” Manoogian yells,....

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